Spotlight Coming Home: Marion native returns to North Carolina for neurosurgeon practice By LISA CRAWFORD Director, marketing & communications Frye Regional Medical Center Sep 5, 2025 Sep 5, 2025 Updated Oct 13, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For Dr. Paul Boone, life has come full circle.kAmq@C? :? $ACF46 !:?6 2?5 C2:D65 :? |2C:@?[ E96 6=56DE @7 7:G6 49:=5C6? :D C6EFC?:?8 E@ E96 7@@E9:==D 96 2=H2JD 42==65 9@>6] p7E6C 564256D @7 >65:42= EC2:?:?8 2?5 6IA6C:6?46 24C@DD E96 4@F?ECJ[ q@@?6[ 2 ?6FC@DFC86@?[ :D 3C:?8:?8 9:D 6IA6CE:D6 324< E@ D6CG6 E96 A6@A=6 2?5 4@>>F?:E:6D E92E D92A65 9:>]k^AmkAm“x 5:5?’E C62==J 2AAC64:2E6 8C@H:?8 FA C:89E 2E E96 32D6 @7 E96 q=F6 #:586 |@F?E2:?D F?E:= x =67E[” 96 D2:5] “tG6CJ >@C?:?8 ?@H[ x 86E E@ =@@< FA 2?5 D66 E96 362FEJ x 8C6H FA H:E9] $@>6E:>6D J@F 92G6 E@ 8@ 2H2J E@ C62=:K6 H92E J@F 925]”k^Am kAmq@@?6’D A2E9 E@ ?6FC@DFC86CJ 3682? 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