HICKORY, N.C. – Frye Regional Medical Center welcomes neurologist, James Anthony Armstrong, MD, to its medical staff.

Dr. Armstrong earned his medical degree from Yale Medical School. He completed a fellowship in neurophysiology and a residency in neurology and internal medicine at The University of Texas at Dallas Southwestern Medical School. He is Board Eligible in Neurology, Sleep Medicine and Electrophysiology.

“I am excited to be working with the patients and the physicians in Hickory,” said Dr. Armstrong.

For a referral to a physician on staff at Frye, please call 800-339-8758.

Frye Regional Medical Center, part of Tenet North Carolina, is a 355-bed acute care facility located at 420 North Center Street in Hickory.  The hospital has been serving the medical and health care needs of Catawba County since 1911.  The hospital’s main campus includes a comprehensive heart center and cardiopulmonary rehab, orthopedics, bariatric surgery, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, pediatrics, center for neurosciences, cancer center and women’s pavilion.  Frye has several extended campuses to serve families throughout the area, including Frye Wellness and Education Center, which houses the Center For Diabetes Self-Management Care, perinatal education and community wellness classes; South Campus for psychiatric services; Viewmont and Tate Surgery Centers; Vein and Wound Center/Infusion Care; Unifour Pain Treatment Center; Piedmont Therapy, offering sports and industrial rehabilitation; an urgent care facility; FryeCare, an outpatient diagnostic facility; Alexander Campus, which provides 24-hour emergency care along with diagnostic and laboratory services and infusion care; plus HealthPoint, which provides extensive industrial services and programs to employers.

Frye Regional Medical Center is accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the nation’s oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency.  To learn more about the hospital, visit www.fryemedctr.com.