Finding a physician is easy....just call the Catawba Valley Medical Center Physician Referral Line at 828-345-2554. The attendant can help you find a family physician near your home or business and also help you with a referral to one of the many specialists affiliated with Catawba Valley Medical Center. Click here to find out more about the physicians associated with CVMC in the ‘Catawba Valley Medical Group.’

Successful patient outcomes depend on the strength of the partnerships developed between members of the medical staff and the hospital. More than 335 physicians have privileges to practice at Catawba Valley Medical Center. All major specialties—from primary care to cardiology to neonatalogy—are represented on our medical staff with the majority board certified.  New physicians granted privileges are now required to be board certified within five years of the completion of residency/fellowship training.  Board Certification must be maintained or the physician will be rendered ineligible for reappointment to the Medical Staff.

Medical Staff Specialties

Adult Psychiatry Anesthesiology/Pain Management Cardiology Cardiovascular Surgery Dentistry Pediatric Dentistry Ear, Nose & Throat Emergency Medicine Endocrinology Family Medicine Gastroenterology General Surgery Gynecology Hospitalist Infectious Diseases Internal Medicine Neonatology Nephrology Neurology

Neurosurgery Obstetrics Oncology/Hematology Oral Surgery Ophthalmology Orthopaedics Pain Management Palliative Care Pathology Pediatrics Physiatry (Rehabilitation) Plastic Surgery Podiatry Preventive Medicine Pulmonology Radiology Urgent Care Urology

Guidelines for Best Care Physicians serve on the hospital’s Quality Coordinating Council and on departmental committees where new policies and procedures are developed and approved for implementation. Our physicians have been very generous with their time in leading the effort to develop guidelines to achieve the best outcomes for our patients.

Teaching Site for Residents through a teaching agreement with Wake Forest University Medical School, Catawba Valley Medical Center serves as a rotation site for residents in OB/GYN. They partner with members of the Medical Staff and, while here, are exposed to the Hickory area and Catawba Valley Medical Center as a potential site to open a practice or join one of the existing ones after graduation.