Family Practice In Temporary Location January 12, 2007 Viewmont Family Practice In Temporary Location

Due to significant water damage at Viewmont Family Practice in Hickory, the practice is temporarily relocating its offices until the necessary repairs have been completed, according to Cassandra Graham, Catawba Valley Medical Group director. Effective Monday, Jan. 15, Viewmont Family Practice and its physicians Dr. Steven Sanderson and Dr. Carl Welch will be using space to provide medical care to their patients in the interim at North Hickory Family Practice, 212 29th Avenue NE, Hickory, NC. Patients of Viewmont Family Practice may continue to contact that office by phone at 828-324-1699; by fax at 828-324-0281 and by mail at 221 13th Avenue Place NW, Suite 101, Hickory, NC, 28601. Viewmont Family Practice and North Hickory Family Practice are services of Catawba Valley Medical Center. Catawba Valley Medical Group employs 16 physicians as well as other healthcare professionals who serve patients from eight medical offices located in Catawba and Alexander counties. Catawba Valley Medical Center is a not-for-profit, public healthcare system located in Hickory, NC, providing and promoting the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being of the public in addition to serving as a center for health education, wellness services, preventative medicine and acute care. CVMC, recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Magnet facility, was recently named a Hospital of Choice by the American Alliance of Healthcare Providers.