General Practitioners

• Stroke Rehabilitation
  Novant Health Matthews Medical Center brings exceptional care to the people of Mecklenburg and Union Counties. In 2018, our 24-hour emergency, critical care, and accredited chest pain centers served 50,000 patients on a 55-acre campus. The facilities offer a full range of services from heart care and stroke to orthopedics. Cardiac catheterization lab provides advanced diagnostic testing and treatment for pulmonary, cardiovascular and respiratory conditions for inpatient and outpatient services. Stroke specialists are committed to delivering the highest quality stroke care with a nationally recognized program. Novant Health was the first health system in the state to have two centers to earn advanced certifications as comprehensive stroke centers. All reasons why Novant Health Matthews continues to receive remarkably high scores in overall care and patient satisfaction.
• Family Practice
• Emergency Care
  To provide a post-graduate intensive clinical and didactic program for physician assistants and nurse practitioners that promotes evidence-based, high quality, and cost effective emergency care. Through an innovative approach this program will build on the basic educational preparation accomplished through the graduate academic curriculum. Advanced practice providers will acquire enhanced clinical proficiencies to promote a successful transition to practice through an interprofessional approach among a team of highly qualified emergency care providers and collaboration with other specialties.
• Electrocardiogram
  By Katie E. Golden, MD An electrocardiogram (abbreviated as both ECG and EKG) is a simple test that is frequently performed on patients in the emergency room. It is easy, fast, and gives us a lot of important information about your heart. It helps doctors immediately...

Neurologists

• Neurology
  Current hospital staffing includes 24-hour in-house Anesthesia, OB, CRNA, neonatal advance provider, and hospitalist. Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center located 50 minutes southwest of Novant Health Rowan Medical Center provides referral support for complex patients. Advance breast imaging, Cardiology, Sleep Medicine, Orthopaedics, Spine Surgery, Neurology, Pulmonology,OB/GYN, Hematology/Oncology services are provided in attached Physicians Plaza Building.

Psychiatrists

• Mental Health
  By Dr. Katie E. Golden, MD The holiday season is busy. I mean joyful. No, I mean busy. And this can make it easy to overlook all the ways it affects your mental health. Many people are familiar with the way this time of year can be hard for some. But you don’t need to...

Surgeons

• Orthopedics
• Wound Care
  By Katie E. Golden, MD A ‘laceration’ is our fancy medical term for a cut or tear in the skin, and a good reason for a patient to come to the emergency department (ED). Prompt wound care is important to prevent infection and promote healthy healing, and so we wanted...

Physical Therapists

• Back Pain