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Donna Yates Named February 2025 DAISY Recipient

Catawba Valley Medical Center is proud to announce this quarter’s DAISY Award Recipient. The DAISY Award is designed to recognize exceptional nursing care. Join us in congratulating Donna Yates, who serves as a nurse in our Emergency Department. Donna’s nomination included an account of how caring she was for a patient, but also the patient’s family. The nomination said ...

Catawba Valley Health System, Urgent Care of Mountain View to Open Two Locations

Catawba Valley Health System (CVHS) has announced a partnership with Urgent Care of Mountain View (UCMV) to open two new locations in Catawba County. The locations will be in Sherrills Ford and in the Belle Hollow shopping center in the Viewmont section of North Hickory. The Sherrills Ford urgent care, with a target date of opening in early March, will operate out of the existing CVHS facility ...

2024 Year in Review - A Thriving Year at CVHS

As we embark on a new year, we want to take some time to look back on 2024. Throughout the last 12 months, Catawba Valley Health System has experienced a tremendous amount of growth throughout many areas such as expansion, recruitment, awards and recognitions, and technology. During the last days of this year, we would like to take time to celebrate these achievements with each of you – our ...

Catawba Valley Medical Center Named Top 100 Hospital for Patient Experience

Catawba Valley Medical Center (CVMC) has been recognized as a Top 100 Hospital in America for Patient Experience by the Women’s Choice Award for 2025. It was one of 10 awards received from that organization. The Women's Choice Award is the only designation that takes into consideration the preferences of women when selecting a hospital. The other nine awards received were for excellence ...

CVHS Names Fall 2024 RISE Scholarship Recipient

The Catawba Valley Health System RISE (Robust Internship Student Experiences) Program held its Fall banquet on December 10th, 2024, to celebrate 20 participating students from various Catawba County area high schools. Among the festivities included the presentation of the Eddie Beard $1000 Scholarship to Larissa Seraz as the program's outstanding intern for the semester. Larissa, a senior from ...

CVMC Earns National 'High Performing' Status for Maternity Care by U.S. News

Catawba Valley Medical Center (CVMC) was named this week as a High Performing Hospital for Maternity Care by U.S. News & World Report. CVMC was the only hospital in the Unifour region to earn this distinction. U.S. News evaluated hospitals from across the nation that provide labor and delivery services and submitted detailed data to the publication for analysis; 680 hospitals, an all-time ...

Catawba Valley Health System Adds New Electrophysiologist

Catawba Valley Health System (CVHS) has welcomed Kashif Chaudhry, M.D. to Catawba Valley Cardiology. He is serving as the Director of Electrophysiology (EP) at Catawba Valley Medical Center. He previously served in the same role at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pennsylvania. Dr. Chaudhry trained at the University of Maryland Medical Center and specializes in diagnosing and managing ...

CVHS Debuts First Surgical Robot of its Kind in the Region

Catawba Valley Health System (CVHS) proudly introduces the latest advancement in surgical technology by acquiring the da Vinci 5 Surgical Robot. This state-of-the-art system represents a significant leap forward in minimally invasive surgery and underscores the CVHS commitment to providing patients with the highest standard of care throughout North Carolina. This new robot, the only one of its ...

Catawba Valley Health System Names New President of its Medical Group

Catawba Valley Health System (CVHS) has announced the hiring of Mariane Carna as the new president of its Catawba Valley Medical Group (CVMG). Carna comes to CVHS from Novant Health, Inc., where she had served as System Senior Vice President since 2020. Carna holds Bachelor and Master of Science in Nursing degrees. In addition to her time at Novant Health, she held executive positions at Hartford ...

Catawba Valley Health System Announces the Addition of Horizon Surgical Specialists

LENOIR, NC – Catawba Valley Health System (CVHS) has announced the addition of Horizon Surgical Specialists in Lenoir to its medical group. The name of the practice has been changed to Catawba Valley Vascular Surgery – Horizon effective September 13, 2024. All services, staff and medical staff will continue with the practice, and the location remains the same at 125 Hospital Ave NW ...