CityView Medical & Dental Directory 2025
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SOCIAL
ComMUnity Care Methodist University Sets the Standard
The need for quality health and human services has never been more evident, and Methodist University continues to lead the way in providing bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral students the education and experience needed for successful health professional careers in Southeastern N.C.
The Region’s Premier Health Science Programs
MU AREAS OF STUDY INCLUDE:
Nursing Physical Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Physician Assistant Studies
Clincial Mental Health Counseling
Kinesiology
Social Work
Advanced Paramedicine
Health Care Administration and Many More... + New, State-of-the-Art School of Medicine
Methodist University has partnered with Cape Fear Valley Health and announced the intent to open a new school of medicine in 2026 on the Cape Fear Valley Health Medical Center campus.
The Methodist University Cape Fear Valley School of Medicine has received official candidacy designation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME).*
To learn more about MU’s College of Health & Human Services and the new College of Medicine, visit methodist.edu/medicine or scan this QR code.
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Cape Fear Valley Health administrators, LifeLink flight and medical crews, and a Black Hawk crew member are present for the first landing of the United States Army Black Hawk helicopter on the top of Cape Fear Valley Medical Center’s Valley Pavilion expansion.
HEALTH
Soaring to new heights
Cape Fear Valley Health expands its specialty care network, doubles its ICU bed capacity and is looking forward to a new medical school in 2026.
BY JAMI MCLAUGHLIN | PHOTOGRAPHY BY TONY WOOTEN
Cape Fear Valley Health has focused on providing the best in community healthcare needs and has moved the needle — both with access to specialized care and a vertical expansion to its emergency department.
The new ICU tower has doubled the number of beds available for those in intensive and intermediate care.
Vice President of Operations and Development Brian Pearce said the hospital was able to increase ICU beds from 41 to 85 and step-down beds, or intermediate care beds, from 58 to 106.
“The expansion adds two floors and 92 adult beds, which increases our ability to serve patients,” Pearce said. “That is not including the new beds we were able to add to the PICU and the NICU for pediatrics and infants. We also have two helipads with access to the emergency department and ICU.”
He also said that the expansion broke a record in Fayetteville.
“At 161 feet and 3 inches, we now have the tallest building at its highest point, beating out the Dogwood State Bank downtown, which stands at 158 inches,” Pearce said.
He said that Cape Fear Valley Health has come a long way from its humble beginnings as a small community health center that started in 1956.
“When we are looking at the growth over the last 10 years,” Pearce said, “we have made it so that people can stay here, they can receive specialty care here.”
He attributes the growth to their new residency program being developed in an effort to increase the hospital physician network, which includes specialist coverage, primary care and facilities such as a new hybrid cardiac lab, two additional operating rooms, and the new Center for Medical Education & Neuroscience Institute.
In 2024 the hospital also introduced a new Health Pavilion in Lillington, a medical office building and cancer center in Harnett County, and in September broke ground on the new Methodist University Cape Fear Valley Health School of Medicine.
A key player in the planning process of the expanded ICU tower was Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President Patronella “Pat” Blue, who is serving in a new position for the medical center, according to Pearce.
“She came from intensive care and was able to pinpoint what functioned best in the new space for patient care,” Pearce said.
Blue said that in terms of designing the rooms and flow of spaces, nursing was at the table from conception.
“We were able to pull in the expertise of frontline nursing staff to ensure we maintained the correct workflow for the nurses in the new spaces while ensuring the patient is also kept at the forefront of everything,” Blue said.
She said she has observed intentional growth with the patient in center focus, innovation and dedication to staff growth over the last decade.
Blue has experienced that dedication herself. Since beginning
her career 25 years ago at Cape Fear Valley, she has been able to climb the ladder from a certified nursing assistant to licensed practical nurse, registered nurse, patient care manager, critical care service line director, and now to chief nurse officer.
“Cape Fear Valley has invested in, not only me, but other staff members,” Blue said. “Cape Fear Valley Health offers staff many opportunities for educational advancement and career development.”
Part of the hospital expansion is also creating a larger physician network, which is overseen by Stephen Fife, president of Cape Fear Valley Health Ambulatory Medical Group.
Fife, who has worked in the Cape Fear Valley Health system for 10 years, manages a roster of outpatient clinics, which have grown significantly during his tenure.
“Several practices have joined our network so we now have close to 90 clinics in our seven-county region, including Cumberland, Hoke, Harnett and Bladen counties,” Fife said. “We just had a new orthopedic clinic open in Sampson County.”
He said the goal is to limit the travel that any patient would need to endure to find specialty care.
Cape Fear Valley Health’s LifeLink helicopter sits on one of two new helipads on the roof of the newly expanded Valley Pavilion.
“We want to make sure they can get their care here, whether it is pulmonary, cardiovascular, oncology and so forth,” Fife said. “Access to care is our mission.”
He said the health system is actively recruiting clinics and physicians to help alleviate the need to drive to another region. For instance, Cape Fear Valley Health will have four full-time neurosurgeons in the coming months and also started an orthopedic trauma services program, according to Fife.
“There is an orthopedic trauma surgeon on call in the emergency department at all times to address trauma calls,” Fife said. “A second orthopedic traumatologist will join our team in July.”
Fife said the hope is that a person can be cared for without needing to transfer, and an orthopedic traumatologist can be vital in cases like a car crash with someone needing pelvic care. He said that is just one example of the level of care that the hospital has acquired.
“We want to grow those services throughout,” Fife said. “We are continuously bringing in new service lines so that those in the community can stay here for specialized services.”
Another benefit to hosting clinics within the health network — from surgical care and neurology to women’s health and heart and vascular services — is the EPIC electronic health record system, which patients mostly know as MyChart, according to Fife.
“Having medical records accessible to all within our system makes it easier for the care team,” Fife said. “Physicians and nurses can see complete health records throughout our clinics, the hospital and in our emergency department. We want to grow even more.”
Pearce said there are even more ways that the health system is growing.
The new Methodist University Cape Fear Valley Health School of Medicine, which broke ground in September, is going through the accreditation process now and will start accepting students into the program in 2026.
“We started addressing a doctor desert in the region,” Pearce said, “and we are doing everything we can to expand our programs and capacity.”
He said they will have 480 medical students and over 300 residents by 2032.
“It is significant that we will have close to 800 residents training in our community at a time,” Pearce said. “We are developing a true academic medical center and it’s been said that over two-thirds of physicians who complete both medical school and residency in an area stay in that area for practice. We want to keep providers in our community.”
Along with Methodist University, Cape Fear Valley Health is also partnering with Fayetteville Technical Community College and Fayetteville State University.
“FTCC has doubled their nursing capacity already,” Pearce said. “We are fortunate to have these great universities in our community.”
More plans for expansion include renovations to operating rooms, a new Adolescent Behavioral Health unit in Harnett County, and parking improvements as the medical school is constructed, according to Cape Fear Valley Health.
For more information, visit capefearvalley.com.
Stephen Fife, President of the Cape Fear Valley Medical Group
Vice President of Operations and Development Brian Pearce and Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President Patronella “Pat” Blue
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SKIN SPECIALISTS OF FAYETTEVILLE
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Pregnancy/breastfeeding safe facials • Lash/brow treatments • Waxing
AESTHETICS
Skin Specialists of Fayetteville 209 Fairway Drive Suite C Fayetteville, NC 28305 910-500-5941
ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
Allergy Partners of Fayetteville 5085 Morganton Road Suite 100 Fayetteville, NC 28314 910-613-4486
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
Fayetteville Neuropsychology 2931 Breezewood Ave. Suite 100 Fayetteville, NC 28303 910-677-0000
ShineLight Services 203 Rowan St. Fayetteville, NC 28301 910-323-1335
CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
Cape Fear Cardiology Associates, P.A. 3634 Cape Center Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-485-6470
Fayetteville Heart Center, P.C. 2301 Robeson St. Suite 301 Fayetteville, NC 28305 910-484-4100
CARDIOLOGY
Cape Fear Valley Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 2153 Valleygate Drive Suite 101 Fayetteville, NC 28314 910-672-0350
Cape Fear Cardiology Associates, P.A. 3634 Cape Center Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-485-6470
CARDIOLOGY
Carolina Heart and Leg Center 3637 Cape Center Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-491-1760
Carolina Heart Physicians, P.C. 909 S. McPherson Church Road Fayetteville, NC 28303 910-483-0018
Cumberland Cardiology, P.A.
3505 Village Drive Suite 201
Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-323-0065
Fayetteville Heart Center, P.C. 2301 Robeson St. Suite 301
Fayetteville, NC 28305 910-484-4100
Ferncreek Cardiology, P.A. 3650 Cape Center Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-483-0049
Premier Cardiovascular Center 1315 Avon St. Suite 103
Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-703-8718
Valley Cardiology, P.A. 3656 Cape Center Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-321-1012
The North Carolina Children’s Heart Center 101 Manning Drive Chapel Hill, NC 27514 984-974-4601
CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
Cape Fear Valley Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery 2153 Valleygate Drive Suite 101
Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-672-0350
Community paramedic program
Connecting with community resources is key to helping participants and enhancing their lives
BY JAMI MCLAUGHLIN | PHOTOGRAPHY BY TONY WOOTEN
Tara Tucker, Jeff
and
pose for a portrait beside the Broken Chains JC recovery program’s RV.
Stultz
Erica Lugo
It might start with a 911 call, but for the Behavioral Health Community Paramedic Program, they are on the ground to give more than a normal emergency response and transport.
The team of four community paramedics, one social worker and one peer support specialist are trained to help fill in the gaps in care and reduce trips to Cape Fear Valley Health’s emergency department. Whether at home or through referrals to one of their vast community partners ranging from mental health agencies to county resources, the paramedics work outside the hospital, meeting patients where they are and giving proactive patient care.
Community Paramedic Tara Tucker, 51, knows exactly what is needed as a behavioral health community paramedic, especially when it comes to at-risk patients who call emergency services.
According to the Cape Fear Valley Health website, the goal of the Community Paramedic Program is “to improve patient care by providing community paramedics to serve as an advocate for the patient at all times.”
“Sometimes it’s like we are connecting the dots of health and social services," Tara said.
Community Paramedics assist by helping patients schedule appointments, assessing any in-home risks, educating the patient on their condition, assisting in medication management, allowing for in-home care testing, and navigating community resources.
“Sometimes we just find people need someone to hold their hand and navigate them through our health system,” Tara said. “Once we give the roadmaps, it makes it all so much easier to connect with the services they need and the relationships we build helps us figure out where they need to go.”
Tara said her path started after she graduated with an undergraduate degree from UNC-Chapel Hill in recreation therapy in 1995. Her first job was working in a locked "psychiatric ward" at the Moses Cone Health System inpatient behavioral health department in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Lately, she has been speaking at health conferences all over the country including Ohio, Maine, Pennsylvania, and throughout North Carolina to share what she has learned as a subject matter expert. She has been invited to speak at audiences in Kentucky and New Jersey as well.
“My background is mental health and substance use,” Tara said. “When I went back to school to get medical training, I was able to see the vast disconnect between mental health and first responders.”
She said first responders are trained to address traditional emergency medical issues. However, she has been able to have a different perspective to look not only at physical health, but also emotional, social, mental, and behavioral needs.
The Community Paramedic Program includes medical teams to reach people with chronic health issues such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and congestive heart failure, according to Tara, but her team works on the behavioral health side.
The program focuses on what are known as “social determinants of health,” Tara said. These are non-medical factors that affect individuals’ health, for example, like “being unhoused, or being homeless, or having psychiatric issues without getting regular therapy or needed medicine,” she said.
Tara said that her team helps decipher if people are calling 911 for medical reasons, or if they need more resources like getting food or managing diabetes.
“We are able to have a different perspective with the ‘whole person’ approach,” Tara said. “Sometimes we find that they are calling 911 because they don’t have a primary care doctor or don’t know where or how to get help. We can assist with getting those who call with the resources they need.”
That “whole person” approach could include understanding that someone needing help managing diabetes might also need resources to get their prescriptions filled or transportation to appointments, she said. Or those dealing with addiction might not know the available resources, even without insurance, which leads to frustration, she added.
Getting to the root of an issue is important, Tara said.
“The behavioral health system is so vast and disconnected,” she said “We sometimes hear that someone wanted to get better, but they didn’t know how. That’s where we try to help.”
This “whole person” approach is something Tara said she learned in her first job at the inpatient behavioral health department in Greensboro.
“It was when case management was a new concept,” Tara said. “We made sure things were lined up for patients before they left the hospital, giving them a list of resources with phone numbers to call. When I left, I started working with an ACT team (Assertive Community Treatment) and started seeing the actual resources in person.”
After 10 years working with ACT in Greensboro, which Tara said was “like a hospital without walls” with case workers, nurses, and other medical professionals, she went back to school at Lenoir Community College to become a paramedic in 2011.
Once we give the roadmaps, it makes it all so much easier to connect with the services they need and the relationships we build helps us figure out where they need to go.
– Tara Tucker
“I was able to take the training and experience I had, that most paramedics do not have, to build relationships and get all partners working together,” Tara said. “And when community partners come together, the impact grows exponentially.”
She said that the community partnerships and the relationships made are the most profound and important piece to the program.
“It’s all about relationships,” Tara said. “Once we get that first situation, the medical crisis, resolved, we can then follow up and find out what the needs are to link them with the resources from the relationships we have built in the community.”
She said it is that first step, that first door, is imperative to helping the community paramedic team facilitate the hundreds of referrals they receive a month from police, fire, and emergency services departments so they can serve as many people as possible.
“We try to find those gatekeepers,” Tara said. “We had one man who we heard about through 911 , and he went from hopeless and unhoused to getting a job within three weeks. He took the roadmap we laid out and did everything on it. This is why we do what we do. He was able to turn his life around.”
Fayetteville resident Erica Lugo, 37, is sober due to Tara’s efforts.
“I should not be here,” Erica said, as she spoke about her prior addiction to OxyContin and fentanyl.
She said she decided last September that she needed to live for her son and for herself. At that point, she tried to quit cold turkey and began to go through harsh withdrawal symptoms, she said.
“I felt like I was dying and my son called 911 ,” Erica said.
Erica Lugo, a beneficiary of Cape Fear Valley Health System’s Behavioral Health Paramedic Program, and Jeff Stultz are illuminated by the lights of the Behavioral Health Paramedic Program vehicle.
There’s a segment of the population that responds to people like me. People in suits, or even uniforms, can be perceived as scary or judgemental.
– Jeff Stultz
She recalled her first visit to the Cape Fear Valley Health’s emergency department being short, as her immediate symptoms were treated and she went back home. The next night, still feeling ill, she said she returned, but this time a paramedic contacted Tara, who was in the waiting room ready to meet with Erica when she arrived.
“She was like an angel sent from heaven,” Erica recalled. “If it weren’t for her, I wouldn’t be here today.”
Erica said that Tara set up her first appointment to help her on the way to get clean, came to her house, drove her to it and still calls her monthly to see how she is doing.
“I have my nine months chip now and I know there is a purpose for me still to be here,” Erica said.
Tara said the paramedics help create safety nets through community partnerships and relationships, which help assist those who need them with resources to make their lives better.
“For instance, we may have a hundred calls of suicide ideation or attempts each month through 911 , but when they go home, those problems still exist whether it’s addiction, an ended relationship, or financial issues,” Tara said. “We can’t stick our heads in the sand after they leave our care.”
One of the ways that Tara and her team are building those nets is by creating community partnerships, including suicide prevention and addiction recovery groups.
For example, Tara works with Broken Chains JC, a fellowship of bikers and motorcycle enthusiasts that has a mission to offer hope in healing through a Christ-centered recovery process. The faith-based group is now in all 50 states and 15 countries, and has 6,000 members, according to Jeff Stultz, founder and national director.
He and Tara met at a community event a little over a year ago and realized they could work together to serve the community.
“No one across the nation has thought about pairing paramedics with bikers, but we did,” Tara said. “We found awesome partners. They reach those local recovery communities we serve with a support system and sober activities.”
Jeff, 61, is a motorcycle group member who speaks through experience and recovery.
He started Broken Chains JC in Cumberland County, he said. Jeff is 17 years sober.
“There’s a segment of the population that responds to people like me,” Jeff said referring to his long hair and tattoos. “People
in suits, or even uniforms, can be perceived as scary or judgemental. You don’t even recognize they are trying to help you.”
Jeff graduated from Seventy-First High School in 1981, and joined the U.S. Army shortly after, following in his father’s footsteps.
His road to recovery and sobriety is a long way from his days in the Army and riding with a motorcycle club in his early 20s “that took me down a dark place.” At that time, he also began using illicit substances, he said.
Jeff eventually went AWOL from the Army, turning himself in later. He recalled a period of experiencing homelessness and substance use addiction as among the lowest moments of his life, he said.
“We talk the talk and want to help keep people alive until they are ready to live,” Jeff said.
His group offers two recovery support groups, which Tara refers to often along with a fuller list, which participants can choose from.
One is Celebrate Recovery, which meets every Friday at 6:30 p.m. at 455 Rock Hill Road, Fayetteville at the Freedom Biker Church. The other is Recovery Alive, which meets at 5:30 p.m. every Monday at Arran Lake Baptist Church, 1130 Bingham Drive, Fayetteville. Recovery Alive’s sessions begin with a free dinner, worship, and group sessions and include free childcare.
Tara said that, according to research, most people start trying to get help through their church clergy so she has begun partnering with the faith community to train and partner.
She emphasizes recovery options, which can be faith-based or secular, she said, providing participants with agency of choice.
Another one of the ways that Tara and her team are helping is by hosting a Mobile Outreach event every third Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kingdom Impact Global Ministries Church at 2503 Murchison Road in Fayetteville. Resources with over 70 community partners are available with a free lunch, medical screenings, laundry services, free haircuts, HIV and hepatitis C testing, and more.
“Some take for granted what just a simple haircut can mean to someone,” Tara said. “It takes all of us working together and there are a lot of providers coming to serve.”
To learn more about the Cape Fear Valley Community Paramedic program including how to get involved or support, visit capefearvalley.com/emergency-services/communityparamedic.html.
CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
Community Mental Health Center
711 Executive Place
Fayetteville, NC 28305
910-615-3333
COMMUNITY SERVICES
Better Health 1422 Bragg Blvd. Fayetteville, NC 28301 910-483-7534
Cumberland County Dept of Public Health 1235 Ramsey St. Fayetteville, NC 28301 910-433-3600
CRITICAL CARE
Cape Fear Valley Medical Center Emergency Department 1638 Owen Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-615-4000
Central Harnett Hospital Emergency Department 215 Brightwater Drive Lillington, NC 27546 910-615-4000
Cape Fear Valley Pulmonary Medicine 1201 Walter Reed Road Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-323-4733
Cape Fear Valley Betsy Johnson Hospital 800 Tilghman Drive Dunn, NC 28334 910-892-1000
Maria Medical Center 13840 NC-210 Spring Lake, NC 28390 910-436-0648
Bladen Healthcare 501 S. Poplar St. Elizabethtown, NC 28337 910-862-5100
Cape Fear Valley Rehabilitation Center 1638 Owen Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-615-6079
Cape Fear Valley Rehabilitation Center –Lillington 55 Bain St. Suite 101 Lillington, NC 27546
910-814-5885
Cape Fear Valley Diagnostic Center 524 Beaumont Road Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-615-4621
Integrated Wound Specialists of NC –Healogics
6322 Fayetteville Road Raeford, NC 28376
910-715-5901
DERMATOLOGY
Med One Dermatology
413 Owen Drive Suite 202 Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-401-5688
Richard H. Shereff, M.D., P.A. 139 Hunter Circle Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-323-4888
DIABETES
Cape Fear Valley Diabetes & Endocrine Center
101 Robeson St. Suite 405 Fayetteville, NC 28301 910-615-1623
Cape Fear Valley Diabetes & Endocrine Center – Dunn 803 Tilghman Drive Suite 400 Dunn, NC 28334
910-230-7920
Fayetteville Endocrinology & Diabetes Clinic, P.A. 105 Roxie Ave. Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-609-1880
Med One Endocrinology
1340 Walter Reed Road
Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-401-5425
Southern Regional Area Health
Education Center
1601 Owen Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-678-0100
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Cape Fear Valley Medical Center
Emergency Department 1638 Owen Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-615-4000
Hoke Hospital Emergency Department
210 Medical Pavilion Drive Raeford, NC 28376
910-904-8071
ENDOCRINOLOGY
Cape Fear Valley Internal Medicine
Continuity Clinic
1218 Walter Reed Road Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-615-3960
Cape Fear Valley Diabetes & Endocrine Center
101 Robeson St. Suite 405 Fayetteville, NC 28301
910-615-1623
Fayetteville Endocriology & Diabetes Clinic, P.A. 105 Roxie Ave. Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-609-1880
Med One Endocrinology
1340 Walter Reed Road Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-401-5425
The listings in this directory are divided by medical specialty. Within the specialty category, you will find medical practices listed alphabetically, along with the address and phone number and the physicians affiliated with the practice. You will also see enhanced listings that include the insurance accepted, and some display ads that include much more information.
FAMILY MEDICINE
Cape Fear Valley Primary Care – Angier 185 Rawls Road Angier, NC 27501 919-331-2477
Bladen Medical Associates – Bladenboro 1106 W. Seaboard St Bladenboro, NC 28320 910-863-3138
Bladen Medical Associates – Clarkton 88 E. Green St. Clarkton, NC 28433 910-862-1217
Bladen Medical Associates – Dublin 16 Third St. Dublin, NC 28332 910-862-3528
Bladen Medical Associates –Elizabethtown
300 E. McKay St. Suite A 910-862-5500
Bladen Medical Associates – White Lake 273 White Lake Drive Elizabethtown, NC 28337 910-862-1265
Bladen County Hospital Emergency Department 501 S. Poplar St. Elizabethtown, NC 28337 United States 910-862-5179
Cape Fear Family Medical Care
405 Owen Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-323-3183
Cape Fear Valley Primary Care – Dunn
803 Tilghman Drive Suite 100 Dunn, NC 28334 910-892-1091
Cape Fear Valley Primary Care – Erwin 518 E. H St. Erwin, NC 28339 910-897-5591
Cape Fear Valley Primary Care –Fayetteville Family
1307 Avon St. Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-323-1718
Cape Fear Valley Primary Care –
Highland Family Practice 1248 Fort Bragg Road Fayetteville, NC 28305 910-323-0334
Cape Fear Valley Primary Care –Lillington 7 E. Duncan St. Lillington, NC 27546
910-814-1212
Cape Fear Valley Primary Care –Lumberton 588 Bailey Road Lumberton, NC 28358
910-739-8899
Cape Fear Valley Primary Care –Robeson Family Practice
1002C E. Fourth Ave. Red Springs, NC 28377 910-843-3311
Cape Fear Valley Primary Care –Vineland Family Medicine
630 S. Madison St. Whiteville, NC 28472 910-914-6625
Carolina Family Practice Center
2500 Village Drive Suite 100 Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-485-1700
Cumberland County Public Health Department 1235 Ramsey St. Fayetteville, NC 28301 910-433-3600
Health Pavilion North Family Care
6387 Ramsey St. Suite 210 Fayetteville, NC 28311
910-615-3920
Hoke Family Medical Center
405 S. Main St. Raeford, NC 28376
910-615-5800
Hoke Primary Care
300 Medical Pavilion Drive Suite 150 Raeford, NC 28376
910-904-8025
Hope Mills Family Care
5523 Waldos Beach Road Fayetteville, NC 28306
910-615-3120
Medical Arts Family Practice
413 Owen Drive Suite 201 Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-323-9111
PolyMedic Primary Care
3077 N. Main St. Suite 202 Hope Mills, NC 28348 910-339-2018
Karen L. Smith, M.D., P.A. 929 W. Prospect Ave. Raeford, NC 28376
910-904-1695
Senior Health Services 101 Robeson St. Suite 202 Fayetteville, NC 28301 910-615-1630
Southern Regional Area Health Education Center 1601 Owen Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-678-0100
Stedman Medical Care 114 Forte Road Stedman, NC 28391 910-485-6228
Three Rivers Medical Center
580 W. McLean St. St. Pauls, NC 28384
910-615-3570
FAMILY MEDICINE
Westside Medical Care 1463 Pamalee Drive Fayetteville, NC 28303 910-482-3000
Cape Fear Valley Family Medicine Continuity Clinic – Coats 25 Johnson St. Suite N Coats, NC 27521 910-897-6423
Cape Fear Valley Primary Care – Buffalo Lakes 1619 Buffalo Lake Road Sanford, NC 27332 919-343-3435
Cape Fear Valley Primary Care – Clinton 606 Beaman St. Clinton, NC 28328 910-596-0061
Cape Fear Valley Primary Care – John Smith 2356 John Smith Road Suite 101 Fayetteville, NC 28306 910-339-2274
Hoke Family Medical Center
405 S. Main St. Raeford, NC 28376 910-615-5800
FITNESS/WELLNESS
HealthPlex
1930 Skibo Road
Fayetteville, NC 28314 910-615-7539
GASTROENTEROLOGY
Cape Fear Center for Digestive Diseases, P.A.
1880 Quiet Cove Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-323-2477
Premier Gastroenterology at Quiet Cove 1880 Quiet Cove Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-323-2477
Premier Gastroenterology at Valleygate 2041 Valleygate Drive Suite 101
Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-223-7011
Kurt Vernon Gastroenterology
904-D W. Broad St. Dunn, NC 28334
910-891-5808
GENERAL SURGERY
Bladen Surgical Specialists
300 E. McKay St.
Suite A
Elizabethtown, NC 28337
910-862-1272
Cape Fear Valley General Surgery –Ferncreek 4140 Ferncreek Drive Suite 601 Fayetteville, NC 28314 910-485-3880
Cape Fear Valley General Surgery –Village Surgical 1841 Quiet Cove Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-323-2626
Cape Fear Valley General Surgery –Lillington 215 Brightwater Drive Lillington, NC 27546 910-615-4000
Cape Fear Valley General Surgery –Dunn
803 Tilghman Drive Suite 200 Dunn, NC 28334 910-892-1550
Paul M. Carter, M.D., P.A. 101 Robeson St. Suite 200 Fayetteville, NC 28301 910-323-2696
Cape Fear Valley – Harnett Surgical Associates 803 Tilghman Drive Suite 200 Dunn, NC 28334 910-892-1550
GERIATRICS
Cape Fear Valley Podiatry – Foot & Ankle Specialists - Lumberton 4850 Fayetteville Road Lumberton, NC 28358 910-738-4811
Cape Fear Valley Senior Health Services 101 Robeson St. Suite 202 Fayetteville, NC 28301 910-615-1630
Cape Fear Valley Internal Medicine Continuity Clinic 1218 Walter Reed Road Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-615-3960
Cape Fear Valley Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital 150 Robeson St. Fayetteville, NC 28301 910-615-1003
Hoke Hospitalist Group 210 Medical Pavilion Drive Raeford, NC 28376 910-904-8287
ID Care, P.A. 1319 Avon St. Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-729-6552
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Cape Fear Valley Infectious Disease Care 101 Robeson St. Suite 300A Fayetteville, NC 28301 910-615-1282
Carolina Infectious Disease, P.A. 1774 Metromedical Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-568-3903
ID Care, P.A. 1319 Avon St. Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-729-6552
INTERNAL MEDICINE
Alpha Medical Center, P.A. 1815 Fort Bragg Road Fayetteville, NC 28303 910-221-3300
Cape Center Internal Medicine 3653 Cape Center Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-426-3332
INTERNAL MEDICINE
Cape Fear Valley Internal Medicine
101 Robeson St. Suite 300
Fayetteville, NC 28301 910-615-1617
Cape Fear Valley Internal Medicine
Continuity Clinic 1218 Walter Reed Road Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-615-3960
Cape Fear Valley Internal Medicine
Continuity Clinic – Erwin
133 Professional Park Erwin, NC 28339 910-230-7930
Cape Fear Valley Primary Care
606 Beaman St. Clinton, NC 28328 910-596-0061
Cape Fear Valley Primary Care
2356 John Smith Road Suite 101 Fayetteville, NC 28306 910-339-2274
Cross Creek Medical Clinic, P.A. 1309 Medical Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-437-5130
Cumberland Medical Associates 2125 Valleygate Drive Suite 101/102 Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-864-0689
David Stewart, M.D., P.A. 114 Broadfoot Ave. Fayetteville, NC 28305 910-484-1156
Fayetteville Internal Medicine 1766 Metromedical Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-483-4680
Fayetteville Veteran Affairs Health Care Center
7300 S. Raeford Road Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-488-2120
Harnett Health Internal Medicine
133 Professional Park Erwin, NC 28339 910-230-7930
Hope Medical Clinic, P.A.
3609 Cape Center Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-500-0909
Hope Mills Urgent Care/Medical Clinic
3758 S. Main St. Hope Mills, NC 28348 910-429-0647
Hoke Hospitalist Group
210 Medical Pavilion Drive Raeford, NC 28376 910-904-8287
Hoke Primary Care
300 Medical Pavilion Drive Suite 150 Raeford, NC 28376 910-904-8025
Medics Primary and Urgent Care
504 Owen Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-221-3030
Naveed Aziz, M.D., P.A. 224 N. Main St. Spring Lake, NC 28390 910-436-0424
Lillington Medical Services
7 E. Duncan St. Lillington, NC 27546 910-814-1212
Ramesh V. Patel, M.D., P.A. 1220 Walter Reed Road Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-485-5851
Rapha Primary Care Center of Fayetteville 1905 Skibo Road Suite 100 Fayetteville, NC 28314 910-864-4357
Rayconda Internal Medicine 6977 Nexus Court Suite 101 Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-864-7933
Sessoms Medical Associates 414 Owen Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-290-5000
STATCARE Urgent Care Center 9525 Cliffdale Road
Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-826-7828
Southern Internal Medicine, P.C. 3514 Village Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-426-0091
Southern Regional Area Health Education Center 1601 Owen Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-678-0100
Valley Internal Medicine, Inc. 2149 Valleygate Drive Suite 102 Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-484-5366
Village Internal Medicine 1843 Quiet Cove Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-483-8080
Bladen Medical Associates ExpressCare
107 E. Dunham St. Elizabethtown, NC 28337 910-862-2122
Lillington Medical Services – Duncan St. 7 E. Duncan St. Lillington, NC 27546 910-814-1212
Dunn Medical Services 803 Tilghman Drive Suite 100 Dunn, NC 28334 910-892-1091
NEONATOLOGY
Cape Fear Neonatology Service, P.A. 1638 Owen Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-615-5490
Cape Fear Neonatology Service, P.A. 1638 Owen Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-615-5490
Your health, our specialty.
Throughout the region, our primary and specialty care clinics are ready to meet your healthcare needs.
to Raeford
Hope Mills
Stedman
Spring Lake
Eastover
Fayetteville
primary care
Cape Fear Valley Primary Care : Fayetteville Family
1307 Avon Street, Fayetteville : (910) 323-1718
Cape Fear Valley Primary Care : John Smith 2356 John Smith Road, Fayetteville : (910) 339-2274
Cape Fear Valley Internal Medicine
101 Robeson Street, Suite 300, Fayetteville : (910) 615-1617
Cape Fear Valley Internal Medicine Continuity Clinic
1218 Walter Reed Road, Fayetteville : (910) 615-3960
Cape Fear Valley Pediatric Care
1262 Oliver Street, Fayetteville : (910) 615-4801
Health Pavilion North Family Care
6387 Ramsey Street, Suite 210, Fayetteville : (910) 615-3920
Hoke Family Medical Center
405 S. Main Street, Raeford : (910) 615-5800
Hoke Primary Care
300 Medical Pavilion Drive, Suite 150, Raeford : (910) 904-8025
Hope Mills Family Care
5523 Waldos Beach Road, Fayetteville : (910) 615-3120
Senior Health Services
101 Robeson Street, Suite 202, Fayetteville : (910) 615-1630
Stedman Medical Care
114 Forte Road, Stedman : (910) 485-6228
Three Rivers Medical
580 West McLean Street, St. Pauls : (910)615-3570
Westside Medical Care
1463 Pamalee Drive, Fayetteville : (910) 615-3012
specialty care
Cape Fear Valley Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 2153 Valleygate Drive, Suite 101, Fayetteville : (910) 672-0350
Cape Fear Valley Diabetes and Endocrine Center 101 Robeson Street, Suite 405, Fayetteville : (910) 615-1623
Cape Fear Valley Ear, Nose and Throat 1565 Purdue Drive, Suite 301, Fayetteville : (910) 615-3060
Cape Fear Valley General Surgery – Village Surgical 1841 Quiet Cove Drive, Fayetteville : (910) 323-2626
Cape Fear Valley Infectious Disease 101 Robeson Street, Suite 300, Fayetteville : (910) 615-1282
Cape Fear Valley Lung Nodule Clinic 1638 Owen Drive, Fayetteville : (910) 615-5561
Cape Fear Valley Neurology 1638 Owen Drive, Fayetteville : (910) 615-3350
Cape Fear Valley Neurosurgery 1638 Owen Drive, Fayetteville : (910) 615-3350
Cape Fear Valley OB-GYN 1341 Walter Reed Road, Fayetteville : (910) 615-3500
Cape Fear Valley Perinatology 2109 Valleygate Drive, Suite 103, Fayetteville : (910) 615-3590
Cape Fear Valley Pediatric Endocrinology 101 Robeson Street, Suite 410, Fayetteville : (910) 615-1885
Cape Fear Valley Podiatry – Foot & Ankle Specialists 1738 Metromedical Drive, Fayetteville : (910) 484-4191
Cape Fear Valley Pulmonary Medicine 1201 Walter Reed Road, Fayetteville : (910) 323-4733
Cape Fear Valley Sleep Center 3308 Melrose Road, Fayetteville : (910) 615-3200
Cape Fear Valley Urology 2301 Robeson Street, Suite 203 : (910) 615-3220
Cape Fear Valley Urology – Owen Park 1537 Owen Park Lane, Fayetteville : (910) 485-8801
Community Mental Health Center 711 Executive Place, Fayetteville : (910) 615-3333
Cape Fear Valley General Surgery – Ferncreek 4140 Ferncreek Drive, Suite 601, Fayetteville : (910) 485-3880
Cape Fear Valley Vascular Specialists 1251 Oliver Street, Fayetteville : (910) 822-6587
Cape Fear Valley Orthopedics & Sports Medicine 1219 Walter Reed Road, Fayetteville : (910) 609-5000
Hoke OB-GYN 300 Medical Pavilion Drive, Ste. 250, Raeford : (910) 904-8035
Fayetteville orthopedic care
When bones break, healing is around the corner
BY JAMI MCLAUGHLIN | PHOTOGRAPHY BY TONY WOOTEN
After a lifetime of riding horses and no broken bones, Carol Ann Tally can now say she’s had her fair share of emergency room visits — with her children.
“The joke is that when the Tally kids do anything, they do it all the way,” she said.
Carol Ann’s first trip to the Cape Fear Valley Health’s Pediatric Emergency Department was in October 2022.
She was watching her boys play in the backyard when her oldest son Locke, then 5, fell from a piece of playground equipment.
“He was just playing on the side and it wasn’t even four feet, but he came down right on his ankle, it started swelling immediately,” Carol Ann said.
She started the protocol of elevating, icing, and giving him Tylenol while also texting one of her closest friends, Nisha Patel, a local physician assistant at Cape Fear Valley Health with emergency department experience and three children of her own.
“Nisha came right over and said from the way it was swollen, that I needed to get him to the hospital,” Carol Ann recalls. “My husband Lockett was out of the country so she stayed with my other children while I took him over.”
At age 38, she found herself going into the ER for the first time carrying her son on her shoulders piggyback-style through the metal detectors.
“The staff confirmed the break and also said because it was across a growth plate, he would need surgery,” Carol Ann said.
Sometimes children who have growth plate fractures heal with no complications, but other factors — such as age, and severity and location of the injury — can “increase the risk of crooked, accelerated or stunted bone growth,” requiring surgery, according to the Mayo Clinic.
That was when she was first introduced to Dr. Dan McBrayer, an orthopedic surgeon with Fayetteville Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine.
Dr. McBrayer, who currently also serves as the chief of
Brothers Locke (left) and Hudson Tally display the casts they wore following surgeries performed by Dr. Dan McBrayer to repair Locke’s broken ankle and Hudson’s broken elbow.
Hudson (left), Olive, Lockett, Locke and Carol Ann Tally with their cat Otto and dog Bodie.
Dr. Dan McBrayer is an orthopedic surgeon with Fayetteville Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, who currently also serves as the chief of orthopedics at Cape Fear Valley Health.
“I really can’t say enough about every doctor and our experience with Cape Fear Valley,” Carol Ann Tally said. “I was impressed with how kind and thorough everyone was across the board. I wasn’t just a mom bringing in a kid with a little hurt ankle. They gave us every bit of concern and respect while giving us the best care.”
orthopedics at Cape Fear Valley Health, said that children are amazing with how they heal, especially with common fractures.
“Kids … heal entirely differently than adults,” Dr. McBrayer said, adding that children do not always need physical therapy and heal faster because they are often smaller and more flexible.
Dr. McBrayer joined Fayetteville Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in 2008 after a sports medicine and arthroscopy fellowship at Hughston Orthopaedic Clinic in Columbus, Georgia, and his residency at Duke University. He has worked with all ages of athletes throughout his years, particularly at the high school and collegiate levels.
“Most of the time when we see injuries, it’s non-operative and we can get a patient better with physical therapy and maybe medication,” Dr. McBrayer said. “But when the situation arises where they need surgical intervention, that’s what we do.”
She said it was Dr. McBrayer’s reassurance and professionalism that gave her complete peace of mind as Locke prepared for surgery the following morning.
“One of my favorite things about Dr. McBrayer is how he turned to me and said, ‘If this was my child, I would do this,’ and told me what was needed,” Carol Ann said. “As a parent, that was all I wanted to hear.”
“He assured me that it was going to be OK,” she said.
Locke came out of surgery needing a cast and a wheelchair, which he got both in the color orange for October and Halloween. She said the staff at Alma Easom Elementary School, where Locke attended, worked to accommodate his wheelchair, doing everything they could to make him comfortable.
“Our house was under renovation, too, during this time so we just made it all work,” Carol Ann said. “After the cast came off in November and the wheelchair was not needed later that month, he had weekly physical therapy until January.”
She said his ankle had healed but his confidence level was not there yet,
making him apprehensive about taking those first few steps.
“He refused to walk,” Carol Ann laughed. “He just said he wasn’t going to walk again and that was it. It was all very dramatic for Locke at age 5.”
Dr. McBrayer agreed with a chuckle that Locke was “thoughtful” and needed extra time to recover, so he prescribed physical therapy for a couple of months to help get him back on his feet. The extra time helped him process his recovery.
Last May, Dr. McBrayer removed a screw from Locke’s ankle, and Carol Ann breathed easy until, once again, October played a trick on the family.
In 2023, exactly 364 days after Locke broke his ankle, the family’s second child, Hudson, had his own turn.
“He was at school, the day after his 5th birthday and fell going down the slide,” Carol Ann said. “I got the call and knew as soon as I saw the swelling that he needed to be looked at more seriously.”
Sure enough, Hudson broke his left elbow across his growth plate, necessitating surgery.
Brothers Hudson (left) and Locke Tally play on their playset following past surgeries Dr. Dan McBrayer performed to repair Locke’s broken ankle and Hudson’s elbow.
Dr. McBrayer’s office set it in a splint that same day and told her to wait the weekend to see whether it would shift.
When it did not shift back into place naturally, Dr. McBrayer operated on Oct. 20 and set his arm in a first cast six days later. Afterward on Nov. 16, Dr. McBrayer removed pins, which had been placed to help set the growth plate, then set in another cast. Hudson was finally given the all-clear on Jan. 4 this year.
“He was playing tennis two weeks later and has been playing every week since,” Carol Ann said.
Today, Locke and Hudson barely, and incorrectly, recall their young childhood memories: Locke, now 7, thought he injured his arm, while Hudson, 5, believed he hurt his hand.
As a mom with active children in sports, Carol Ann remembers everything; she said she might invest in bubble wrap in the near future.
Of course, Carol Ann knows where she can find help when she needs it with Dr. McBrayer and his team at Fayetteville Orthopaedics.
Fayetteville Orthopaedics has been providing quality care to the members of the Fayetteville community for more than 50 years and joined Cape Fear Valley Health in the spring of 2023. W. Dickson Schaefer, MD; Christopher J. Barnes, MD; Deren Bagsby, MD; Michael Dilello, PA; and Jeb Cleveland, PA, work with Dr. McBrayer daily to provide orthopedic services, joint replacement surgeries and treatment for sports-related injuries.
“I really can’t say enough about every doctor and our experience with Cape Fear Valley,” Carol Ann said. “I was impressed with how kind and thorough everyone was across the board. I wasn’t just a mom bringing in a kid with a little hurt ankle. They gave us every bit of concern and respect while giving us the best care.”
Valley Orthopedics & Sports Medicine is another clinic in the Cape Fear Valley System, and one that Fayetteville Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine works closely with since both clinics have similar specialties.
“We are essentially one group with two locations and we work well together,” Dr. McBrayer said. “I’ll refer to Dr. [Benjamin] Levine for wrist and hand issues, and, likewise, he will do the same for me with shoulders, knees, and hip surgeries.”
Fayetteville Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, including the physical therapy suite, is located at 1991 Fordham Drive, Fayetteville. They are open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays. They can be reached at 910-484-3114.
Valley Orthopedics & Sports Medicine is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed noon to 1 p.m.) Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to noon Fridays, and is located at 1219 Walter Reed Road, Fayetteville. Valley Orthopedics & Sports Medicine can be reached at 910-615-3350.
For more information on both offices, visit capefearvalley.com/ ortho/.
NEPHROLOGY
Carolina Kidney Care, P.A. 557 Sandhurst Drive
Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-484-8114
North Carolina Nephrology, P.A. 3700 Barrett Drive Suite 200 Raleigh, NC 27609 877-626-6269
North Carolina Nephrology – Cary 790 SE Cary Pkwy. Suite 101 Cary, NC 27511 919-235-0644
NEUROLOGY
Cape Fear Valley Neurology 1638 Owen Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-615-3350
Cape Fear Valley Neurology – Dunn 803 Tilghman Drive Suite 500 Dunn, NC 28334 910-984-3770
Cross Creek Neurology 518 Beaumont Road Suite 101
Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-487-5574
Cumberland Neurology, P.A. 4140 Ferncreek Drive Suite 401
Fayetteville, NC 28314 910-323-0179
Fayetteville Neurology Associates 1308 Medical Drive
Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-222-2200
Harnett Health Neurology 803 Tilghman Drive Suite 500 Dunn, NC 28334 910-984-3770
NEUROSURGERY
Cape Fear Valley Neurosurgery 1219 Walter Reed Road Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-615-3350
OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY
A Woman’s Place in Fayetteville 2053 Valleygate Drive
Suite 201
Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-484-9020
All American Obstetrics & Gynecology 413 Owen Drive Suite 101
Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-480-4880
Birth and Women’s Care, P.A. 3601 Cape Center Drive
Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-484-3101
Cape Center Obstetrics & Gynecology 3609 Cape Center Drive
Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-323-5322
Cape Fear Valley OB/GYN 1341 Walter Reed Road
Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-615-3500
Health Pavilion North OB/GYN 6387 Ramsey St. Suite 210
Fayetteville, NC 28311 910-615-3943
Cape Fear Valley Perinatology 2109 Valleygate Drive Suite 103
Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-615-3590
Celia M. Mendes, M.D., P.A. 1357 Walter Reed Road Suite 201
Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-486-6400
Fayetteville Woman’s Care, P.A. 2029 Valleygate Drive Suite 101
Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-323-2103
Ernesto J.F. Graham, M.D., P.A. 1521 Owen Park Lane
Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-223-7420
Cape Fear Valley OB/GYN – Dunn
805C Tilghman Drive Dunn, NC 28334
910-892-4092
Hoke OB/GYN
300 Medical Pavilion Drive Suite 250 Raeford, NC 28376
910-904-8035
Jones Center for Women’s Health 1261 Oliver St. Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-323-1626
Sandhills Womancare, P.A. 1367 Walter Reed Road Suite 101 Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-486-7006
Cape Fear Valley – Women’s Health Specialists
300 E. McKay St. Suite F Elizabethtown, NC 28337 910-862-6672
Bladen Women’s Health Specialists
300 East McKay St. Suite F Elizabethtown, NC 28337 910-862-6672
Women’s Wellness Center, P.A. 2950 Village Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-323-3301
Professional Women’s Healthcare
103 Hunt Drive Dunn, NC 28334 910-897-7711
Cape Fear Valley Breast Care Center 524 Beaumont Road Fayetteville, NC 28304
Cape Fear Valley Breast Care Center –Dunn
700 Tilghman Drive Suite 714 Dunn, NC 28334 910-766-7636
ONCOLOGY
Cape Fear Valley Cancer Treatment & CyberKnife Center 1638 Owen Drive
Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-615-6910
Cape Fear Valley Cancer Center –Lillington 215 Brightwater Drive Lillington, NC 27546
910-984-3080
Health Pavilion North Cancer Center
6387 Ramsey St. Suite 140
Fayetteville, NC 28311 910-615-3840
Trinity Hematology & Oncology Center 1209 Cape Court Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-485-7003
OPHTHALMOLOGY
Cape Fear Eye Associates, P.A. 1726 Metromedical Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-484-2284
Carolina Eye Associates 1991 Fordham Drive Suite 301 & 203 Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-485-2020
Carolina Cataract & Laser Center
404 Denim Drive Suite A Erwin, NC 28339
910-897-8600
Carolina Vision Center 2047 Valleygate Drive
Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-485-3937
Phillips Eye
1212 Walter Reed Road
Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-930-0704
Holly Springs Eye and Laser
201 S. McPherson Church Road Suite 106 Fayetteville, NC 28303
910-484-7139
ORTHOPEDICS
Cape Fear Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
4140 Ferncreek Drive Suite 801
Fayetteville, NC 28314 910-484-2171
Cape Fear Orthopedics & Sports
Medicine – Ramsey St. 6000 Ramsey St. Suite 108 Fayetteville , NC 28311 910-484-2171
Cape Fear Orthopedics & Sports Medicine – Pinehurst 40 Aviemore Drive Pinehurst, NC 28374 910-484-2171
Cape Fear Valley Orthopedics & Sports
Medicine – Lillington 225 Brightwater Drive Lillington, NC 27546 910-893-4041
Cape Fear Valley Orthopedics & Sports Medicine – Dunn 700 Tilghman Drive Dunn, NC 28334 910-984-3755
Cape Fear Valley Huff Orthopedics & Sports Medicine 417B Vance St. Clinton, NC 28328 910-596-5633
Industrial, Orthopedic & Sports Therapy Center 3403 Melrose Road Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-615-3080
Fayetteville Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
1991 Fordham Drive Suite 100
Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-484-3114
Valley Orthopedics & Sports Medicine 1219 Walter Reed Road Fayetteville, NC 28303 910-609-5000
OTOLARYNGOLOGY
Cape Fear Aesthetics 2053 Valleygate Drive Suite 102B Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-323-3757
Cape Fear Valley Ear, Nose and Throat 1565 Purdue Drive Suite 301 Fayetteville, NC 28303 910-615-3060
Fayetteville Otolaryngology 1839 Quiet Cove Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-323-1463
PAIN MANAGEMENT
National Spine & Pain Centers –Fayetteville 2153 Valleygate Drive Suite 102 Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-321-7246
The listings in this directory are divided by medical specialty. Within the specialty category, you will find medical practices listed alphabetically, along with the address and phone number and the physicians affiliated with the practice. You will also see enhanced listings that include the insurance accepted, and some display ads that include much more information.
Early breast cancer detection
How Cape Fear Valley’s Breast Care Center, faith and family got one local teacher through her breast cancer journey
BY JAMI MCLAUGHLIN | PHOTOGRAPHY BY TONY WOOTEN
When Gina Autry was diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2023, she was shocked — Gina, 41, didn’t have a family history.
Though a surprise to Gina, her story is not unusual: According to research published in the American Journal of Public Health, 80 to 85% of women diagnosed with breast cancer have no family history of the disease. Gina’s case highlights the importance of regular screenings and early detection.
Back in 2023, Gina had gone in for an annual mammogram that month because she just turned 40 and her gynecologist recommended she get one. According to the United States Preventive Services Task Force, patients with average risk should start receiving mammogram screenings starting at 40.
The day after her mammogram, she received word from her doctor, Dr. Anessa Lewis of Women’s Wellness Center on Village Drive in Fayetteville, that there was an abnormality and she needed further imaging, which revealed yet another abnormality. She had biopsies taken of those two areas.
The call came one day when she was teaching 4th grade at Mintz Christian Academy in Roseboro, North Carolina. She left the classroom to hear the words from her doctor: “invasive ductal carcinoma.”
On the phone, Dr. Lewis explained that the biopsy results showed the cancer had spread outside of her milk ducts into her breast tissue. Dr. Lewis also told Gina that she had taken the liberty of getting her a referral to see Dr. Elizabeth Sawyer, the medical director of Cape Fear Valley’s Breast Care Center.
“She told me I would be in very good hands,” Gina said.
When she met with Dr. Sawyer, Gina said she received a fairly detailed treatment plan, which included undergoing chemotherapy first and surgery second. She also had genetic testing done to see if there were any inherited genetic mutations.
“I was still fairly young at age 40 to receive the breast cancer diagnosis and sure enough I tested positive for BRCA2, which gave me a higher risk of having breast cancer,” Gina said.
Genetic mutations in the BRCA genes also cause individuals to be at higher risk for developing ovarian and breast cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Gina’s first chemo treatment was in May 2023, which she continued through October of that year. Because of her
genetic predisposition to further develop the disease, Gina decided to undergo a double mastectomy after chemotherapy despite the cancer being contained to her right breast.
Dr. Sawyer performed the surgery to remove all her breast tissue in October along with plastic surgeon Dr. Leif Nordberg of Cape Fear Valley Plastic Surgery, who paired the removal with an immediate reconstruction of her breasts. Dr. Sawyer removed Gina’s tissue and the sentinel lymph nodes towards her right arm where the cancer would have been most likely to spread and sent it to pathology.
“The next step was waiting for pathology to come back to see if I required radiation or any further treatment,” Gina said.
Gina said it was explained to her that the cancer was like a lake and the lymph nodes were like rivers to different branches, which is why the lymph nodes were also removed. When the pathology came back, it was clear that she needed further treatment.
“Dr. Sawyer said that chemo had worked to shrink the tumor, but it did not eradicate all of the cancer,” Gina said.
With the news that she had residual disease left, plus one lymph node that came back positive for cancer, she was referred to an oncology radiation specialist and scheduled radiation treatment at the Cape Fear Valley Cancer Center.
In early 2024 after her radiation treatment was completed, Gina rang the bell for the second time. She rang the bell for the third time on Aug. 8. Ringing the bell is symbolic of finishing a treatment, marking it as a milestone and beginning anew as a cancer survivor, according to Penn Medicine.
Her journey so far had included 30 rounds of chemotherapy, a double mastectomy surgery, and 28 rounds of radiation.
“I am technically cancer-free,” Gina said, with the radiation and additional chemo treatment she underwent being “the icing on the cake.”
“It added a layer of protection to hopefully make sure all cancer cells were killed and decrease the chance of reoccurrence,” she explained.
Dr. Sawyer said that Gina’s story is not uncommon and that annual mammograms are not anything to put off.
“Eighty percent of women do not have a family history,” Dr. Sawyer said. “The risks are not just related to family history. Other types of cancer increase the risk of carrying a genetic mutation.”
Gina Autry on her family’s land in Clinton.
Dr. Elizabeth Sawyer, the medical director of Cape Fear Valley’s Breast Care Center, in an operating room at the Fayetteville Ambulatory Surgery Center.
Dr. Sawyer said other factors include having dense breasts, starting your period early in life, or having a child late in life.
She also said that if a patient has increased risks of developing breast cancer, the Cape Fear Valley Breast Cancer Care Center has enhanced surveillance to try to catch the disease early.
“For average risk, women should start screening at age 40, do it every year, and not stop ever, according to the American College of Radiology,” Dr. Sawyer said. “But let’s say you have a family member like a mom, a sister or aunt who have had breast cancer — we will back up 10 years.”
She said if a family member was 45 when diagnosed, the provider would start a more intensive screening at age 35. If a genetic mutation is discovered in a patient — which she said more and more women are being tested for early — the doctors recommend screening at age 25. According to Dr. Sawyer, the genetic mutation can be carried by men, who can also develop breast cancer, though the risk for men is far more rare than it is for women.
“I always say bad news does not get better with time,” Dr. Sawyer said. "We haven’t found a way to prevent breast cancer, but when we detect it early, there is a 96% survival rate in the first stage and possibly have less aggressive treatments if it
hasn’t spread.”
She said her goal when she became the medical director of the Breast Care Center was to make it a program where women could feel confident that they were getting the best care.
“We’ve worked really hard to create a bubble for these women,” Dr. Sawyer said. “We work to make them feel protected and safe with the best treatment.”
To ensure that they create the best treatment plans, her team gets together twice a month to go over every single patient and have a multidisciplinary discussion regarding treatment.
“We all get all of the doctors and support staff together to talk about the treatment plan including new clinical trials and medicines,” Dr. Sawyer said.
She added that it is important to “know your lemons” and have an acute breast self-awareness. The “Know Your Lemons” campaign is a breast health education program that helps women recognize changes in their breasts such as hard lumps, dimples or anything else that may be a sign of breast cancer.
“It’s important to recognize changes in your breasts and know your risk factors,” Dr. Sawyer said.
Gina Autry, her kids Lia, Hollins and Cole, and husband Max on their family’s land in Clinton.
Gina said she was lucky to catch her breast cancer early. She was also grateful to have her family around and credits her faith.
“It was my relationship with the Lord that got me through this journey,” Gina said.
The beginning of Gina’s treatment was preceded by another major medical diagnosis within her own family. In the summer of 2022, her oldest son, Hollin, had a non-cancerous brain tumor removed at age 15. Gina was diagnosed with breast cancer that next April.
“He showed such strength and faith during that time,” Gina said. “I knew I needed to do the same. He set the example before me.”
She said she saw her Christian faith play out in every step of her journey.
“I have seen His fingerprints in my medical team, in the peace He gave, and even when my husband shaved my head and I went out in public for the first time with a bald head,” Gina said.
Her husband Max, son Hollin, and twins Lia and Cole along with her parents, extended family, and church friends kept her going.
“They offered support beyond belief,” Gina said. “From feeding my family to sending care packages, I was never alone.”
Her friends even gave out bracelets that said “She can, she will” and sold 450 T-shirts that helped support her medical journey with the same motto and “Praying for GG.”
“When all I could see was the valley, the Lord could see what was on top of the mountain,” Gina said. “It was the Lord, my friends, my family, and my medical team who never left my side.”
She said that her doctors, including her oncologist Dr. Kenneth Manning, Dr. Sawyer, chemo nurse Jayme Arnette, and Dr. Nordberg, are some of the best around.
“They have been tremendous,” Gina said. “From the front desk receptionist to every doctor, I had peace knowing I was in good hands.”
Gina completed her breast reconstruction in early September and will be undergoing a complete hysterectomy as a preventive measure for ovarian cancer at the beginning of 2025.
To learn more about the Cape Fear Valley Breast Care Center, call 910-615-5655 or visit capefearvalley.com/woman-children/mammography/breastcare.html.
PALLIATIVE CARE
Cape Fear Valley Palliative Care 1638 Owen Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-615-5649
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY
Duke Children’s Cardiology of Fayetteville 1991 Fordham Drive Suite 200 Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-423-7400
Southern Regional Area Health Education Center 1601 Owen Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-678-0100
PEDIATRIC CHILD ABUSE
Southern Regional Area Health Education Center 1601 Owen Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-678-0100
PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE
Cape Fear Valley Pediatric Care 1262 Oliver St. Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-615-4801
PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Cape Fear Valley Children’s Emergency Department 1638 Owen Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-615-5090
PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY
Cape Fear Valley Pediatric Endocrinology 101 Robeson St. Suite 410
Fayetteville, NC 28301
910-615-1885
PEDIATRIC GENERAL SURGERY
Cape Fear Valley General Surgery –Village Surgical 1841 Quiet Cove Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-323-2626
PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Owen Park Pediatrics, PA 1520 Owen Park Lane Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-860-3500
PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY
Carolina Child Neurology 1540 Purdue Drive Suite 101
Fayetteville, NC 28303
910-491-2437
PEDIATRICS
Bladen Kids’ Care
300 E. McKay St. Suite A Elizabethtown, NC 28337
910-862-8677
Calvary Pediatrics
509 Sandhurst Drive
Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-484-4233
Cape Center Pediatrics 2109 Valleygate Drive Suite 101
Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-677-0007
Cape Fear Valley Pediatric Care 1262 Oliver St.
Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-615-4801
Carolina Pediatric Group 538 Sandhurst Drive
Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-321-7337
Children’s Health Fayetteville 1738 Owen Drive Suite 107
Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-307-7330
Developmental and Forensic Pediatrics P.O. Box 72929
Fort Bragg, NC 28310 910-488-9200
Fayetteville Children’s Clinic, P.A. 1606 Morganton Road Fayetteville, NC 28305 910-484-3121
First Adventures Child Development 1727 Roxie Ave. Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-615-6656
Hoke Primary Care
300 Medical Pavilion Drive Suite 150 Raeford, NC 28376 910-904-8025
Kids First Pediatrics of Fayetteville 6415 Brookstone Lane Suite 101
Fayetteville, NC 28314 910-306-5437
Kids First Pediatrics of Fayetteville at Village One 6415 Brookstone Lane Suite 101
Fayetteville, NC 28314 910-306-5437
Kids First Pediatrics of Raeford 4005 Fayetteville Road Raeford, NC 28376 910-848-5437
Kidzcare Pediatrics – Bordeaux 3115 Bordeaux Park Drive Fayetteville, NC 28306 910-307-7337
Kidzcare Pediatrics – Hope Mills 3436 N. Main St. Hope Mills, NC 28348 910-426-7337
Kidzcare Pediatrics – Spring Lake 1022 N. Bragg Blvd. Spring Lake, NC 28390 910-495-7337
Cape Fear Valley Legacy Pediatrics 556 Sandhurst Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-483-2646
Cape Fear Valley Legacy Pediatrics North 1095 N. Bragg Blvd. Suite 104
Spring Lake, NC 28390 910-339-6015
Owen Park Pediatrics, PA 1520 Owen Park Lane Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-860-3500
Cape Fear Valley Pediatric Care – Dunn 802 Tilghman Drive Dunn, NC 28334 910-892-4248
Cape Fear Valley Pediatric Care –Lillington
716 S. 10th St. Lillington, NC 27546 910-892-4248
Rainbow Pediatrics of Fayetteville 1327 Robeson St. Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-486-5437
Southern Regional Area Health Education Center 1601 Owen Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-678-0100
Womack Pediatrics 2817 Rock Merritt Ave. Fort Liberty, NC 28310 910-907-6000
Harnett Health Premiere Pediatrics 802 Tilghman Drive Dunn, NC 28334 910-892-4248
Cape Fear Valley Pediatric After Hours 556 Sandhurst Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-920-2458
Dorothea Dix Adolescent Care 3429 Melrose Road Fayetteville, NC 28302 910-615-3720
PERINATOLOGY
Cape Fear Valley Perinatology 2109 Valleygate Drive Suite 103
Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-615-3590
PHARMACY
Cape Fear Valley – Center Pharmacy 101 Robeson St. Suite 107
Fayetteville, NC 28301
910-615-1800
Cape Fear Valley – Hoke Pharmacy
300 Medical Pavilion Drive Suite 100
Raeford, NC 28376
910-904-8700
Cape Fear Valley – Pavilion Pharmacy
6387 Ramsey St. Suite 130
Fayetteville, NC 28311
910-615-3900
Cape Fear Valley – Valley Pharmacy 1638 Owen Drive
Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-615-7895
PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
Cape Fear Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
4140 Ferncreek Drive Suite 801
Fayetteville, NC 28314
910-484-2171
Health Pavilion North Physical & Occupational Therapy 6387 Ramsey St. Fayetteville, NC 28311
910-615-3885
Cape Fear Physical Medicine & Rehab Associates 1540 Purdue Drive Suite 200
Fayetteville, NC 28303
910-630-1112
Physicians Total Rehab
2930 Village Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-323-9010
RPK Center for Rehab, Spine and Pain Management
2109 Valleygate Drive Suite 201
Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-486-8880
Cape Fear Valley Interventional Pain Specialists
1205 Walter Reed Road Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-615-7246
PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
Herring Plastic Surgery 516 Beaumont Road Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-486-9093
Cape Fear Valley Plastic Surgery 1841 Quiet Cove Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-829-6588
Carolina Plastic Surgery 2356 John Smith Road Suite 201 Fayetteville, NC 28306 910-323-1234
Triangle Plastic Surgery Center 9104 Falls of the Neuse Road Suite 204 Raleigh, NC 27615 919-706-4900
PODIATRY
Cape Fear Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
4140 Ferncreek Drive Suite 801
Fayetteville, NC 28314 910-484-2171
Cape Fear Valley Podiatry Foot & Ankle Specialists – Angier 1535 N. Raleigh St. Angier, NC 27501 910-892-1107
Cape Fear Valley Podiatry-Foot & Ankle Specialists – Lumberton 588 Bailey Road Suite E
Lumberton, NC 28358 910-738-4811
Cape Fear Valley Podiatry – Foot and Ankle Center – Bladen
300 E. McKay St. Suite E
Elizabethtown, NC 28337 910-862-1263
Cape Fear Valley Podiatry – Foot & Ankle Specialists – Hoke 300 Medical Pavilion Drive Suite 150 Raeford, NC 28376 910-266-9900
Cape Fear Valley Podiatry – Foot and Ankle Specialists – Fayetteville 1738 Metromedical Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-484-4191
Cape Fear Valley Podiatry – Foot & Ankle Specialists – Lillington 225 Brightwater Drive Suite 200 Lillington, NC 27546 910-892-1107
Cape Fear Valley Podiatry – Foot & Ankle Specialists – Dunn 145 Tilghman Drive Suite 400 Dunn, NC 28334 910-892-1107
Mission Foot & Ankle 4140 Fayetteville Road Suite A Lumberton, NC 28358 910-280-9970
Piedmont Foot & Ankle Clinic 721 Tilghman Drive Suite 300 Dunn, NC 28334 910-892-3338
Premier Foot and Ankle 821 S. Horner Blvd. Sanford, NC 27330 919-292-1610
PSYCHIATRY
Cape Fear Valley Behavioral Health Care 3425 Melrose Road Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-615-3370
Carolina Psychiatry, P.C. 548 Sandhurst Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-484-3400
Carolina Behavioral Care of North Carolina 209 Millstone Drive Hillsborough, NC 27278 919-245-5400
Community Mental Health Center at Cape Fear Valley 711 Executive Place Fayetteville, NC 28305 910-615-3333
Recon Psychiatry 1340 Walter Reed Road Suite 202 Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-504-3506
The Carter Clinic, P.A. 2151 US-401 Fayetteville, NC 28314 910-689-5333
PULMONARY MEDICINE
Cape Fear Valley Pulmonary Medicine 1201 Walter Reed Road Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-323-4733
Fayetteville Pulmonology Critical Care 1205 Cape Court Suite A Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-678-8611
Lung Nodule Clinic 1638 Owen Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-615-5561
Pulmonology Bronchology
8878 U.S. 70 W. Hwy. Suite 400A Clayton, NC 27520 919-550-5663
Ali Lung Clinic and Sleep Center 706 Wilkins St. Suite C Smithfield, NC 27577
919-205-1627
RADIATION ONCOLOGY
Southeastern Radiation Oncology, P.A. 1638 Owen Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-615-5894
RADIOLOGY
Valley Radiology 3186 Village Drive Suite 201 Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-486-5700
Cape Fear Valley Interventional Radiology 101 Robeson St. Fayetteville, NC 28301 910-615-1860
Health Pavilion North Imaging Services 6387 Ramsey St. Fayetteville, NC 28311
RHEUMATOLOGY
Carolina Rheumatology & Internal Medicine, P.A.
2125 Valleygate Drive Suite 201
Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-920-1450
LaFayette Clinic, P.A. 2125 Valleygate Drive Suite 201 Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-323-1322
SLEEP MEDICINE
Cape Fear Valley Sleep Center 3308 Melrose Road Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-615-3200
Hoke Hospital Sleep Lab 210 Medical Pavilion Drive Raeford, NC 28376 910-904-8909
Fayetteville Pulmonology Critical Care 1205 Cape Court Suite A Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-678-8611
Henderson Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine 724 Tilghman Drive Dunn, NC 28334 910-292-2215
SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
Cape Fear Valley General Surgery Village Surgical 1841 Quiet Cove Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-323-2626
URGENT CARE
Cape Fear Valley Wound Care Center 101 Robeson St. Suite 210A
Fayetteville, NC 28301 910-615-1826
Cape Fear Valley Wound Care Center –Dunn
803 Tilghman Drive Suite 300 Dunn, NC 28334
Health Pavilion North Express Care 6387 Ramsey St. Suite 100 Fayetteville, NC 28311 910-615-3879
Highsmith-Rainey Express Care 150 Robeson St. Fayetteville, NC 28301 910-615-1220
Harnett Health Angier Medical Services 1535 N. Raleigh St. Angier, NC 27501 919-331-2477
Eastern Carolina Medical Center 1 Medical Drive Benson, NC 27504 919-894-5787
UROLOGY
Cape Fear Valley Urology 2301 Robeson St. Suite 203
Fayetteville, NC 28305 910-615-3220
Associated Urologists of North Carolina 700 Tilghman Drive Suite 702 Dunn, NC 28334 910-892-1068
VASCULAR SURGERY
Cape Fear Valley Vascular Specialists 1251 Oliver St. Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-822-6587
Fayetteville Vascular and Vein Center, P.A.
3410 Village Drive Suite 200 Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-401-0202
Cape Fear Valley Heart & Vascular Specialists – Lillington 225 Brightwater Drive Lillington, NC 27546
Cape Fear Valley Heart & Vascular Specialists – Dunn 805 Tilghman Drive Suite B Dunn, NC 28334 910-304-1247
The listings in this directory are divided by medical specialty. Within the specialty category, you will find medical practices listed alphabetically, along with the address and phone number and the physicians affiliated with the practice. You will also see enhanced listings that include the insurance accepted, and some display ads that include much more information.
A transformational makeover
How Cape Fear Valley Plastic Surgery's "mommy makeover" procedure helped local hairdresser get rid of pain
BY JAMI MCLAUGHLIN | PHOTOGRAPHY BY TONY WOOTEN
For hairdresser Patricia Bilal, years of repetitive movements — including lifting a hair dryer and cutting hair — had taken a toll on her body.
At age 56, Bilal also was spending hours of her day on her feet.
“The process of shampooing, standing up with my arms raised and constantly doing the same thing started to hurt,” she said.
The pain began across her shoulders and started to radiate through her neck.
“As I got older, being heavy in the chest creates pain,” Bilal said.
“I knew I wanted a breast reduction. I needed it. I was starting to develop bad pain across my shoulders.”
As a tall woman at 5’10” and with a triple-D bra cup size, Bilal said her need for plastic surgery was not as much for cosmetic purposes as it was to prevent pain.
Her insurance company approved the reduction without issue and referred her to Leif Nordberg, MD, at Cape Fear Valley Plastic Surgery. But when she went in to meet the doctor for her consultation, she ended up deciding to do a little more.
“I also wanted to lose weight and when I did, I had excess skin around my belly area,” Bilal said. “I thought I could look into a tummy tuck as well, and Dr. Nordberg said I was a great candidate for the mommy makeover.”
She ended up having a “mommy makeover” in April, which included a breast reduction and lift along with a tummy tuck.
“The mommy makeover is a comprehensive procedure that can include a tummy tuck, liposuction and a breast lift with implants,” Nordberg said. “In Patricia’s case, she was having a breast reduction, which insurance covered for her.”
Dr. Leif Nordberg
Patricia Bilal said she knew that she had found the right physician after meeting Dr. Nordberg in person and reading his reviews online.
Nordberg said Bilal was a particularly good candidate for the mommy makeover because she was healthy and at an ideal weight for the surgery.
“She had a good anatomy with the appropriate skin excess that she needed for the abdominal work. It all came together,” Nordberg said.
One of his most popular procedures, the mommy makeover combines breastwork such as breast augmentation or implants along with abdominal contouring.
“It’s really common especially after women have children or have lost a significant amount of weight,” Nordberg said.
He said the benefit of doing everything at the same time is in the results.
“It is a whole body transformation,” Nordberg said.
Bilal said she knew that she had found the right physician after meeting him in person and reading his reviews online.
“From the moment I met Dr. Nordberg and his staff, I knew he was good. He has an amazing bedside manner and I felt so safe every step of the way,” Bilal said, which confirmed the positive reviews she had read of Dr. Norberg and his staff. “It was solidified when I started reading about him online.”
After her surgery, she said that she took two months off from work to recover and was again glad she had found a local surgeon for the aftercare.
“Recovery was much better than I expected. I was able to get by with over-the-counter Tylenol and even though I was slow,” Bilal said. “By the 4th week, I was able to walk normally.”
Little by little, she started to get up more out of the recliner she rested in for the first few weeks and started to incorporate more exercise back into her routine before she went back to
work full time.
“It is important to have these procedures done locally because of the aftercare,” Nordberg said. “Our office is here to make sure you properly heal and we are available for that extra care.”
For Bilal, she said most of her friends cannot believe she did not go out of town or even out of the country for the procedure.
“I got it all done here and I couldn’t be more pleased,” Bilal said. “I knew that I could count on the staff to answer my questions and see me if I needed them. I had several follow-up visits and they were fantastic each time.”
As far as how she looks now, Bilal said her chest finally goes with her body.
“I’m very pleased with my results. I have a pair of full leather pants and I look so fabulous in them now,” Bilal said.
She said shopping for clothes is easier and less expensive.
“I used to have to buy really expensive bras and now I no longer have that tightness across my chest when I am wearing button-down shirts,” Bilal said.
Nordberg said that is why mommy makeovers are so popular.
“It helps our patients feel like themselves again,” Nordberg said. For Bilal, it has been a game-changer for her and she no longer experiences pain. She said she gets compliments daily.
“I’m thankful every day,” Bilal said. “I get a lot of compliments from clients who have known me for years and I tell them all that Dr. Nordberg is a gem in Fayetteville.”
For initial consultations and appointments, call 910-829-6588. Cape Fear Valley Plastic Surgery is located at 1841 Quiet Cove in Fayetteville.
SENIOR SERVICES
Home Instead 555 Executive Place
Fayetteville, NC 28305
910-679-6237
Transitions LifeCare
250 Hospice Circle Raleigh, NC 27607 919-828-0890
Community Alternatives Program 1706 Cedar Creek Road Fayetteville, NC 28312 910-484-4297
Valley Hospice House 2431 Legion Road Fayetteville, NC 28306 910-609-3380
DENTISTRY
Hedgecoe Dentistry
600 Executive Place Fayetteville, NC 28305 910-484-6145
Hilltop Family Dentistry 1417 Fort Bragg Road Fayetteville, NC 28305 910-323-1410
Pryzgoda Family Dental Care
Kim Pryzgoda, DDS, PA
653 Hay Street Fayetteville, NC 28301 Ph: (910) 826-8900
www.kimpryzgodadds.com
We file most dental insurances
Specialties: Comprehensive, patient centered dental care for toddlers to senior citizens, using the latest technological advances: Cosmetic Dentistry, Preventative Dentistry, Restorative Dentistry, Implant Dentistry, and one appointment crowns. Helping phobic patients overcome their fears.
Lewis Family Dentistry
4140 Ramsey St. Suite 104 Fayetteville, NC 28311 910-488-0518
ORAL SURGERY
Cape Fear Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
2409 Robeson St. Fayetteville, NC 28305
910-483-9546
Sandhills Oral Surgery & Dental Implant Specialist 3011 Boone Trail Ext. Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-483-9216
ORTHODONTIST
Carolina Orthodontics & Children’s Dentistry 2350 Bentridge Lane Suite 301 Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-661-3386
Orthodontics for Children and Adults
Invisalign Speed System
Insurance Accepted: MetLife Dental, United Concordia, Delta Dental and more
(910) 323-5821 573 Executive Place Fayetteville, NC 28305 www.bracesbyzack.com
H. Zack Smith, DDS MS PA 573 Executive Place Fayetteville, NC 28305
PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY
Carolina Orthodontics & Children’s Dentistry 2350 Bentridge Lane Suite 301 Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-661-3386
Highland Pediatric Dental 1367 Walter Reed Road Suite 103 Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-485-8749
Village Family Dental 2029 Valleygate Drive Suite 201 Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-485-8884
Sandhills Pediatric and Family Dentistry
55 Amarillo Lane Sanford, NC 27332 919-499-9950
Southern Smiles Pediatric Dentistry 2305 N.C. Hwy. 24-87 Cameron, NC 28326 910-947-5433
Southeastern Dental Specialists 2028 Litho Place Fayetteville, NC 28304 910-689-1475
Gordon L. Townsend Jr. DDS 212 N. Wilson Ave. Dunn, NC 28334 910-892-1345
Kim Pryzgoda, DDS, PA
653 Hay St. Fayetteville, NC 28301
910-826-8900
910-323-5821
Where Your Children Come First
www.kidsfirstpedsraeford.com
Kids First Pediatrics of Raeford and Fayetteville has created a professional and caring medical environment for infants, children, adolescents and their families. We provide complete pediatric and adolescent care.
Pediatric Services We Provide Check Ups, Sick Child Visits & More in Raeford and Fayetteville
• Well Child Visits
• Sick Child Visits
• Vaccine & Immunization Schedule
• 2023-2024 Guide to the Flu
• School, Sports, & Camp Physicals
4005 Fayetteville Road Raeford, NC 28376
Mon. to Fri., 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Vaccines & Immunizations
• ADHD Testing & Treatment
• Asthma Symptoms & Treatment
• Breastfeeding Support
• Urinalysis
• Strep and Mono Screen
• Vision and Hearing Tests
Jose Buenaseda, MD, FAAP
Leamor Buenaseda, MD, FAAP
Sreelekha Sashidhar, MD, FAAP
Christine Arnold, CPNP-PC
Melanie Pitts, DNP, NP-C
Beverly de La Rosa, CPNP-PC
Danielle Trigg, CPNP-PC
Rachelle Olson, FNPC
Ashley Monroe, PA-C
Sarah Lewis, PA-C
2694 NC 24-87
910.500.KIDS (5437) 2035 Valleygate Dr., Ste. 101 Fayetteville, NC 28304 Mon. to Fri., 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 910.677.0007
Mon. to Fri., 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 910.306.KIDS (5437)
910.848.KIDS (5437) 6415 Brookstone Lane, Ste. 101 Fayetteville, NC 28314
Cameron, NC 28326
Mon. to Fri., 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Brookstone office only 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. Saturdays for sick/urgent appointments, established patients only.