Rachel R Banks, MD - Novant Health Lakeside Primary

Novant Health, a prominent healthcare provider, operates 15 hospitals and over 350 physician practices in North Carolina. Their facilities offer advanced medical treatments, making them a trusted choice for quality healthcare services in the region. Generated from their website's infomation

Problem-solving and science have always been passions of mine. I love medicine because it allows me to apply these passions in a direct and personal way to help patients lead healthier lives. Figuring out why someone is not feeling well and making a plan to resolve that concern energizes me. That starts with listening to my patients and asking for their input before recommending a course of treatment. \n I think the best medical care is the result of teamwork. That team should include not just the provider and the patient, but also family and friends who can provide support through any needed treatment or the encouragement to stay as healthy as possible. It should also include other members of the care team as needed to research questions, gather information or enlist the help of specialists. \n Outside of work, you can often find me with my wonderful wife. Together, we have one adult daughter and one fur baby. I am originally from Virginia, but I have made North Carolina my home. I take advantage of the normally great Carolina weather by taking long exercise walks while listening to audiobooks.

My passion for helping people, my love of science and my penchant for building meaningful relationships led me to a career in medicine. Internal medicine, with its focus on managing adult health conditions and fostering deep relationships, has been the perfect fit for me. For the past 35 years, I've dedicated myself to providing compassionate, timely and competent care. \n I strive to treat each patient as if they were family. And after knowing some of my patients for nearly three decades, many of them feel like family. \n As my longtime patients encounter some of the health challenges that often accompany aging, I've become interested in the health concerns of seniors. I brought that expertise to my previous service on the executive board for The Pines at Davidson, a retirement community in the area. \n I held several leadership roles at my previous medical group, including serving as co-medical director for the COVID Virtual Hospital in 2020 at the first such facility in the nation to respond to the pandemic. In addition, I've been honored with multiple Top Doctor awards from Charlotte Magazine and Business North Carolina. \n I've been married to - and supported by - my wife of over 30 years, who's a full-time mental health counselor and owner of Triple Play Farm, where she guides patients through equine-facilitated psychotherapy. We have three sons: Jake, who served in the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps; Ben, who leads cybersecurity for a Charlotte startup; and Sam, who will work in military intelligence for the U.S. Army upon college graduation.