Physician Access Line (PALS) #: 828-326-3900 Transports infants needing critical care for a variety of needs (including low birth weight, respiratory distress and/or infections present at birth) from neighboring facilities to CVMC's Birthing Center which would offer a higher level of specialized care Delivers care by staff including Registered Nurse and Registered Respiratory Therapist Provides service to and from facilities as far north as the Virginia line, as far south as Gaston County, as far west at McDowell County and as far east as Forsyth County Offers specialty transport that provides high frequency jet ventilation and nitric oxide administration on board Benefits infants and their parents by keeping them as close to home as possible, and Allows infant admission to Catawba Valley Medical Center's Level III Intensive Care Nursery staffed by Registered Nurses, Registered Respiratory Therapists, Neonatal Nurse Practitioners and Board-certified Neonatalogists	To the NICU and Level II nursery staff at CVMC, We want to thank all of you for everything you did to help make Cole the healthy and happy little boy he is. He now weighs 6 pounds, 7 ounces and is doing great. We cannot begin thanking all of you enough. Your passion and joy in the medical profession is apparent and much appreciated. We hold you in the highest regards as we owe our most precious love, the life of our son, to you. From the moment we stepped onto the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at CVMC you made us feel special and welcome. From dinner to teaching us the good noises from the bad, we grew stronger by the minute as a family. You all hold a special place in our hearts and we will never forget you. We will tell Cole all about you and we will bring him by to visit soon. May the Lord bless and keep you all as you bless others with the gift of life. Thank you again from the bottom of our hearts. --All our Love, Jeni, Chuck & Cole McNulty Jimmy [Phillips], Your passion for the children that you care for is amazing. You have such a large heart and we are so glad that you have our precious little boy in it. Thank you for the overwhelming support and one-on-one care you showed us while we set up camp at CVMC. Your visits, encouraging words and phone calls meant the world to us. We are so lucky to have met you and to have you as part of our lives. Cole is fortunate to have so many special guardian angels looking out for him! Please keep in touch. Thank you again for all that you did for us. The Lord brings special people into our lives for a reason. Keep in touch! God bless you and your family! Thanks again! --All our Love, Jeni, Chuck & Cole McNulty
David D. Berry, MD, is a member of Neonatalogy and Pediatric Acute Care Specialists of Hickory. Along with Dr. Samuel Wellman, Dr. Berry cares for the babies in the Intensive Care Nursery and children of all ages who require hospital care. A medical graduate of the University of Texas Medical Branch (Galveston), Dr. Berry also completed his pediatric internship and residency at the University. In addition, he completed a neonatology fellowship at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, CA. Dr. Berry was the Medical Director of the Infant Transport Program at North Carolina Baptist Hospital from 1988 to 2000.
Samuel Davis Wellman, Jr., MD is a member of Neonatology and Pediatric Acute Care Specialists of Hickory. Along with Dr. David D. Berry, Dr. Wellman cares for the babies in the Intensive Care Nursery and children of all ages who require hospital care. Dr. Wellman, who received his medical degree from the Marshall University School of Medicine in Huntington, WV, completed his residency, clinical chief residency and fellowship at the University of Louisville (Kentucky) School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Wellman serves as CVMC's Medical Director of Neonatology, a position he has held since 1996. He is certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners.
Physician Credentials Both Dr. Berry and Dr. Wellman belong to the Catawba County Medical Society, N.C. Pediatric Society, American Academy of Pediatrics and American Medical Association as well as hold certifications from the Board of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.