Frye Regional Medical Center announced on Apr. 1 the addition of Emily Keneda, a board-certified physician assistant, to its medical staff.
Keneda brings experience in surgical care, emergency medicine, and primary care. Her background includes clinical training 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 and elective orthopedic rotations focused on trauma and pediatric cases in South Carolina. During her training she participated in more than 70 surgical cases across inpatient and outpatient settings.
Before her graduate studies, Keneda worked as a medical assistant at Carley Family Care in Kings Mountain and Lincoln Pediatrics Clinic in Lincolnton. She holds a Master of Physician Assistant Studies from Wingate University in Hendersonville and earned her bachelor’s degree magna cum laude from The University of Alabama with minors in chemistry and human development and family studies.
Keneda is certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. She is also 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.”
Keneda is now seeing patients at FryeCare Specialty Center located at 415 N. Center St., Suite 203 in Hickory.
