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  • Matthew Myers (left), vice president-operations for Vidant Medical Group, talks to Dr. Thomas Kraemer, obstetrician/ gynecologist, at a reception for new medical providers at Vidant Edgecombe Hospital Monday evening. For The Daily Southerner

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October 24, 2012

Vidant welcomes new providers

The Daily Southerner MIRANDA BAINES

TARBORO — Many a smile and handshake were exchanged  in the Vidant Edgecombe Hospital lobby Monday evening at a reception to give the community  a chance to meet Vidant’s 10 newest doctors.

“The staff and the public will be able to put a face with a name,” said Marsha Cooper, who works in the hospital emergency room.

Patrick Heins, interim president at the hospital, said the reception was a nice way for the new medical providers to interact with the community outside of a healthcare environment.

“I think one of the most exciting things is this community has always come together to support the hospital,” said Dr. Barry Bunn, the hospital’s chief of staff.

One of the new physicians – Antonia “Tonie” Haywood, Family Nurse Practitioner, internal medicine – said she received a “warm” reception from staff and patients when she joined Vidant Medical Group in October 2011.

“From day one, I felt very welcome. I feel like I’m home,” said Haywood.

“People always want to be part of an environment where you can get good quality and you have that hometown feel,” said Bunn.

While Haywood is celebrating her one-year anniversary with Vidant, Dr. Avanti Mehta, internal medicine, is in her first week on the job. She said she and her husband, Pranav Mehta, have had a “very positive experience” in the community thus far.

“It’s a nice populationof people, very friendly,” said Mehta. Her brother, Dr. Arul Vigg, also works at Vidant Multispecialty Clinic. Mehta is from a family of four generations of medical practitioners.

Dr. Thomas Kraemer, an obstetrician/gynecologist who joined Vidant Medical Group six months ago, also described the environment in Tarboro as “very friendly.”

“Everyone says ‘hi’ and ‘good morning’ to me every morning,” he said. At the same time, he said the staff at Vidant Women’s Care is “professional.”

Tiffany Langston, Family Nurse Practitioner at Vidant Family Medicine in Pinetops, attended the reception with two of her staff members, Laurie Baker and her mother-in-law, Kathy Baker.

“I have met a lot of wonderful, interesting people. I have made a lot of new friends. I am glad that I’m a part of this [medical] group,” said Langston, who joined Vidant in January. She reiterated the importance of “direct access to care” in rural communities such as Pinetops, stating that access gives patients the ability to have preventative healthcare screenings rather than letting underlying health problems, such as diabetes, go undetected for years,

“One of Vidant’s new mantras is to be best in patient access. We have to have providers to provide best access,” said Bunn.

“As an underserved area, any time we have the ability to offer that higher level of service, it’s a real benefit to the community,” said Heins. He said the county needs highly-trained specialists to provide medical services such as oncology and cardiology to “keep care local.”

Tarboro now has a full-time cardiologist – Dr. Hassan Alhosaini, and a full-time oncologist, Dr. Ikenna Osourji.

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