NORTHWEST AHEC at a glance

Northwest AHEC provides accredited health education and training activities across the continuum of education—high school, post-secondary school, graduate/professional school, and continuing education to health professionals.

MISSION

The Northwest AHEC of Wake Forest University School of Medicine and part of the North Carolina AHEC Program provides and supports educational activities and services with a focus on primary care in rural communities and those with less access to resources to recruit, train, and retain the workforce needed to create a healthy North Carolina.

SERVICE AREA

Northwest AHEC’s service area encompasses 17 counties in Northwest North Carolina: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Iredell, Rowan, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yadkin.

CORE SERVICES & DISTINCTIVE PROGRAMS

Northwest AHEC’s core services and distinctive programs include:

Health Careers and Workforce Diversity: Camp Med, AHEC Scholars, NC Talent Health Alliance
Student Services
Graduate Management Education and Patient Services: The Community Plunge, Share the Health Fair
Continuing Professional Development
Practice Support Services
Library Services
Instructional Technology Services

LEADERSHIP & GOVERNANCE

Northwest AHEC is formally part of and reports to the dean of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Northwest AHEC remains a formal public-private partnership between the deans of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Wake Forest University School of Medicine is part of the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, which is governed by a full Board of Trustees.

Michael Lischke, EdD, MPH, Richard Janeway, MD, Distinguished Director, Northwest AHEC
Reed Burger, MBA, CHFP, Assistant Director, Finance and Administration
Nedra Edwards Hines, MHA, CDP, Assistant Director, Continuing Professional Development
Christopher Jones, DrPH, MHA, Assistant Director, Quality and Informatic

CONTACT INFORMATION

Mailing Address: Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Blvd, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1060
Physical Address: Piedmont Plaza I, 1920 West 1^st Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27104
Phone: 336-713-7700
Email: ahecmktg@wakehealth.edu
Website: wakehealth.edu/northwest-ahec

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