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Forsyth Medical Center (FMC) said yesterday it has appealed the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Certificate of Need Section's decision not to approve the medical centers proposed $84 million, 50-bed hospital in Kernersville. The Town of Kernersville will join the medical center in its appeal to the state's Office of Administrative Hearings.

Forsyth Medical Center (FMC) is one of the first medical centers in the southeast, and the first in North Carolina, to use a new minimally invasive device to remove blood clots in the brain and reverse damage caused by stroke. The new device called the Penumbra Stroke System uses micro-catheterization and suction techniques to remove blood clots and restore blood flow. FMC is participating in the clinical trials for the new device currently being conducted at only 14 medical centers in the country. Eventually 35 centers world-wide will participate in the trials. Robert D. Ferguson, M.D. and Donald Heck, M.D., neurointerventional radiologists at Forsyth Radiological Associates, are the research team coordinating the clinical trials at FMC.

Forsyth Medical Center (FMC) hospitals, outpatient centers and physician practices will become tobacco-free in 2007. Patients, visitors, employees, physicians and volunteers will no longer be permitted to smoke inside or outside of any FMC facility. Most FMC facilities are targeting April 2nd for launching their smoke and tobacco-free campuses.

Paul Hammes has been named executive director of the Forsyth Cardiac and Vascular Center at Forsyth Medical Center. In his new role, Hammes will be responsible for operations and strategic planning surrounding inpatient and outpatient cardiac services.

The Stroke and Neurovascular Center at Forsyth Medical Center (FMC) has received national re-certification from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. National certification is awarded only to healthcare facilities that demonstrate excellence in stroke care by meeting rigorous national standards and performance measurements established by the Joint Commission and the American Stroke Association.

Forsyth Medical Center (FMC) has been recognized for its security and safety programs by the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety. The organization awarded FMCs Public Safety Department its 2006 Lindberg Bell Award recognizing the medical centers innovation and measurable improvement in facility safety and security.

Just days after its new 36,000-square-foot multi-specialty office building opened, Central Triad Medical Park has received another new feature a new name.

Forsyth Medical Center (FMC) and Forsyth Radiological Associates (FRA), announced today they will combine their freestanding, outpatient imaging services to form a new company to provide comprehensive vascular, cardiac, orthopedic, neurological and breast imaging services to patients and physician practices across the triad.

Forsyth Medical Center (FMC) will close its main entrance surface parking lots for visitor parking on Tuesday, June 20, at 6 a.m., when it opens its new 1,400-space, five-level parking deck.

The President's Award, for commitment to service excellence for patients, physicians and employees, is the highest recognition presented by Professional Research Consultants (PRC), a nationally known healthcare research company. Each year PRC presents the President's Award to only one healthcare organization in the nation.

Blue Cross/Blue Shield of North Carolina, the state's largest insurer, awards this designation based on consistent favorable outcomes in open heart surgery cases.

The proposed $84 million, 50-bed acute care hospital will be located near the intersection of Interstate 40 and N.C. 66 in the rapidly growing "Heart of the Triad" area.

On Saturday, April 29, The Sara Lee Center for Womens Health is hosting the third annual Speaking of Womens Health national conference, a highly acclaimed full-day program focusing on womens health, well-being and personal safety.

Three Forsyth County women will receive a special Share and Care Award at Winston-Salems third annual Speaking of Womens Health conference on April 29 at the M.C. Benton, Jr. Convention & Civic Center, hosted by the Sara Lee Center for Womens Health at Forsyth Medical Center.

Nurses from Forsyth Medical Center will be offering free blood pressure checks at nine locations in Forsyth, Yadkin and Stokes counties as part of activities to mark National Nurses Week (May 1-5).

Novant Health, the not-for-profit health system that includes Presbyterian Hospital and its affiliates, has named Charlotte businessman John R. Belk to serve on the Novant board of trustees.

Novant Health ranks eighth among the Top 100 integrated healthcare networks in the United States, according to Verispan, a research firm that evaluates healthcare systems.

Forsyth Medical Center's new mobile Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) unit is stationed two days a week at Mountainview Medical in King as part of FMC's efforts to improve access to health care in rural communities.