Happy With Pardee Spotlights

Happy With Pardee

Happy with Pardee Spotlights are an opportunity to highlight our amazing team members throughout Pardee UNC Health Care. Check back monthly to see new spotlights and read in depth Q&A's about our team members and what it's like to work at Pardee! #happywithpardee

Meet Ashley Hill, CMA

Ashley Hill, CMA, is a certified medical assistant with Pardee OB/GYN Associates, and has been Happy with Pardee since 2013. She enjoys the family-like structure at Pardee and loves that patients always come first. Ashley is “the heart, soul and back bone of the office,” according to her practice manager.

Meet Angela Carver, MT (ASCP)

Angela Carver, MT, has been Happy with Pardee since 2003 in Laboratory Services at Pardee Hospital. She works primarily in microbiology and other testing within the laboratory, and enjoys that her work “behind the scenes” makes a difference in people’s lives.

Meet Jonathan Crissman, PharmD, BCPS

Jonathan Crissman, PharmD, BCPS, has been Happy with Pardee since 2018. He enjoys the challenge of figuring out how to provide the highest quality of care for our patients and the opportunity to improve the health of our community.

Meet Chris Merrill

Chris Merrill has been Happy with Pardee since 2017 and, as Human Resources assistant, he enjoys making the work and life of Pardee’s employees a little better or easier. Though Chris has worked in other business sectors, being in healthcare has provided an opportunity to contribute to something greater.

Meet Jessica Gardner, RN, BSN

Jessica Gardner, RN, BSN, is a registered nurse with Psychiatric and Addictions Therapeutic Healing Services (PATHS) at Pardee Hospital. Jessica says “Pardee feels like home to me” and has been Happy with Pardee since 2005. She was called to nursing because taking care of others makes her life feel worthwhile.

Meet Amanda Hylemon, BSN, RN, III

Amanda Hylemon, BSN, RN, III, a registered nurse in the Psychiatric and Addictions Therapeutic Healing Services (PATHS) at Pardee Hospital, has been Happy with Pardee since 2013. Amanda was inspired to become a nurse by watching her grandparents – both who were nurses – make a difference in patients’ lives.

Meet Tekoah Mathis

Tekoah Mathis has served as a Certified Surgical Technician at Pardee Hospital since 2000. Tekoah is Happy with Pardee because she says “it has always felt like family. It’s a place where we work as a team; we all step in and help each other when needed.”