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Dr. Muhammad M. Alvi Joins FryeCare Lung Center

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FryeCare Physicians Network recently welcomed Muhammad M. Alvi, MD, a board-certified critical care pulmonolog­ist, to his new medical practice in Hickory at FryeCare Lung Center, located at 915 Tate Blvd. SE, Suite 182. To schedule an appointmen­t, call 828-3222005. Same-week appointmen­ts are available.

Dr. Alvi specialize­s in diagnosing and treating a variety of pulmonary diseases and condition, including interstiti­al lung disease, high-risk lung nodules and masses, and lung cancer. He has expertise in EBUS (endobronch­ial ultrasound) navigation­al bronchosco­py for the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer.

Dr. Alvi earned his medical degree from Allama Iqbal Medical College in Lahore, Pakistan. He completed his internal medicine residency at Saint Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury, CT. Dr. Alvi completed fellowship training in pulmonary and critical care at SUNY Upstate University

Medical Hospital in Syracuse, NY. He is board-certified in internal medicine and pulmonolog­y.

“My goal is to provide evidence-based, patient-centered care,” Dr. Alvi said. “I believe that patients are far more than a medical condition. They are complex individual­s with beliefs, personal lives, and other factors that must be weighed carefully as a part of diagnosis and treatment.”

FryeCare Physicians Network offers preventive, diagnostic and treatment services in a compassion­ate environmen­t—close to home. The network includes more than 80 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 www.FryeCarePh­ysicians.com.

About Frye Regional Medical Center

A part of Duke LifePoint Healthcare, Frye Regional Medical Center has served the health and medical needs of the residents of the Catawba Valley region since 1911 with a commitment to delivering high quality and compassion­ate care with a focus on patient satisfacti­on and clinical outcomes. In 2022, the hospital made nearly $7 million in capital investment­s; donated more than $65.5 million in services to those in need; and added 155 employed and independen­t providers.

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