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Nellis named SeHealth director

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Neurologist Zakia Bell, M.D., has joined Southeastern Neurological Center, an affiliate of
Southeastern Health.

Dr. Bell earned a bachelor’s degree from Howard University in 1974 and a medical degree
from State University of New York/Buffalo Medical School in 1980. She completed a
neurology residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, NY in 1984.

She extended her training by completing a fellowship in intensive care neurology with
emphasis in cerebrovascular disease at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System/
Medical College of Virginia in Richmond in 1985 as well as a fellowship in
electromyography (EMG) and neuromuscular disease, which are her areas of special
interest within her practice, from Medical College of Virginia in 1988. EMG is a diagnostic
test used to diagnose conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome and muscular dystrophy.
Zakia Bell, M.D.
Neurologist Southeastern Neurological Center is located at Southeastern Health Park, 4901 Dawn
Drive, Suite 3100, in Lumberton. For more information, call (910) 671-9298.

General Surgeon joins SeHealth

General Surgeon DuBose Medlock, Jr., M.D., has joined Southeastern Surgical Center,
an affiliate of Southeastern Health.

Dr. Medlock earned his medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina
in Charleston in 1986. He completed a surgical residency at Tulane University Affiliated
Hospitals in New Orleans, La., in 1991. He is board certified in general surgery and is a
fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Dr. Medlock is experienced in a broad range of surgical procedures including: diagnostic
and therapeutic laparoscopy; open laparotomy; repair of abdominal hernias;
comprehensive diagnosis and surgical treatment of breast, thyroid, and GI malignancies;
thyroid and parathyroid surgery; and upper GI endoscopy and colonoscopy. He also has
a great deal of experience with office procedures including excision of benign and
malignant skin lesions; skin cryotherapy; excision of subcutaneous masses; and fine
needle aspiration. He also performs breast surgeries, pacemaker placement and vascular
access procedures for dialysis.

DuBose Medlock Jr., M.D. He and his wife, Darlene, live in Lumberton and have one daughter, Mayme-Elizabeth.
General Surgeon
Southeastern Surgical Center is located within the Southeastern Health Mall on the
campus of Biggs Park Mall in Lumberton at 2934 North Elm Street, Suite E. For more
information, logon to www.sesurgicalcenter.org. To schedule an appointment, call (910)
739-0022. (Cont. on next page)
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work
in the
highly
special
ized
enviro
nment
of the
Neona
tal
Intensi
ve
Care
Unit
(NICU SeHe
). Since
2016, alth
Occup
ational anno
Thera
pist unce
and
Inpatie s new
nt
Rehab walk-
Service
s
Coordi in
nator
Jyutika clin
Zope
and
Physic
al
Thera
pist
Willia
m
Hunt
have
been
workin
g with
full-
term
and
premat
ure
babies
at
SRMC.
Their
work is
aided
by
upgrad
es
made
in
2017
to the
unit,
which
can
care
for
babies
born
up to
10
weeks
early.

“Not a
lot of
therapi
sts go
into
the
NICU,
” Hunt
said.
“It
require
s
additio
nal
trainin
g and
mentor
ship,
and
becaus
e it’s so
special
ized, it
can be
hard
to find
people
to
mentor
you in
this
area.
We
conduc
t
evalua
tions,
develo
p
treatm
ent
plans,
and as
they
progre
ss to go
home,
we
integra
te the
family
into
that
plan.”

Kayla
White,
of
Lumbe
rton, is
a nurse
at
SRMC
who is
also a
parent
of a
child
who
went
throug
h the
NICU.
Her
son,
Harris
on,
who
turns 1
this
weeken
d, was
born
six
weeks
early
but is
now
thrivin
g.