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n Elise Herman, MD, Named Behavioral n Novant Health Presbyterian Medical
Health Medical Director in Charlotte Center Receives Trauma Designation
Dr. Elise Herman was recently named Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center
is officially a Level III trauma center. The
medical director of Novant Health North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical
Services formally declared this designation at its
behavioral health services in August meeting in Raleigh. This achievement
recognizes that Presbyterian Medical Center
the greater Charlotte market. meets the state’s criteria to provide around-the-
clock assessment, resuscitation, stabilization and
Herman’s previous role was life-saving intervention to patients experiencing
traumatic injury.
inpatient psychiatrist and L-R: Phil Angelo, trauma program manager; Kelly Jarrell,
“Presbyterian Medical Center has a performance improvement coordinator; and Sandra Giller, MD,
medical director of behavioral long tradition of providing high-quality care trauma program medical director.
for trauma patients in our community,” says
Elise Herman, MD health services at Novant Sidney Fletcher, MD, senior vice president Agency, but a change in the agency’s transportation
of medical affairs, greater Charlotte market. protocols required a hospital to have a designation
Health Forsyth Medical Center. “This designation validates the exceptional care in order to receive trauma patients. By securing
we provide and allows the 1 million residents this trauma designation, Presbyterian Medical
Before joining Novant Health in 2013, of Mecklenburg County and the 2.4 million Center once again can provide residents across the
residents of our surrounding counties to have a region, including existing Novant Health patients,
Herman completed residency training at choice for their trauma care.” access to trauma care.
Duke University and Cedars-Sinai Medical Before 2013, Presbyterian Medical Center Presbyterian Medical Center is the first
had been treating trauma victims transported Novant Health facility to receive a trauma
Center in Los Angeles, Calif. She received by Mecklenburg Emergency Medical Services designation and is the 14th designated trauma
center in the state.
her medical degree from Loma Linda
University in Loma Linda, Calif. Herman
is board-certified in both psychiatry and
addiction medicine.
n New Location in Matthews for n First Class of Physician Residents Arrive at Novant Health Family
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Medicine Residency Clinic
Novant Health Maternal Fetal Medicine The first class of resident physicians has begun its three-year extensive training in family medicine
has opened a new location in Matthews at the Novant Health Family Medicine Residency Clinic in Cornelius. The class of four female and
at 1450 Township Parkway, Suite two male providers will complete the training with rotations in community clinics, as well as at
410. The clinic provides care for high- Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center, Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center and Novant
risk pregnancies, including ultrasound Health Hemby Children’s Hospital.
services, diagnostic procedures and genetic
counseling. This location adds to other The focus on family practice will help address an anticipated shortfall in primary care physicians.
current clinics operating in Charlotte and Currently, there are 2,800 family physicians in North Carolina with a projected need of 4,700 by 2020,
Cornelius. The clinic is staffed by David according to the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians Foundation.
Shaver, MD, John Allbert, MD, Hytham
Imseis, MD, and Alyssa Mills, MD. This “The need for well-trained family physicians is critical to our state and our nation, and the
satellite clinic provides care to patients on continuity of care that primary care doctors provide to patients is essential,” says Mark Higdon, DO,
Mondays and Wednesdays, 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. Novant Health vice president and program director of the residency program. “We are excited to have
For more information, call 704-384-5701. developed a Family Medicine Residency Program within the culture and walls of Novant Health.”
n Novant Health Rankin OB/GYN Opens
New Satellite Clinic in Charlotte
Charlotte patients now have increased
access to gynecologic and obstetric care
with the opening of a new satellite location
of Novant Health Rankin OB/GYN. This
clinic is at 301 S. College St., Suite 250, and
shares space with Novant Health Uptown
Primary Care.
The clinic is staffed by Victoria Lore, MD,
and Simon Ward III, MD, who see patients on
Tuesdays, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., and Wednesdays,
2-5 p.m. For more information, call 704-384-
1620 or visit nhrankinobgyn.org.
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