Cape Fear Valley Health is building a $30 million facility for its growing medical residency program.
The 120,000-square-feet Center for Medical Education and Research at the Melrose Road and Owen Drive also will be home of the health system’s Neuroscience Institute.
The health system held a groundbreaking ceremony for the center last month. Officials say the state-of-the-art facility is expected to attract residents, physicians and specialists to the area.
The residency program is a partnership between the health system and the Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine at Campbell University.
Dr. Donald Maharty, Cape Fear Valley’s vice president for medical education, said the residency program has 133 residents, which is near its capacity. The new center will allow the program to expand to 300 residents and help train about 100 medical students from Campbell.
January 20, 2021
Campbell University affiliate hospital Cape Fear Valley Health hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on Jan. 14 to celebrate the beginning of construction on the Center for Medical Education & Research and Neuroscience Institute.
Resident physicians and fellows were in attendance including Campbell Osteopathic Medicine alumni who are continuing their medical training at Cape Fear who affirmed the impact this new facility and its resources will have on education and patient services.
“It is really amazing to be part of this groundbreaking ceremony,” said Dr. Gunjan Joshi, a member of Campbell’s DO Class of 2017 who recently returned to complete his fellowship in cardiology at Cape Fear Valley. “The new facility will serve a lot of residents and medical students going forward for decades to come. The 500 seat auditorium for lectures as well as technology including a simulation center where we will be able to train will be tremendous assets. It is an excitin