Conway Medical Center (CMC) filed a Certificate of Need on May 6, 2020 with the Department of Health and Environmental Control to transfer 50-beds to a new hospital facility to be built on International Drive in Carolina Forest. CMC Carolina Forest would offer a wide range of services to one of the faster growing communities […]
Conway Medical Center is excited to announce the expansion of CMC’s Cardiac Catheterization Lab services to include Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI). With the addition of PCI, patients will have access to a wider scope of services closer to home. Some of the services now offered at CMC with PCI include diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization, balloon […]
Dr. Vinod Chaubey has had a busy few months. He and his wife had their first child in May, he moved from Massachusetts, and he started work at CMC Cardiology in July. Now, he is part of a team of medical professionals who are branching out and expanding cardiac care for Conway Medical Center. CMC’s […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has awarded Conway Medical Center (CMC) $536,359 to provide telehealth services during the coronavirus pandemic. The money will be used to purchase telecommunications services and broadband connectivity services, information services, and connected devices/equipment. Through this equipment, physicians and other medical providers will be able to establish long-distance healthcare contact to […]
The medical staff at Conway Medical Center (CMC) has teamed up with professors at Coastal Carolina University (CCU) to develop a screening test for SARS-CoV-2 (novel coronavirus) infection, which is currently entering the validation process. The validation process involves comparing the results of the CCU-developed test with the standard test that is currently available to […]
With coronavirus on the rise in the US, we’re all wondering how we can protect ourselves. There are plenty of things you can do and a multitude of resources available to explain them, but experts agree that washing your hands is your first and most effective line of defense. Sounds easy, right? Not as easy […]
Dr. Matthew Young with Atlantic Urology grew up in the small town of Owensboro, Kentucky surrounded by family. His father worked in the local aluminum factory, and his mother worked several jobs as an educator at a school and teaching fitness. He was the first in his family to go into medicine, though he knew from […]
Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States that affect both men and women. Yet it is one of the most detectable and preventable cancers and some experts are now suggesting that you might want to start getting regular screenings as soon as age 45. Colon cancer grows slowly […]
Orthopedic surgeons wielding their scalpels and laparoscopic tools during life changing surgeries understand all too well that pain is an unavoidable part of the healing process. Yet the current opioid crisis has influenced the orthopedics team at CMC to reevaluate their standard treatments and prescribing practices and implement new best practices for the safety and […]
Cynthia Hamilton has always loved her jobs in the healthcare field. Her grandfather had a lot of heart issues and spent a lot of time in the hospital. She remembers going and visiting him there as a child and believes that’s when she fell in love with nursing. She worked the first ten years of […]
