Catawba Valley Vascular Surgery – Horizon - Catawba Valley Health System

Catawba Valley Vascular Surgery - Horizon

125 Hospital Ave NW Suite 200-C
Lenoir, NC 28645

(828) 732-7500

(828) 732-7501

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday:
7:30am – 5:00pm
Friday:
7:30am – 12:00pm

If you’re interested in becoming a patient at one of our specialty care practices, speak to your Primary Care Provider. If you need a Primary Care Provider, see our family medicine locations HERE.

Doctor Peter N. Purcell and Family Nurse Practitioners, Teri Lee and Ashley Albrecht welcome you to their Vascular Surgery practice. The top priority of the practice is to give each patient the highest quality of care available. We provide care for abdominal and peripheral aneurysms, care for peripheral arterial disease (PAD), vein care including treatment of varicose veins and venous ulcers. Remember, your vascular surgeon is your first line of defense in guarding your most valuable possession of all: your health.

SERVICES PROVIDED AT OUR OFFICE:

Medical and surgical management of peripheral vascular disease including peripheral arterial disease (PAD), carotid artery disease, aortic aneurysms, other aneurysms, intestinal artery disease.
Minimally-invasive treatment of peripheral vascular disease including PAD, carotid artery disease, aortic aneurysms, iliac vein stenosis (May-Thurner Syndrome), deep venous thrombosis (blood clots).
Open vascular surgery including lower extremity bypass for PAD, endarterectomy, carotid surgery, aortic aneurysm surgery.
Varicose vein treatment including minimally-invasive varicose vein closure, phlebectomy (microsurgical removal of visible varicose veins), sclerotherapy (injection of visible varicose veins and spider veins).

After-Hours Physician: (828) 324-0258

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Our Providers

Ashley Albrecht, FNP-C

Ashley obtained her diploma in Surgical Technology from Catawba Valley Community College in 2015. She later obtained her Associate of Science in Nursing from Catawba Valley Community College, her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Winston-Salem State University, and her Master of Science in Nursing from Simmons University. Ashley is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Her 9 years of medical experience includes surgical and intensive care. Ashley is well rounded in acute and chronic patient care. Outside of her professional life, Ashley enjoys spending time outdoors with her husband, daughter, and two beagles.

Robert Albrecht, MD, FACS

Dr Robert Albrecht is a board-certified Vascular Surgeon and General Surgeon with 24 years of experience in the management of vascular diseases. He is skilled in both open and endovascular treatments. His practice includes a broad area of vascular, including carotid artery disease, abdominal and thoracic aneurysms, peripheral artery disease (PAD), dialysis access creation and management, venous disease and varicose veins, wounds, mesenteric disease, minimally invasive spine surgery exposures, and both arteriograms and venograms with minimally invasive treatments.

Dr Albrecht is a graduate of Louisiana State University School of Medicine. After earning his medical degree, he completed his surgical residency at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC, followed by a Vascular Surgery Fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD.

In addition to his medical practice, Dr. Albrecht has a Registered Vascular Technologist degree and is specialized in the field of Vascular Ultrasound Examinations. He has served as Departmental Chair at other medical facilities in North Carolina and has a broad range of publications in the field of Vascular Surgery. He has two grown daughters also in North Carolina, an extremely friendly Golden Retriever who he trained as a Certified Therapy Dog, and when not spending time with all of them he enjoys spending time on the coast sailing and fishing.

Teri Lee, FNP-C

Teri obtained her Associate of Science in Nursing from Caldwell Community College, her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Lees-McRae College, and her Master of Science in Nursing at East Tennessee State University. Her 17 years of medical experience includes dialysis, cardiology, orthopedic pain management, ophthalmology, and vascular care. For the last six years she has specialized in the diagnosis and management of vascular disease at Horizon. Teri has a strong passion for vascular disease management and treatment and understands that living with vascular disease can be a source of anxiety and concern in patients. Building a trusting relationship with her patients is important to her and she is committed to giving them the education, attentiveness, and dedication they need and deserve.

Along with surgical consultation, medication management and close monitoring of her patients with peripheral vascular disease, Teri also has advanced training in phlebectomy and sclerotherapy procedures. She offers these in-office services to medically and cosmetically treat enlarged varicose veins and spider veins.

Teri is a native of our region and outside of work enjoys recreation and travel with her two children.

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