Press Releases

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Novant Health has launched the Novant Heath Institute of Innovation & Artificial Intelligence (AI), which will use AI to enhance personalized patient care. The institute will focus on the advanced technologies required to provide highly personalized care and accelerated solutions with actionable data and insights for preventive prediction, diagnosis and treatment to Novant Health’s patients.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Novant Health and High Point University have partnered to provide comprehensive wellness services for students, including orthopedic and sports medicine care for the university’s NCAA athletes. The five-year contract will begin in the 2019-2020 academic year.

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. – Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center today opened its new four-story, 60,000-square-foot patient tower that includes 44 additional patient rooms, two additional procedure rooms, an operating room and renovations to several hospital areas. With this $50 million expansion, Huntersville Medical Center becomes a 139-bed hospital situated on a 29-acre campus.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Novant Health is pleased to announce the opening this month of four new clinics in King, North Carolina. The clinics are located at 167 Moore Road, Suites 201 and 202, in King and  bring comprehensive care to Stokes County and surrounding communities.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Novant Health, a not-for-profit health care system serving the Carolinas, Virginia and Georgia, has added three new members to the board of trustees: Brandon Adcock, Dawn Moose, M.D. and Elwood L. Robinson, Ph.D.

BOLIVIA, N.C. – Novant Health is pleased to welcome Megan Childres, nurse practitioner, to Novant Health OB/GYN. Childres will primarily practice at Novant Health OB/GYN - Bolivia, but will also practice at the Leland, Southport and Calabash clinics. She joined in May and is accepting new patients.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Novant Health is pleased to announce Dr. Jerome Williams Jr. as senior vice president of consumer engagement. Williams is a practicing interventional cardiologist and a longtime Novant Health physician leader. In his new role, Williams will lead Novant Health’s overall strategy for social responsibility programs, community engagement partnerships, and community impact and wellness programs that help address health disparities in communities across our footprint.

WINSTON-SALEM, NC -- Novant Health is pleased to announce that Leslie Barrett has been named as president and chief operating officer of Novant Health Medical Park Hospital.  

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Novant Health is pleased to announce Dari Caldwell as vice president of the Novant Health Foundation. In this role, Caldwell will focus on fundraising in Rowan County and beyond. For the past nine years, Caldwell has served as president and chief operating officer of Novant Health Rowan Medical Center.

Grant to benefit public safety at greater Charlotte area Novant Health medical centers CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center Foundation has been awarded a $12,550.36 grant from Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation. The grant will be used to fund individual patrol officer and medical center bleeding control kits and combat gauze at locations in Charlotte, Matthews, Mint Hill, Huntersville and Salisbury. 

Grant to benefit pediatric patients at new Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center children’s emergency department CORNELIUS, N.C. - Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center Foundation has been awarded a $15,000, two-year grant from The Peninsula Community Foundation. The award will be used to partially fund a child life specialist at Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center’s soon-to-be built pediatric-friendly emergency department.

CONCORD, N.C. — Novant Health Pediatrics Concord recently opened, giving families in the Concord area a new and convenient choice for pediatric health care. The clinic offers well-child visits; sick-child visits, which include same-day and next-day care; school, sports and camp physicals; all childhood immunizations and vaccinations; on-site labs and services; and prenatal appointments. The clinic is staffed by Dr. Tara Gaines, Dr. Stephen Lods and Dr. Kymberly Selden.