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At the Hospitals
n Presbyterian Medical Center Earns University of Rochester Medical Center. is seeing patients at the Randolph
Dr. Trakas joins as a pediatric intensivist, Road and Huntersville locations. Dr.
Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Back completed his medical degree
board-certified in both general and critical at the University of Chicago Pritzker
Center Designation care pediatrics. Trakas received her medical School of Medicine and his residency
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical degree from the Medical University and neurosurgery fellowship at Duke
Center is the first Charlotte hospital of South Carolina and completed her University Medical Center. For more
to earn The Joint Commission’s Gold residency at Palmetto Health. information, visit nhtotalspinespecialists.
Seal of Approval and the American org or call 704-367-4800.
Heart Association/American Stroke The PICU team takes pride in its
Association’s Heart-Check mark for warm, team-based approach to delivering n Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
Advanced Certification for Comprehensive care, taking into account the emotional, Opens in Mint Hill
Stroke Centers. This signifies the hospital psychological and family challenges that Novant Health Orthopedics & Sports
is providing stroke patients with the best accompany critical pediatric illnesses.
care given anywhere in the country. Collectively, the trio has spent more than Medicine, in the Novant Health Mint
With an advanced certification for four decades at large teaching hospitals and Hill medical office building at the corner
comprehensive stroke, Presbyterian is thrilled to bring its talents to the PICU at of Albemarle Road and Interstate 485,
Medical Center joins an elite group of Novant Health Hemby Children’s Hospital. recently opened and is staffed by board-
healthcare organizations focused on highly certified orthopedic surgeon, Larry Martin
specialized stroke care with the expertise n Carolina Surgical of Charlotte Joins Jr., MD. Dr. Martin attended medical
to treat the most complex stroke and brain Novant Health school at Meharry Medical College and
bleed cases, including aneurysms. The Carolina Surgical of Charlotte has completed his orthopedic surgery training
hospital’s multidisciplinary comprehensive at Indiana University. He then completed
neurosciences team comprises neurologists joined Novant Health Medical Group, his sports medicine fellowship at the
and neurosurgeons who perform stroke the physician division of Novant Health. University of Cincinnati and Wellington
interventions, neuro-hospitalists who The group of five board-certified surgeons Orthopaedics.
manage acute neurologic illnesses and provides both general and specialty
neuro-intensivists who care for patients in surgical care and includes Ilan D. Avin, Prior to joining Novant Health, Martin
the intensive care unit. MD, Wyatt C. Fowler, MD, Carl J. worked in Lincoln County for the past five
Lowe, Jr., MD, Michael G. Melkonian, years where he served as the team physician
n Hemby Children’s Hospital Welcomes MD, and Peter S. Turk, MD. The group for area high schools. His interests include
also is supported by advanced practice the shoulder and knee. He is highly trained
Renowned Physician Trio to Its PICU clinicians, Jessica Michalak and Lauren in ACL reconstruction, meniscus surgery,
Novant Health welcomes three new Sandberg, and registered dietician, rotator cuff repair, glenoid labrum surgery,
doctors to the pediatric intensive care Victoria Levesque. and shoulder and knee arthroplasty. For
unit at Hemby Children’s Hospital. Louis more information, call 704-316-2338.
Daugherty, MD, Emily Nazarian, MD, and The doctors will continue caring for
Erin Trakas, MD, come to Novant Health patients from office locations at 2104 n Pediatric Pulmonology Office Opens
from the University of Rochester Medical Randolph Road in Charlotte and a satellite Novant Heath Pediatric Pulmonology
Center in New York. Collectively, the office at 1450 Matthews Township Pkwy.,
physicians have worked together for more Suite 320 in Matthews under the new name has opened in Charlotte and is staffed by
than 15 years. Novant Health Carolina Surgical. Maxine Eikani, MD.
Dr. Daugherty joins Novant Health as the
new PICU medical director. He received The surgeons at Carolina Surgical offer Dr. Eikani completed medical school
his medical degree from the Medical expertise in bariatric surgery, benign and at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical
College of Wisconsin and completed his malignant breast disease, general surgery, Sciences and her pediatric residency at
residency at Loma Linda University School GI surgery for benign and malignant Mercer University School of Medicine. She
of Medicine in California. disease, liver/pancreas/biliary tract then completed her pediatric pulmonology
Dr. Nazarian joins as a pediatric surgery, melanoma and other skin cancers, fellowship at the Medical College of
intensivist, board-certified in both general surgical oncology, thyroid/parathyroid and Wisconsin and Children’s Hospital of
and critical care pediatrics. She received adrenal surgery, and minimally invasive Wisconsin. Her areas of interest include
her medical degree from the University of laparoscopic and robotic surgery. asthma, chronic lung disease of prematurity,
Virginia and completed her residency at the home ventilation management, muscular
To learn more, visit NovantHealth.org/ dystrophy, sleep disordered breathing and
CarolinaSurgical or call 704-377-3900. cystic fibrosis.
n Total Spine Specialists Adds Novant Heath Pediatric Pulmonology is
New Physician at 1918 Randolph Road, Suite 700, and the
Adam Back, MD, has joined Novant office number is 704-384-1056.
Health Total Spine Specialists and
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