April 28, 2025
FryeCare Hickory Family Practice Welcomes Stephanie Estevez, FNP-BC
Board-certified family nurse practitioner now accepting patients in Hickory
HICKORY, NC (April 28, 2025) – FryeCare Physicians Network is pleased to announce the addition of Stephanie Estevez, a board-certified family nurse practitioner, to the team at FryeCare Hickory Family Practice Associates. Estevez is now seeing patients at the clinic’s office located at 210 13th Ave. Place NW, Suite 120 in Hickory, North Carolina. To schedule an appointment, call 828-328-2941 or online at FryeCarePhysicians.com.
Estevez provides primary care with a focus on chronic disease management, women’s health services, nutrition counseling, minor incision and drainage procedures, and skin lesion cryotherapy. Bilingual in English and Spanish, she is dedicated to delivering accessible and inclusive care to a diverse patient population.
A 2024 graduate of Anderson University in South Carolina, Estevez earned her Master of Science in Nursing with honors. She holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, and completed a wide range of clinical rotations in internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, women’s health, emergency care and functional medicine.
“I am honored to join the FryeCare team and serve the Hickory community,” said Estevez. “My goal is to offer holistic, personalized care that empowers patients to make healthy lifestyle choices, prevent illness and manage chronic conditions. I believe in forming meaningful and supportive relationships that ensures every patient feels heard, respected and genuinely cared for as an individual.”
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