Presbyterian Healthcare 
2003 News Releases
| Select any of the headlines listed below to learn more about Presbyterian Healthcare's news topics in 2003. |
October 20, 2003 -- The 12 physicians and one family nurse practitioner of Meridian Medical Group have joined Presbyterian Healthcares physician division. The group was founded in 1999 and has three locations in the Charlotte area and offers primary care services for patients of all ages.
August 25, 2003 -- A Charlotte surgeon is leading efforts nationwide to make available a new treatment for hemorrhoids that is significantly less painful than traditional surgery.
August 5, 2003 -- Presbyterian Healthcare has established the Charlotte region's first comprehensive center for surgical weight loss.
July 29, 2003 -- Paula Vincent has been named vice president of community acute services for Presbyterian Healthcare.
July 21, 2003 -- Presbyterian Cancer Center's Strides to Strength program was the only North Carolina cancer program to recently receive a grant from the Lance Armstrong Foundation.
July 21, 2003 -- Three Charlotte-area business executives have been named to Presbyterian Hospital's Board of Trustees.
June 26, 2003 -- The Presbyterian Center for Preventive Cardiology is offering "Eat Your Heart Out," a cookbook based on a modified version of the Mediterranean diet.
June 5, 2003 -- Presbyterian Hospital Matthews' medical library now offers medical searches in Spanish, thanks to volunteer Consuelo Lopez, a physician who recently moved to Charlotte from her native Columbia, South America.
May 12, 2003 -- Presbyterian Hospital Matthews has been named a 2003 PRC 5-Star Customer Service Hospital in Inpatient Services by Professional Research Consultants, Inc.
May 7, 2003 -- The North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of Presbyterian Hospital Huntersville and lifted a temporary stay of construction for the new facility.
April 9, 2003 -- Presbyterian Healthcare will be the first Charlotte area healthcare provider to open physician practices in the Ballantyne area.
April 3, 2003 -- Presbyterian Hospital has begun construction of a new emergency department for kids and teens that will be the only one of its kind in the region. The $1.4 million dollar project is scheduled to open in early July 2003.
March 20, 2003 -- Presbyterian Healthcare's Certificate of Need to build a 50-bed hospital in Huntersville has been upheld.
March 11, 2003 -- Richard Reiling, M.D., has been named to the newly created position of medical director of the Presbyterian Cancer Center.
March 5, 2003 -- Responding to a growing need in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg community, Presbyterian Hospital has established a Family Domestic Violence Program for adult victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
January 31, 2003 -- Physicians throughout Charlotte are taking advantage of a new way of examining a patient's digestive tract that is available at Presbyterian Hospital.
