Practice Locations

Hickory Office
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1771 Tate Blvd. SE
Suite 201
Hickory, NC 28602
Phone: (828)324-4804
Fax: (828) 324-7256

Morganton Office
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2209 South Sterling St
Suite 600
Morganton, NC 28655
Phone: (828)430-7655
Fax: (828) 430-8809

Lenoir Office
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1041 Morganton Blvd.
Suite 101
Lenoir, NC 28645
Phone: (828)754-3988

Valdese Office
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520 Malcolm Blvd.,
Suite C
Rutherford College, NC 28671
Phone: (828) 485-3270
Fax: (828) 485-3269

Physician Information

Sara Paul, RN, MSN, FNP Director, Congestive Heart Failure Clinic
Upon receiving her undergraduate degree in nursing from Florida State University, Sara went on to earn her Masters degree in Cardiovascular Nursing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Sara then completed the Family Nurse Practitioner Program and is certified with the American Nurses Credentialing Center. After 15 years spent fulfilling multiple leadership roles at the Medical University of South Carolina including ten years as a Clinical Assistant Professor, Sara was asked to join our practice to coordinate and develop the Congestive Heart Failure Clinic of which she currently serves as Director. In 2003, Sara was presented with an award for Cardiovascular Nursing Excellence in Clinical Practice by the American Heart Association. She is nationally recognized as a consultant and speaker for cardiovascular disease. Medical Education  BSN 1981 - Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida  MSN 1986 - University of Alabama at Birmingham Cardiovascular Nursing Graduate Program Birmingham, Alabama  Family Nurse Practitioner 1995 - Medical University of South Carolina, Post-master's program, Charleston, South Carolina
Licensure and Board Certification  North Carolina Registered Nurse Certificate  North Carolina Medical Board Registration  American Nurses Credentialing Center - FNP certificate
Professional Memberships  Medtronic National and Regional Nurse Advisory Board 2004-present  Heart Failure Society of America, Program Committee 2004-2006  American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, Excellence in Clinical Practice Award, subcommittee chair 2004-2006  American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, Development Committee member 2004-2006
Awards and Honors  Excellence in Nursing Award, South Carolina League for Nursing 1992  AACN Charles Towne Chapter Merit Award 1994  AACN/Wyeth-Ayerst Mentor Award, Nursing Fellows Reporter Program in Critical Care 1997  Nursing Research Award (2nd place), Heart Failure Society of America, 2001  Excellence in Clinical Practice Award, American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Nursing 2003  Fellow, Council on Cardiovascular Nursing of the American Heart Association 2003
Favorite Links   www.americanheart.org  www.hfsa.org  www.mypillbox.org  www.hearthope.com