Medical Staff

James Goforth, MD

• Board Certification in Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine
• 14 years full time Emergency Medicine experience prior to opening PUC in October 2000
• Prior Director of Emergency Medicine at Frye Regional Medical Center (1992- 1999)
• Prior Regional EMS Director for the Unifour

Charles McKaraher, MD

• Board Certification in Emergency Medicine and Family Practice
• 12 years full time Emergency Medicine experience prior to opening PUC in October 2000
• Prior Director of Emergency Medicine at Frye Regional Medical Center (1999 -2000)
• Current Catwba County EMS Director

Michael Brashear, PA-C

• Board Certified Physician Assistant
• Graduate of Bowman-Gray/Wake Forest School of Medicine
• Emergency Medicine experience at Frye Regional Medical Center 

David Propst, NP-C

• Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
• Graduate of Duke University, Family Nurse Practitioner Program