Please join us in congratulating our President and CEO, Chris A. Lumsden, for receiving the 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award from Bridgewater College during a ceremony held in April. This award recognizes those who have “exceedingly contributed to the advancement of vocational and professional achievements.” This award is no surprise knowing Chris’ passion for helping others […]

The American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA) honors Virginia “Jenny” Triplett, RN, BSN, Director of the Northern Skilled Nursing Center at Northern Regional Hospital in Mount Airy, North Carolina with the 2022 Eli Pick Facility Leadership Award. Only 3% of facilities nationwide met the initial selection criteria. This year, fifty‐seven administrators in 17 states […]

Tuesday was a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence, with the date — Feb. 2, 2022 — reading as 2/22/22. That had sparked many, particularly on social media, to label it Twosday. One young lady took that to the next level at Northern Regional Hospital. Baby Jane Eileen Tallman was born at 2:22 p.m., leaving her birthday as 2:22 […]

Marissa Montgomery, FNP-C, has joined the professional clinical team of Northern Family Medicine – the busy, rapidly-growing Family Medicine Division of Northern Regional Hospital.   As a certified Family Nurse Practitioner, Montgomery will meet, diagnose and treat patients for a wide variety of common and chronic conditions and ailments – including minor injuries, diabetes, high-blood pressure, […]

George Leighton Lee, III, MD, FACS, has joined the physician team of Northern Urology, the highly regarded urology practice owned and operated by Northern Regional Hospital. A board-certified urologist, Dr. Lee will diagnose and treat patients who present with a wide variety of urological disorders, including prostate problems, incontinence, cancers, erectile dysfunction and other complications […]

October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the JV and Varsity cheerleaders at North Surry High School played a part in bringing that awareness to their school. For every game, home and away in the month of October, the cheerleaders wore pink socks and pink breast cancer-themed bows. They purchased breast cancer t-shirts to wear […]

North Carolina native Elizabeth (“Beth”) Casstevens, FNP-C, has joined the clinical team of Northern Urgent Care, a fully-staffed healthcare facility for patients with non-life-threatening illnesses and injuries. As a Family Nurse Practitioner, Casstevens will diagnose and treat adults and children for a full spectrum of non-emergency conditions – from sinusitis and pneumonia to minor lacerations […]

Northern Regional Hospital recently broke ground on its 25,000 square foot Medical Office Building and 300 additional parking spaces. The new facility will be located directly behind the hospital, across S. South Street and is expected to be completed in March 2023. The ground breaking event was attended by more than 50 hospital and community […]

Beginning Monday the section of Worth Street between the intersections of Rockford and S. South Streets, the section of street that divides the north campus of Northern Regional Hospital, will permanently close to through-traffic. The move comes roughly four months after the Mount Airy Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a request by the hospital for […]