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At the Hospitals
n Ophelia Garmon-Brown, MD, MDiv, with them to provide exceptional care in the Hawthorne Lane, Suite 200.
Lake Norman area at both the Huntersville Dr. Kelso is a native of Waxhaw. She received
Receives Prestigious Order of the and Mooresville locations.
her undergraduate degree in chemistry from
Long Leaf Pine Award Richard Krumdieck, MD, is board-certified Wheaton College in Wheaton, Ill., and her
in internal medicine, hematology and oncology. medical degree from the University of North
Ophelia Garmon-Brown, MD, MDiv, chief Dr. Krumdieck is a past president of the North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill.
community wellness and health equity executive Carolina Oncology Association (NCOA) and Kelso completed a residency in general surgery
for Novant Health, has been awarded the Order has served on the board of the NCOA and and a fellowship in vascular surgery and is
of the Long Leaf Pine, the highest honor the on the steering committee of the American skilled in the treatment of peripheral vascular
state of North Carolina can give a civilian. Society of Clinical Oncology. disease, including endovascular therapy and
urgent surgery.
As a board-certified family physician, Dr. David Eagle, MD, also is board-certified in
Garmon-Brown has had a profound impact on internal medicine, hematology and oncology. Before joining Novant Health, Kelso worked
the lives of the thousands she has cared for in the He presently serves on the editorial board at the Cleveland Clinic. She also was an
Charlotte community, her home since 1980. Her for the journal Oncology and has published assistant professor at Cleveland Clinic Lerner
career path led her to high-level leadership roles several articles on various topics over the past College of Medicine, where she was actively
at the former Nalle Clinic and Novant Health, few years including the oncology medical involved in trainee education for 10 years. She
where she has worked for nearly 20 years. home model of care. served as the assistant program director for the
vascular surgery residency program from 2013
Beyond helping those in the Charlotte area, Timothy Kuo, MD, is board-certified in both until 2018.
Garmon-Brown traveled the globe as a medical internal medicine and medical oncology. Dr.
missionary, delivering free care to those in need. Kuo has broad experience in the management For more information or to refer a patient,
Her mission work has taken her to Uganda, of both cancer and blood-related disorders. call 704-316-5100.
South Africa, Guyana, Jamaica and Kenya,
where she established a mini-health clinic. The Huntersville clinic is at 10030 Gilead n Neurosciences 2018 Advancing Brain
Road and the Mooresville clinic is at 170
Garmon-Brown was the co-founder of Medical Park Road. For more information or and Spine Care
the Charlotte Community Health Clinic, the to refer a patient, call 704-799-3946.
first free clinic in Mecklenburg County to Learn about the latest advances in
be designated a Federally Qualified Health n Novant Health Welcomes Pediatric neurosciences from fellowship-trained
Clinic. She also is the former medical neurologists and neurosurgeons who have
director of the health clinic at the Salvation Epileptologist Christopher Beatty, MD devoted their careers to the art and science of
Army’s Women and Children’s Shelter; brain and spine care.
has volunteered at the Charlotte Pregnancy Novant Health Pediatric Neurology is
Care Center; and served as the first pleased to welcome Christopher Beatty, MD, Join us October 12-13 at Harris Conference
African-American elected president of the a pediatric epileptologist. He will be in the Center, 3216 CPCC Harris Campus Drive,
Mecklenburg County Medical Society. She clinic’s main office in the Metroview Building Charlotte, NC 28208.
is a member of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg at 1900 Randolph Road, Suite 1010.
Schools Investment Committee, which Keynote speaker: Henry S. Friedman,
announced the ambitious Project L.I.F.T. Dr. Beatty received his medical degree from MD, world-renowned adult and pediatric
campaign. She co-chaired the Charlotte- Case Western Reserve University School of neuro-oncology expert and researcher from
Mecklenburg Opportunity Task Force, Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. He went on to Duke Health.
where she helped convene the study of issues complete residencies in pediatrics and child Day 1: Stroke care
related to economic mobility for citizens neurology at the University of Washington in Endovascular stroke management
in Charlotte and also co-chaired the One Seattle. Beatty is fellowship-trained in clinical Neuro critical care
Charlotte Health Alliance, a partnership neurophysiology and is board-certified in Telestroke
which is the first of its kind to address neurology with special qualification in child Headaches
disparities to build a stronger city. neurology, clinical neurophysiology and Day 2: Outpatient neuroscience care
epilepsy. Before joining Novant Health, he Complex spine management
n Lake Norman Oncology Joins was a pediatric epileptologist and an assistant Epilepsy management
professor at Seattle Children’s Hospital, where Parkinson’s Disease and movement
Novant Health he also was medical director of the epilepsy disorders
monitoring unit. Sleep health
For nearly 17 years, Lake Norman Pediatric neurosurgery
Oncology has served the local community For more information or to refer a patient,
with quality and personalized cancer therapy call 704-384-1390. Cost: $70 for MD/DO; $50 for PA/NP; and
and care. Novant Health is delighted to partner $30 for RN and other clinical professionals.
n Vascular Surgeon Rebecca Kelso,
CME credit is available and advanced
MD, Joins Novant Health registration is required. For more information
and to register online, visit NovantHealth.org/
Rebecca Kelso, MD, has joined Novant Neurosciences2018.
Health Heart and Vascular Institute at 301
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