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At the Hospitals
n Pediatric Neurosurgeon Joins n Infectious Disease Clinic Opens Evanston, Ill., and completed a rheumatology
in Davidson fellowship at Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Novant Health
Novant Health Infectious Disease Specialists For more information or to schedule an
Erin Kiehna, MD, has joined Novant Health is open at 610 Jetton St., suite 214, in the Davidson appointment, call 704-316-2916 or visit
as its first pediatric neurosurgeon. Dr. Kiehna Commons Shopping Center. The clinic is staffed NovantHealth.org/ArthritisBallantyne.
comes from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. by Heather Michael, MD.
n Introducing Novant Health Osteopathic
Kiehna earned her medical degree from Dr. Michael is board-certified in infectious & Family Medicine in University Area
Yale School of Medicine. She completed her diseases and internal medicine. She attended
neurosurgery residency at the University of medical school at SUNY Upstate Medical Novant Health Meridian Medical Group
Virginia Health System, including a year at University in Syracuse. Michael completed her has changed its name to Novant Health
Starship Children’s Health in Auckland, New internal medicine residency at the University Osteopathic and Family Medicine to better
Zealand. She then completed a fellowship in of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore reflect the philosophy of care and the
pediatric neurosurgery at The Hospital for Sick and her infectious diseases fellowship at the training of physicians Andrew Blodgett,
Children in Toronto, Canada. Cleveland Clinic. DO, Anthony Elkins, DO, and Adrienne
Evans, MD.
Kiehna sees patients at both locations of Michael is an expert in treating and managing
Novant Health Brain and Spine, formerly diseases linked to viruses, parasites, fungi and The clinic, at 8420 University Executive
Novant Health Neurosurgery Associates, 330 bacteria. To refer a patient, call 704-384-1940. Park Drive, suite 850, Charlotte, will
Billingsley Road, suite 202, and at the Pediatric continue to provide routine health care,
Multispecialty Clinic, 201 Queens Road. n New Medical Plaza in Denver Features such as annual physical exams, well-child
Six Specialties checkups, sports physicals, gynecological
She cares for children with brain and spinal exams, vaccinations and chronic disease
disorders, including hydrocephalus, brain Denver Medical Office Building is now management for conditions such as diabetes
and spinal cord tumors, epilepsy, spasticity, open at 269 Gillman Road. Six clinics occupy and cardiovascular disease.
congenital anomalies, craniosynotosis, vascular the building:
malformations and spina bifida. • Novant Health Lakeside Family Physicians For more information, call 704-316-1750 or
• Novant Health Lakeside Family Physicians visit NovantHealth.org/OsteopathicFamilyMed.
For more information or to refer a patient, call
704-316-3070. Urgent Care n Novant Health Adds Its First Critical
• Novant Health Lakeside Pediatrics Care Transport Helicopter, Connecting
n Novant Health Barron, Homesley • Novant Health Huntersville OB/GYN Patients to Advanced Care
• Novant Health Orthopedics &
& Valentine Orthopedic Specialists Novant Health has taken another step in
Sports Medicine expanding its critical care transportation
Welcomes James Fraser, MD • Novant Health Rehabilitation Center services with the addition of Novant Health
Med Flight, a state-of-the-art helicopter
James Fraser, MD, is board-certified in To refer a patient to one of these clinics, call designed to airlift patients to the advanced
orthopedic surgery with advanced training in 704-384-2273 (CARE). critical care they need. With this new aircraft,
primary and revision hip and knee replacement, the Novant Health critical care transport
and partial knee replacement. He specializes in n Novant Health Rheumatology and fleet is poised to increase care to rural
the direct anterior approach for hip replacement, Arthritis Opens in Ballantyne communities, providing the fastest access to
with a special interest in rapid recovery and needed advanced care.
outpatient total joint replacement. Novant Health Rheumatology and Arthritis–
Ballantyne at 12311 Copper Way, near Johnston MedFlightprovidesfast,safeairtransportation
Born and raised in Charlotte, Fraser received and North Community House Roads, is staffed for critically ill and injured patients 24 hours a
his undergraduate degree from Duke University by Amit M. Patel, MD, and Ashwini M. day, seven days a week. It is strategically located
and both a medical degree and a master’s degree Punjabi, MD. These board-certified physicians at Novant Health Rowan Medical Center and
in public health from the University of North specialize in general rheumatology, rheumatoid serves all adult, pediatric and neonatal patients
Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. He arthritis, lupus, other connective tissue disorders, within 170 miles of Rowan County.
completed his orthopedic residency at Banner osteoporosis and osteoarthritis.
University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz., and Upon receiving a call, the Med Flight team
the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, and a fellowship Dr. Patel completed medical school at is dispatched to the scene of the accident or
specializing in total joint replacements at the Medical College of Georgia and his internal referring hospital. At all times, the flight crew
Rothman Institute in Philadelphia. medicine residency at Christiana Care Health has access to EMS personnel at the scene or the
System in Newark, N.J. He then completed care team at the referring hospital.
Novant Health Barron, Homesley & Valentine a rheumatology fellowship at Wake Forest
Orthopedic Specialists is at 449 Wendover University School of Medicine. Novant Health estimates the helicopter
Road, suite A, Charlotte. To refer a patient, call will transport 300-400 people in its first year
704-365-6730. Dr. Punjabi attended medical school at Seth in service. For air transport services, call
G. S. Medical College in Mumbai, India. She 1-866-642-4717.
completed her internal medicine residency
at NorthShore University HealthSystem in
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