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Northwest AHEC


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.

 

 

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

 

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