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(CHARLOTTE, NC) – July 27th, 2023, marked Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center Pediatric Emergency Department’s 20th Anniversary. Since 2003, when the doors opened, and the first shift began, hundreds of thousands of patients have been treated within the walls of...

Please share with us where you attended medical school and tell us about why it made the top of your list. I attended medical school at Duke University in Durham, NC. Duke's medical school is top-notch, and the location was great because it wasn’t too far from home....

Please share with us where you attended medical school and where you completed your residency. I attended medical school at the University of Arizona, College of Medicine - Phoenix in Phoenix, AZ. I grew up in Arizona and wanted to stay close to family so this made...

Please share with us where you attended medical school and tell us about why it made the top of your list. I attended East Carolina University (ECU) for both undergraduate and medical school. During high school, I applied all over the place and was fortunate to have...

This July, Mid-Atlantic Emergency Medical Associates (MEMA) earned the Bronze Level (or Level 3) Emergency Department Accreditation from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) at Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center (PMC). PMC is the first emergency...

(CHARLOTTE, NC) – June 2023, marks the opening month for Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center (NHBALMC) and it was announced that Mid-Atlantic Emergency Medical Associate’s (MEMA) very own Sarah Orlousky, MD, FACEP will serve as Medical Director. Dr. Orlousky will...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (May 11, 2023) — Mid-Atlantic Emergency Medical Associates (MEMA) is proud to partner with Novant Health and other Novant Physician practices in sponsoring the Queen’s Cup. The Queen's cup is a spectacular Spring Event in Charlotte that benefits the...

(CHARLOTTE, NC) – Beginning this May, Sankalp Puri, MD, FACEP, an emergency medicine physician with Mid-Atlantic Emergency Medical Associates (MEMA) will take on the two-year role of Vice Chief of Staff at Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center (MHMC) where he will be...

Tell us more about how you came to choose the field of medicine. I’m not sure exactly when I decided that I wanted to go into medicine, but I have always liked science. I was a biomedical engineering major in college, and I enjoyed how those classes taught me how to...

Tell us more about how you came to choose the field of medicine. I enjoy the camaraderie of the emergency department and broad nature of patients and complaints that I get to treat on a day-to-day basis. What led you to choose Vanderbilt for medical school? How did...

In March, Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center (NHHMC) awarded Emergency Department and MEMA physician, Ryan McBeth, M.D., the Doc You Rock award. The Doc You Rock Award recognizes a doctor who consistently contributes to the remarkable patient experience by...

(CHARLOTTE, NC) – March 2023. Mid-Atlantic Emergency Medical Associates (MEMA) has been awarded a Practice Wellness grant from the North Carolina Medical Society Employee Benefit Plan (NCMS plan), from the North Carolina Medical Society. The funding will go toward...

Please tell us which program you chose for your Physician Assistant studies? Why did this program make the top of your list? After completing my undergrad education in Biology at East Carolina University, I chose Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL for...

Please share with us where you attended medical school and tell us about why it made the top of your list. I attended medical school at the University of Medicine and Dentistry School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford, NJ. I was born in North Jersey, grew up in...

(CHARLOTTE, NC) – January 2023. SouthPark Magazine published its annual list of Top Doctors of North Carolina: Charlotte Region for 2023 and features 6 emergency medicine physicians, with 5 from Mid-Atlantic Emergency Medical Associates (MEMA). The following MEMA...

Mid-Atlantic Emergency Medical Associates emergency medicine specialist holds ranking medical job in the state. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Jan. 9, 2023) — Col. (Dr.) Daniel J. Martinie, a board-certified emergency physician with Mid-Atlantic Emergency Medical Associates (MEMA),...

(CHARLOTTE, NC) – October 9 through October 15, 2022, was Emergency Room (ER) Nurse Appreciation Week. Celebrated nationally, this is a time to recognize ER nurses for their dedicated work to providing quality patient care. Mid-Atlantic Emergency Medical Associates...

Please share with us where you attended medical school and tell us about why it made the top of your list. I went to medical school at UNC-Chapel Hill. The education at UNC Medical School is unrivaled and the program is dedicated to training physicians to serve North...

Please tell us which program you chose for your Physician Assistant studies. Why did this program make the top of your list? I studied at D'Youville College, which is now a university located in Buffalo, NY. At the time, there were only 2 programs in the area, and...

Please tell us which program you chose for your Physician Assistant studies. Why did this program make the top of your list? I am a proud graduate of A.T. Still University in Mesa, Arizona. A.T. Still is known for its strong emphasis on skills, in addition to its...

For medical school, you attended the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL. Tell us about why it made the top of your list: My parents met at Cook County Hospital in the 1940s when my dad was an intern and my mother an OR nurse. The school was...

(CHARLOTTE, NC) – Parker Hays, Jr. MD FACEP has taken the lead for the last five years to provide first-hand access to emergency medicine for Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine medical students (Year 4). As Director of Medical Student Education at...

For Medical school, you attended the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. Tell us about why it made the top of your list: I grew up in Concord and knew I wanted to stay in North Carolina once I finished school.  Brody’s program provided a variety of...

Please tell us which program you chose for your Physician Assistant studies? Why did this program make the top of your list? For my PA studies, I attended The University of Tampa (UT) where I graduated from my undergraduate studies. UT had just started their PA...

An average day at work as an emergency physician for Dr. McBeth may include unscheduled trauma patients, difficult procedures, and quick thinking. In a role that is frequently demanding and highly complex, he relies on his clinical experience and instinct to make...

The role of a physician assistant (PA) is demanding, but the variety and challenge of the job is exactly what drew Billy Malone to his profession. “Every day I go to work hoping to make a difference, even if for just one person,” Billy says. “It keeps me wanting to...

For Dr. Mehta, one of the best parts of being a MEMA physician is working alongside one of the most renowned groups of clinicians in the region at Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center – the very hospital in which he was born. An even greater reward comes through...