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n Michael Jordan Family Medical team members. By offering retail clinic and restorative neurosurgery, has joined
services within select Walgreens locations Novant Health Brain and Spine Surgery. Dr.
Clinic Opens in North Carolina and enabling patients and
team members to fill their previous Novant Munyon earned his medical
On September 18, the first of two Novant Health prescriptions at any Walgreens degree from the University
Health Michael Jordan Family Medical location, this partnership helps deliver on of Pennsylvania School of
Clinics opened its doors, increasing access our mission as never before, to provide Medicine. He completed both
to vital services for children and their healthcare services when and where patients his neurosurgery residency
families who need it most. The Freedom need them. and a fellowship in functional
Drive clinic takes an integrated care CharlesN.Munyon,MD and restorative neurosurgery
approach, including behavioral health, n Novant Health Pledges $6 Million at Case Western Reserve School of
social work and family planning. Made Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. He is an active
possible thanks to a $7 million gift from to Address Charlotte’s Affordable member of both Novant Health’s movement
the Michael Jordan Family, the clinic disorder and pediatric/adult epilepsy teams,
was carefully designed with input from Housing Crisis bringing surgical expertise including
the community to deliver a remarkable stereoelectroencephalography for seizure
patient experience, while ensuring they Novant Health has pledged $6 million to the monitoring, responsive neurostimulator (RNS)
have the resources they need to positively Charlotte Housing Opportunity Investment insertion to help control seizures and deep
influence drivers of health, including food, Fund to address Charlotte’s affordable housing brain stimulator implantation.
housing and employment security. Novant crisis. The commitment helps the fund To make a referral, call 704-316-3070 or
Health is deeply committed to ensuring complete its goal of $50 million to match the email NHNeurosciences@NovantHealth.org.
primary and preventative care services are City of Charlotte’s $50 million housing bond
available where and when our communities referendum. Foundation For The Carolinas n Matthews Medical Center Celebrates
need us, which is why we are investing in started the fund.
community clinics, mobile health units and 25 Years
innovative wellness initiatives with the help n Board of Trustees Wins NACD NXT
of our community partners. Together, we Novant Health Matthews Medical Center
are removing barriers to health care and Recognition Award celebrated 25 years of providing remarkable
improving the overall health and wellness of care in August. The hospital opened in 1994
all of our communities. The Novant Health Board of Trustees has as a 240,000-square-foot facility with 102
received the National Association of Corporate beds. It has since expanded to 357,709 square
n Forbes Names Novant Health as No. 6 Directors (NACD) NXT Recognition Award feet with 157 beds.
for its commitment to boardroom diversity and
Employer in North Carolina inclusion. This award, created in partnership n 14 Novant Health Hospitals
with Deloitte, recognizes our Board of
Forbes released its first-ever list of Trustees as the No. 1 nonprofit in America to Highlighted in 2019 Healthcare
America’s best employers by state and Novant leverage the power of diversity and inclusion to
Health is ranked No. 6 on the list of North create long-term value. Equality Index
Carolina employers. Other North Carolina
organizations that topped the list are SAS n Rhett Brown, MD, Honored With Novant Health is proud to announce that 14
Institute (No. 1), Duke Energy (No. 2), Cisco of its acute care facilities have been recognized
Systems (No. 3), Trader Joe’s (No. 4) and UNC Equity of Care Physician Award as Leaders in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality by
Health Care (No. 5). the Human Rights Foundation, the educational
Rhett Brown, MD, of Novant Health arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay,
n Novant Health and Walgreens bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights
Midtown Family Medicine, recently received organization. Novant Health is one of only 13
Announce Retail Healthcare healthcare systems nationwide that had 10 or
the 2019 Equity of Care more facilities receive the recognition this year.
Collaboration in North Carolina
Physician Award from the n Novant Health Partners With
Novant Health and Walgreens have
announced a new retail healthcare clinic Greater Charlotte Healthcare Amputee Coalition
collaboration, as well as a retail pharmacy-
focused transaction. The partnership Executives Group (ECHEG). To provide the best care for patients
demonstrates Novant Health’s commitment impacted by limb loss, Novant Health is
to making health care more convenient, This award recognizes partnering with the national nonprofit, the
affordable and accessible for consumer and Amputee Coalition. Through this partnership,
a physician leader in our patients who undergo amputation at Novant
Health Charlotte Orthopedic Hospital will
Rhett Brown,MD community who is pioneering have access to educational materials and
training curriculum created by the coalition
equity of care within a healthcare practice. and the opportunity to talk with a peer-
support mentor trained and certified by the
Dr. Brown has remained committed to health Amputee Coalition.
equity in the Charlotte LGBTQ community
since the 1990s. Now, nearly 500 of his 2,000
patients are transgender, which makes him one
of the top physicians for transgender care in
our region.
n Welcoming our Newest Neurosurgeon
Charles N. Munyon, MD, a board-certified
neurosurgeon who specializes in functional
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