About Northwest AHEC
What is AHEC?
The North Carolina Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program provides health professions education and training. It is a unique partnership between the university health science centers and local communities. The program's goal is to meet the primary health care needs of the state by improving the supply, distribution and quality of health care professionals. The AHEC Program began in 1972 with federal funding and is administered by the UNC-CH School of Medicine. In 1974, with funding from the NC General Assembly, it became a statewide program. Today, nine regional AHECs comprise the AHEC system and are supported primarily by state and local funds.
NCAHEC’s Website
Northwest AHEC Mission Statement
The Northwest Area Health Education Center is an educational and training program designed to enhance the health of the public in its 17-county region by improving the supply, distribution, and quality of health and human service personnel, especially in primary care, through community/academic partnerships.
Geographical Service Area
Our service area encompasses 17 counties as shown in the map below:
Sub-regional Bases
In order to allow easy access of our services to our large geographic area, there are three sub-regional bases at community hospitals. These regional facilities house library collections, staff and classroom space for CE and other activities. The sub-regional bases are located at Watauga Medical Center in Boone, Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory, and Rowan Regional Medical Center in Salisbury.
Key Service Areas
Continuing Education Activities & Services
Graduate Medical Education & Patient Services
Health Careers Diversity & Recruitment
Health Sciences Student Support
Library Information
Advisory Committees
Advisory committee members play an important role—that of ensuring that the Northwest AHEC maintains strategic focus on its mission while maximizing its resources and leveraging partnerships in fulfillment of that mission. Updated March 2006.
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Regional Advisory Committee
William B. Applegate, MD, MPH, FACP
Chair
Interim President
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Thomas J. Bacon, DrPH
North Carolina AHEC Program Director
and Executive Associate Dean
Naomi East, RN, MSN
Associate Dean of Health Sciences
Catawba Valley Community College
Charles Elliott, Jr., FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
Rowan Regional Medical Center
Beth Lovette, MPH, BSN
Health Director
Wilkes County Health Department
Jan Overman, RN, MSN
Dean, Health Technologies Division
Forsyth Technical Community College
Lynne Pearcey, PhD, RN, CNAA
Dean and Professor, School of Nursing
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Katherine Peters, MA
Director of Staff Development
J. Iverson Riddle Developmental Center
Tony Rose, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
Catawba Valley Medical Center
Richard Sparks, FACHE
President and Chief Executive Officer
Watauga Medical Center
Peggy Valentine, EdD, RN
Dean, School of Health Sciences
Winston-Salem State University
Scott Vogler, MD
Family Medicine Physician
Mountainview Medical
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Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Internal Advisory Committee
Patricia Petrozza, MD,
Chair
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Jon Abramson, MD
Chair, Department of Pediatrics
G. Douglas Atkinson
Vice President of Networks
Ronny Bell, PhD
Director, Maya Angelou Research Center
on Minority Health
Johannes M. Boehme, MBA
Associate Dean for Academic Computing
and Information Services
Michael L. Coates, MD
Chair, Department of Family & Community Medicine
Thomas D. DuBose, MD
Chair, Internal Medicine
David P. Friedman, PhD
Deputy Associate Dean for Research
Ralph H. Holthouser
Director of Regional Hospital Affiliates
Department of Public Health Sciences
Ann Lambros, PhD
Director, Center for Excellence in Research,
Teaching and Learning (CERTL)
Brenda Latham-Sadler, MD
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
and Director, Minority Affairs
W. Vaughn McCall, MD
Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
David Merrill, MD
Chair, Obstetrics & Gynecology
K. Patrick Ober, MD
Associate Dean for Medical Education
Sally Shumaker, PhD
Associate Dean for Faculty Development
James Van Rhee
Chair of Physician Assistant Program
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