Catawba Valley Medical Center (CVMC) recognizes each month a single employee who epitomizes CARE—one who embodies Courtesy, Attitude, Respect and Enthusiasm for commitment to maintaining a positive guest relations atmosphere and to demonstrating a sincere compassion and concern for patients and fellow staff members. At the end of the calendar year, one employee is chosen from the twelve recognized throughout the year and is named “CARE Employee of the Year.” CVMC recently announced Elliot Boston received this high honor for 2009, according to J. Anthony Rose, president and CEO of the facility. 

An Executive Chef in Nutrition Care, Boston has been employed by CVMC since 2004. “I am so honored to be named CARE employee of the year because there were so many other employees deserving of the recognition. I feel very blessed,” said Boston. 

Married and the father of two, Boston is a member of Liberty Grove Baptist Church in Taylorsville where he enjoys teaching children’s Sunday School. 

Catawba Valley Medical Center is a not-for-profit, public healthcare system providing and promoting the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being of the public in addition to serving as a center for health education, wellness services, preventative medicine and acute care. CVMC, recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center three consecutive times as a Magnet facility, was recently named a Hospital of Choice by the American Alliance of Healthcare Providers.