Emily Keneda, PA-C, Joins FryeCare Specialty Center

FryeCare Physicians Network welcomes Emily Keneda, PA-C, a board-certified physician assistant specializing in surgical care, to its medical team. Keneda is now seeing patients at FryeCare Specialty Center, located at 415 N. Center St., Suite 203 in Hickory. Same-week appointments are available. To schedule an appointment, call 828.323.8281 or visit FryeCarePhysicians.com/find-a-doctor.

During her clinical training, Keneda completed diverse rotations in family medicine, general surgery, emergency medicine, pediatric orthopedics, women’s health, internal medicine, psychiatry and outpatient pediatrics. She completed a general surgery rotation at UNC Caldwell in Lenoir, North Carolina, and elective orthopedic rotations in both trauma and pediatric settings in South Carolina. Throughout her training, she scrubbed in on more than 70 surgical cases and gained experience in both inpatient and outpatient surgical settings.

Prior to completing her graduate studies, Keneda worked as a medical assistant at Carley Family Care in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, and Lincoln Pediatrics Clinic in Lincolnton, North Carolina.

Keneda earned her Master of Physician Assistant Studies from Wingate University in Hendersonville, North Carolina. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in biology, graduating magna cum laude from The University of Alabama, in Tuscaloosa, where she minored in chemistry and human development and family studies and was a member of the Honors College.

She is certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants and is a member of the North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants and the American Academy of Physician Assistants.

“I am passionate about the life-changing impact of surgical care and value building trusting relationships with patients and their families,” said Keneda. “I look forward to serving the Hickory community and advancing Frye Regional’s mission of making communities healthier.”

FryeCare Physicians Network offers preventive, diagnostic and treatment services in a compassionate environment – close to home. The network includes more than 110 experienced providers in a range of specialties, including cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, family and internal medicine, infectious disease, neurology, neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics, pulmonology and vascular surgery. Learn more at FryeCarePhysicians.com.

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