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Check out the 2023 Community Benefit Report
May 20, 2024North Alabama Medical Center and North Alabama Shoals Hospital are proud to serve the Shoals area and thankful for the trust we have from the community to allow us to provide the best possible care. Check out our latest community benefit report to see how we're working to improve how we care for you and our community.
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North Alabama Medical Center Names 2024 Mercy Award Winner
May 06, 2024FLORENCE, Alabama (May 6, 2024) – North Alabama Medical Center has recognized Bethany Tyree as the facility’s 2024 Mercy Award winner. The Mercy Award recognizes one employee from each of Lifepoint Health’s facilities who profoundly touches the lives of others and best represents the spirit and values on which the company was founded.
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North Alabama Medical Center Celebrates Donate Life Month
April 15, 2024FLORENCE, Ala., –North Alabama Medical Center and Legacy of Hope are partnered to celebrate National Donate Life Month on Friday, April 12th in the hospital’s main lobby.
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NAMC Lends Classroom Space to NWSCC for Enhanced Educational Opportunities
April 08, 2024FLORENCE, Ala., –North Alabama Medical Center has agreed to partner with Northwest Shoals Community College to provide over 5,100 square feet of space at its Cloyd Blvd. campus to assists with healthcare education initiatives.
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North Alabama Medical Center Celebrates Leap Day Babies
March 01, 2024FLORENCE, Alabama (Friday, March 1, 2024) –Labor and Delivery staff at North Alabama Medical Center had a busy day on Thursday, February 29 with the most babies born on any Leap Day since 1980 at the facility.
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NAMC Welcomes 2024 With New Baby
January 03, 2024FLORENCE, Ala., – North Alabama Medical Center (NAMC) is ringing in 2024 with one of the first bundles of joy of the year. Weighing six pounds and 11 ounces and measuring 21 inches, Jay’Leigh Faith Southward was born to Danielle Lowery and Devarious Southward, Jan. 2nd, at 5:30 p.m.
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North Alabama Medical Center to Celebrate Five-Year Anniversary Wednesday
December 04, 2023FLORENCE, Ala., – North Alabama Medical Center (NAMC) will celebrate the five-year anniversary of the opening of the new hospital on Wednesday, Dec. 6th. Following more than a year of planning and 25 months of construction, the $230 million, 450,000-square-foot facility off Veterans Drive officially opened its doors on Friday, Dec. 6, 2018.
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NAMC’s Dr. Valvani Earns Certified Medical Director Designation
November 30, 2023FLORENCE, Ala., – Rachna Valvani, MD, CMD, has earned the designation of Certified Medical Director (CMD) by the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM). Best known as ‘Dr. Rich,’ she is an internal medicine and geriatrics faculty physician at North Alabama Medical Center.
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Rutherford Named Director of Critical Care Services at NAMC
October 23, 2023FLORENCE, Ala., – Officials at North Alabama Medical have announced Charity Rutherford as the new director of Critical Care services.
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Dr. Kristen Reed Joins North Alabama Surgery
October 03, 2023FLORENCE, Ala., – North Alabama Medical Center is pleased to welcome Kristen Reed, MD, to the medical staff as our newest general surgeon. Dr. Reed comes to NAMC from Oregon Health & Science University in the Portland area where she completed her surgical residency.
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North Alabama Medical Center Receives Primary Stroke Certification
September 13, 2023FLORENCE – North Alabama Medical Center has earned the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval®, certifying the facility as a primary stroke center. The certification comes weeks after the hospital received the Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award from the American Heart Association.
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Dr. Jonathan Bradberry Joins North Alabama Primary Care
September 11, 2023FLORENCE, Ala., – North Alabama Primary Care is pleased to welcome Jonathan Bradberry, MD, to its location at 646 Cox Creek Parkway in Florence. After completing his residency in Internal Medicine in Virginia, Bradberry and his wife moved to Alabama and has been practicing medicine as a Hospitalist for the past two years.
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Don’t Make Your Health Wait Until Next Year
August 29, 2023Preventive care is a key factor in maintaining your overall health. Annual well visits and health screenings like mammograms and colonoscopies can help you and your provider stay on top of any health issues that may arise before they become serious. They also allow you to develop a good provider-patient relationship and play an important role in helping you stay on the road to good health.
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American Heart Association Recognizes NAMC for High-Quality Stroke Care
August 16, 2023FLORENCE, Ala., – North Alabama Medical Center has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately leading to more lives saved and reduced disability.
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North Alabama Medial Center Cath Lab Performs Procedure on 100,000th Patient
August 08, 2023FLORENCE, Alabama – The Cardiac Catheterization Lab at North Alabama Medical Center reached a milestone on Friday, August, 4th, by serving its 100,000th patient. Dr. Areen Al-Taie, MD, FACC, performed an Aveir leadless pacemaker implantation on Matthew Daugherty.
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NAMC Puts da Vinci Robot on Full Display
July 21, 2023FLORENCE, Ala., - North Alabama Medical Center recently held a hands-on demonstration of the latest da Vinci Xi surgical robot in the main lobby. Onlookers were allowed to get up close and personal with the machine and even control it from a test console during various simulations.
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North Alabama Medical Center Partners with Tennessee Valley Surgery Group
July 19, 2023FLORENCE, Alabama (July 19) – North Alabama Medical Center has announced a partnership with Tennessee Valley Surgery Group, bringing its total number of current employed surgeons to six. The addition of another general surgeon this week, along with another one set to start in the fall will make North Alabama Surgery the premier surgical group in the region.
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General Surgeon J. Wilson Mesquita, MD, Joins North Alabama Medical Center
July 18, 2023FLORENCE, Ala., – North Alabama Medical Center is proud to welcome J. Wilson Mesquita, MD, to its surgical group. Dr. Mesquita comes to NAMC after completing full general surgery training at Wayne State University in Detroit, Mich.
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Smith Named Director of Women’s and Children’s Services at NAMC
May 31, 2023FLORENCE, Ala., – Officials at North Alabama Medical have announced Kendra Smith as the new director of Women’s and Children’s services.
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Mason named NAMC 2023 Mercy Award Winner
May 30, 2023FLORENCE, Alabama (May 25, 2023) – North Alabama Medical Center recently announced that Demetria Mason has been recognized as the facility’s 2023 Mercy Award winner. The Mercy Award recognizes one employee from each of Lifepoint Health’s facilities who profoundly touches the lives of others and best represents the spirit and values on which the company was founded.
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