Atrium Health Opens New Primary Care Practice in NoDa
Expanding access for patients through One Health Family Medicine
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 7, 2022 – Atrium Health’s newest community care practice, Atrium Health Primary Care One Health Family Medicine NoDa, is now open and provides care for all ages. Located at 136 E. 36th Street, Suite200, the practice operates from 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Atrium Health welcomes back Dr. Allen Shepard to the area after serving patients at Atrium Health Primary Care One Health Family Medicine Mooresville.
Shepard hails from the Southwest, growing up in Arizona and completing medical training in Pennsylvania and San Diego. He moved to Charlotte to complete his residency training in 2016 and has been providing care predominately within the East Charlotte and Lake Norman communities. “At One Health we are focused on the individual, not only as a patient but also as a customer,” said Shepard. “We are focused on providing screening services and ongoing care.”
With the opening of One Health Family Medicine NoDa, residents of the NoDa neighborhood in Charlotte now have additional access to primary care services just minutes away. Services provided at the practice consist of preventative care and wellness exams, pediatric care from newborn to 18 years old, women’s health, including gynecological exams and birth control, geriatric care, management of chronic diseases, treatment of minor injuries and illnesses, same-day sick visits, in-office laboratory and minor surgical procedures. For additional convenience, all patients have access to their medical records and can easily schedule doctor’s office visits through MyAtriumHealth.
Steven Price, assistant vice president of practice operations, believes that providing primary care close to home for patients provides them with many benefits. “Benefits of a convenient location will help our patients reduce stress and help address their medical needs promptly,” said Price. Follow-up care is more likely if your provider is just minutes away. Seeing your primary care doctor on a regular basis is vital to maintaining your health and preventing possible health problems.”
The new practice will be staffed by highly trained physicians and family nurse practitioners. Shepard will be joined by Physician Assistant Savannah Fusaro.
For all location and provider details, visit AtriumHealth.org/OneHealth.
About Atrium Health
Atrium Health is a nationally recognized leader in shaping health outcomes through innovative research, education and compassionate patient care. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Atrium Health is an integrated, nonprofit health system with more than 70,000 teammates serving patients at 40 hospitals and more than 1,400 care locations. Atrium Health is part of Advocate Health, the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, which was created from the combination with Advocate Aurora Health. It provides care under the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist name in the Winston-Salem, North Carolina, region, as well as Atrium Health Navicent and Atrium Health Floyd in Georgia and Alabama. Atrium Health is renowned for its top-ranked pediatric, cancer and heart care, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. A recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research, Wake Forest University School of Medicine is the academic core of the enterprise, including Wake Forest Innovations, which is advancing new medical technologies and biomedical discoveries. Atrium Health is also a leading-edge innovator in virtual care and mobile medicine, providing care close to home and in the home. Ranked nationally among U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals in eight pediatric specialties and for rehabilitation, Atrium Health has also received the American Hospital Association’s Quest for Quality Prize and its 2021 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award, as well as the 2020 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Health Equity Award for its efforts to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in care. With a commitment to every community it serves, Atrium Health seeks to improve health, elevate hope and advance healing – for all, providing $2.46 billion last year in free and uncompensated care and other community benefits.
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