Pack Family Medicine to Hold Open House

Pack Family Medicine in Elizabethtown will be celebrating their Open House Thursday, July 29 from 5 pm to 8 pm.  Everyone is invited to visit their recently renovated medical office located at 212 South Pine Street.

The new medical provider will provide a BBQ dinner for the first 50 visitors, plus live music and an opportunity to tour the new office.

Karen Pack is the medical provider.  She has been involved in providing medical care in the area for the past 15 years with a short break to South Carolina while her husband was completing his military career.  Her husband retired after 20 years in the US Air Force.  Upon retiring and moving back to their home at Bay Tree Lakes, he began the renovation for the facility in Elizabethtown. The Pack's reside at Bay Tree with their 2 children, Kaili (6) and Corey (4),

Pack began her Physician Assistant career in Clarkton in the mid 90's after being awarded the National Health Scholarship, a program developed for healthcare providers offering to practice in a federally designated healthcare shortage area.  She began working in a rural health clinic as a mid-level provider under the direction of a physician located 10 miles from the clinic.

She actually began her medical career at the tender age of 17, when she enrolled in a program for radiology.  While working as a Nuclear Medicine Technologist, she obtained her Bachelor's Degree in Health Care Management.  She continued her education and in 1992 entered graduate studies at Yale University Medical School and completed the Physician Associate Program in August 1994.  After passing the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) certifying exam with honors in Family Practice and Surgery, she relocated to Bladen County.

With the wealth of knowledge acquired over 15 years in diagnosing and treating patients in the specialties of Family Practice, Urgent Care and Emergency medicine, and with her experience in health care management, she launched Pack Family Medicine.

She has surrounded herself with a caring and supportive staff and having worked out the "kinks" of a new business, is ready to begin serving the area, again.

Even while away for a short time, she continued to own her Bladen County home with her long range plans of returning and opening her own practice.

Her staff includes, in addition to herself, Supervising Physician Dr. Nina Ward, Director of Emergency Services in Beaufort, NC, who also works as an emergency room physician at Bladen County Hospital a few shifts per month.  Lisa Hall, RN, a resident of White Lake is the practice Manager, Linda Britt, patient coordinator, Katrina Stanley, LPN, and Shelly Ferguson, CNA1, providing nursing services.

The mission of the Pack Family Medicine is to provide comprehensive, convenient and personal medical services that will exceed the expectations of our patients as well as the community.

The new practice is accepting new patients and encourages same day visits as walk-ins. 

Office hours are 9-5 Monday through Thursday and from 9-1 on Friday.

Pack is available at other times by appointment, for instance, have a medical problem but work 9-5?, she will meet you earlier or after hours, by appointment.

The Open House is a great time to check-out all the services and, see the new facility.  If you are among the first 50, enjoy BBQ and music.  Mark Thursday, July 29 on your calendar for the Open House at Pack Family Medicine on South Pine Street, next door to Thompson, Price, Scott, Adams Accountants in Elizabethtown.  Open House hours are 5pm - 8pm.

Pack said, "we are excited to be back in Bladen County, practicing good medicine in a personal way.  I look forward to caring for residents here and look forward to meeting new faces at our Open House."