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Cape Fear Valley is a 765-bed regional health system serving a six-county region of Southeastern North Carolina, with more than 935,000 patients annually. A private not-for-profit organization and the state’s 9th largest health system, it includes Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital, Cape Fear Valley Rehabilitation Center and Bladen County Hospital.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Cape Fear Valley Diabetes Educator Wins National Honor

FAYETTEVILLE – John Pasztor, MS, MPH, RD, LDN, CDE, a Diabetes Educator with the Cape Fear Valley Diabetes & Endocrine Center, has been named Educator of the Year for Diabetic Care and Education by the American Dietetic Association.

Pasztor, of Latrobe, Pa., received his award Nov. 8 in Boston, Mass., during the association’s annual convention. The American Dietitic Association is the world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals.

He holds a Master of Public Health degree from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and a master’s degree in Systems Analysis from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He received a bachelor’s degree in pre-law from St. Vincent College in Latrobe, Pa.

Pasztor joined Cape Fear Valley Health System in 1994 as a Clinical Dietitian. He has served as a Diabetes Educator since 2000 and as Program Coordinator of the Diabetes Self-management Training Program since 2002 at the Diabetes & Endocrine Center.

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