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North Alabama Medical Center Welcomes 2025 With New Baby
January 3, 2025
FLORENCE, Ala., – After waiting more than 38 hours for the first baby born in 2025, North Alabama Medical Center (NAMC) rang in the new year with its first bundle of joy Thursday afternoon. Weighing four pounds and 8 ounces and measuring 18 ¼ inches, Evelynn Ray Butler was born...
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Mike Howard named Market President and CEO of North Alabama Medical Center and North Alabama Shoals Hospital
November 25, 2024
FLORENCE, Ala., – North Alabama Medical Center (NAMC) and North Alabama Shoals Hospital (NASH), part of Lifepoint Health, are pleased to announce the appointment of Mike Howard as the new market president and chief executive officer (CEO), effective immediately. Howard, who has been serving as interim CEO since September, brings...
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NAMC Performs Northwest Alabama’s First Procedure with WATCHMAN FLX Pro
July 30, 2024
FLORENCE, Ala., – North Alabama Medical Center (NAMC) recently became the first hospital in Northwest Alabama to offer patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) an alternative to oral anticoagulation therapy with the WATCHMAN FLX™ Pro Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC) Device. The procedure was performed by Tom McElderry, MD.
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Newborn Meets Great, Great Grandmother at NAMC
July 18, 2024
FLORENCE, Ala., – North Alabama Medical Center (NAMC) was the location of a story five generations in the making. Ninety-four year-old Peggy Murphy concluded her recent stay at NAMC by meeting her great, great grandson, John Bradley Turner, who was born on July 11.
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North Alabama Medial Center Completes EP Cardiology Procedure on 700th Patient
June 24, 2024
FLORENCE – The Cardiac Catheterization Lab at North Alabama Medical Center reached another milestone on Tuesday, June, 18th, by completing a cardiac electrophysiology (EP) procedure on its 700th Patient.Tom McElderry, Jr., MD, performed a cardiac ablation on NAMC cardiac patient, Vernon Russ.
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North Alabama Medical Center Receives HRSA Platinum Recognition
June 3, 2024
FLORENCE, Ala., – North Alabama Medical Center (NAMC) has earned Platinum Recognition from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for educating and promoting organ donation awareness.
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Check out the 2023 Community Benefit Report
May 20, 2024
North 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...
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North Alabama Medical Center Names 2024 Mercy Award Winner
May 6, 2024
FLORENCE, 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...
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North Alabama Medical Center Celebrates Donate Life Month
April 15, 2024
FLORENCE, 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 8, 2024
FLORENCE, 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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