Forsyth Medical Center 
2005 News Releases
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Winston-Salem, December 13 - Gwendolyn Stewart, director of nursing at The Oaks at Forsyth, Forsyth Medical Center's long-term care facility, has been appointed to a three-year term on the N.C. Center for Nursing Board of Directors.
Robert H. Seehausen, Jr., Novant Health senior vice president of business development and sales has been elected President of the N.C. Healthcare Information & Communications Alliance (NCHICA) for the 2005-06 term.
Cancer patients at the Derrick L. Davis Forsyth Regional Cancer Center of Forsyth Medical Center will have access to an even wider range of clinical trial cancer treatments through an agreement announced today by Forsyth Medical Center, and Duke University Health System.
The Great 100, Inc. has named two Novant Health nurses to its 2005 Great 100 Nurses list.
Forsyth Medical Center has been ranked as a co-winner for the most preferred hospital in the Winston-Salem MSA by the just released 2005/06 Consumer Choice Award Survey by the National Research Corporation (NRC).
Forsyth Medical Center and its affiliates, Medical Park Hospital and Thomasville Medical Center have recognized five employees for more than 40 years of service to the organization.
Forsyth Medical Center said today it is seeing an increase in poisonous snake bites due to the hotter-than-normal temperatures. In the last two weeks, the emergency department staff has treated six patients bitten by copperheads.
The Breast Clinic at Forsyth Medical Center and the Forsyth Medical Center Foundation have received a $10,000 grant from the North Carolina Triad Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Foundation to expand mammography services to needy women.
Forsyth Medical Center's Breast Clinic and the Forsyth Medical Center Foundation have received a $30,000 grant from the North Carolina Triad Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
Forsyth Medical Center, Thomasville Medical Center and Medical Park Hospital have been ranked as among the top facilities in the nation for providing excellent care in the 25th annual survey of patients conducted by Professional Research Consultants (PRC), a nationally known healthcare research company.
The Duke Endowment announced today it has awarded a three-year, $875,000 grant to the Forsyth Medical Center Foundation for nurse training and retention.
Forsyth Medical Center has been awarded a three-year accreditation in ultrasound by the American College of Radiology (ACR).
Forsyth Medical Center has been named a Quality Respiratory Care Provider for the third year in a row by the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC).
Novant Health, the not-for-profit parent organization of Forsyth Medical Center and its affiliates, has named Lisa J. Caldwell to serve on the Novant Health Board of Trustees.
As one of the leading cardiac and vascular care centers in North Carolina, Forsyth Medical Center has received the prestigious designation as a nationally accredited Chest Pain Center from the SCPC.
Featuring advanced movable intensive care monitoring technology and family friendly amenities, Forsyth Medical Center (FMC) will open the first two floors of its new three-story, $27.5 million intensive care facility Wednesday morning at 10 a.m.
Forsyth Medical Center will break ground Wednesday on its new $132 million, 350,000 square foot, North Pavilion.
Today, the Sara Lee Center for Women's Health is hosting the second annual Speaking of Women's Health national conference, a highly acclaimed full-day program focused on women's health, well-being and personal safety.
Recognizing its significant achievements in clinical improvement and operational excellence for providing stroke care, Forsyth Medical Center (FMC) has received the Voluntary Hospitals of America (VHA) Best Practices Award in the Gold Standard Category.
More than 200 golfers are expected to tee-off Saturday in the 19th annual Open Heart Open Charity Golf Classic to benefit Forsyth Medical Center's Cardiac and Vascular Center.
Eugene Paschold, M.D., an oncologist at Piedmont Hematology Oncology Associates, has been treating patients at the Derrick L. Davis Forsyth Regional Cancer Center for more than 22 years.
The Forsyth Medical Center Foundation was awarded a $500,000 grant from the Wachovia Foundation to continue Forsyth Medical Center's education about and fight against childhood and adolescent obesity.
Women throughout Northwest North Carolina are significantly more aware today of their risk for heart attack and are more likely to seek early diagnosis and treatment for heart disease following a three year public awareness effort conducted by Forsyth Medical Center.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that Forsyth Medical Group, an affiliate of Forsyth Medical Center, is one of only 11 physician groups in the nation to be selected to participate in a national demonstration project.
The new technology improves physician diagnostics and treatment of cancer, cardiovascular disease and neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease.
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and Forsyth Medical Center have been awarded a grant by the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust to administer North Carolina (NC) Stroke Association programs in surrounding rural counties.
The collaboration will be facilitated through the establishment of two Health Services Alliances, which will then coordinate the development and delivery of quality, cost effective and sustainable community based healthcare services.
Michael and Amanda Boyce of Winston-Salem are proud parents of a healthy baby girl born at the Sara Lee Center for Womens Health at Forsyth Medical Center.
