EASTERN AHEC at a glance

Founded in 1974, Eastern AHEC strives to fulfill its mission of nurturing current and future health care professionals throughout their careers in several ways, including health career pipeline programs and other student services, continuing education and professional development programs, practice support, and library services. Eastern AHEC’s three-story, 36,400-square-foot building in Greenville, North Carolina, opened in fall 2016. Specifically designed to support education and collaboration in health care throughout the community, the education center at the building is available to the community when not in use for Eastern AHEC programs.

MISSION

With the purpose of strengthening health care in eastern North Carolina by nurturing current and future providers, Eastern AHEC strives to be the bridge between health care and education in their region of 23 counties by positively influencing health outcomes in the region and by adhering to their mission statement: “Eastern AHEC is an advanced resource for health care providers, from student to expert.”

SUB-REGIONAL BASES

In addition to the main office in Greenville, Eastern AHEC also has an office located on the campus of Elizabeth City State University. The Elizabeth City office serves seven counties: Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank, and Perquimans.

SERVICE AREA

Eastern AHEC serves 23 counties in North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Greene, Hertford, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington, and Wayne.

CORE SERVICES

Eastern AHEC’s core services include:

Continuing Professional Development
Library Services
Practice Support
Student Services

Eastern AHEC also assists the community with conference planning and management. Their Education Center is perfect for board meetings, retreats, conferences, workshops, networking events, and more.

LEADERSHIP & GOVERNANCE

Eastern AHEC is a non-profit organization governed by a board of directors that includes representation from regional health care institutions, the community, and community college system. To maximize resources, Eastern AHEC is affiliated with the East Carolina University (ECU) schools of medicine, nursing, and allied health. They also work with dentistry, pharmacy, and public health programs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Lorrie Basnight, MD, FAAP, Executive Director, Eastern AHEC and Associate Dean, Continuing Medical Education, ECU Brody School of Medicine

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Main Office

Mailing Address: Eastern AHEC, PO Box 7224, Greenville, NC 27835-7224
Physical Address: 2600 W. Arlington Blvd., Greenville, NC 27834
Phone: 252-744-5221
Email: easternahec@ecu.edu
Website: easternahec.net

Elizabeth City Office

Mailing Address: Eastern AHEC, 1704 Weeksville Road, Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Physical Address: 1500 Hoffler Street, Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Phone: 252-335-4399

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Facebook:facebook.com/easternahec
Twitter: twitter.com/EasternAHEC| @EasternAHEC

MOUNTAIN AHEC at a glance

Located in the mountains of Western North Carolina, MAHEC is a national leader in innovative team-based primary care, medical education, and rural health workforce development. MAHEC’s main campus in Asheville, NC is home to primary care practices, graduate medical education programs, continuing professional development programs, a state-of-the-art medical simulation center, and UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC, an academic health center that promotes interprofessional education and practice through programs affiliated with the University of North Carolina’s top-ranked schools of medicine, public health, pharmacy, and dentistry.

MISSION

MAHEC provides and supports educational activities and services in the western part of the state 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

MAHEC serves patients, healthcare professionals, learners, and community partners throughout a 16-county region in Western North Carolina. Counties served are Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey.

SUB-REGIONS

MAHEC employs more than 1,100 faculty and staff members at its patient care practices, academic health center, and rural and hospital-based residency and fellowship programs. View MAHEC locations.

CORE SERVICES & DISTINCTIVE PROGRAMS

MAHEC operates patient care offices and residency programs in dentistry, family medicine, general surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pharmacy, psychiatry, and transitional year. MAHEC’s fellowship programs include addiction medicine, maternal fetal medicine, psychiatry, rural medicine, sports medicine, and surgical critical care.

Other core services include:
Continuing Professional Development,
Health Careers Pipeline Programs,
AHEC Scholars,
Student Services,
Practice Consulting,
Library Services, and
Research.

UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC programs:

School of Medicine Asheville Campus
Master of Public Health Program (UNC Gillings School – UNC Asheville)
Adams Rural Oral Health and Wellness Scholars (School of Dentistry)

Distinctive MAHEC programs include the Center for Health Aging, Centering Pregnancy, Certified Community Behavioral Health Center, Project CARA, Minority Medical Mentoring Program, Post-Acute COVID-19 Care Clinic, Project ECHO virtual case-based learning, Project PROMISE (rural health careers programming), rural health workforce initiatives, a state-of-the-art medical simulation center, and statewide initiatives to expand access to substance use disorder treatment.

GOVERNANCE & LEADERSHIP

Mountain Area Health Education Center, Inc. (MAHEC) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. MAHEC’s board of directors, comprised of community leaders and representatives from across Western North Carolina, guides the strategic growth and direction of the organization.

William Hathaway, MD, MAHEC CEO
Amy Russell, MD, Chief Medical and Population Health Officer
Jeff Pigg, Chief Operations Officer
Annie McClintic, Chief Talent Officer
Francisco Castelblanco, RN, DNP, AHEC Director; Chair, Department of Continuing Professional Development
Zach Levin, CPA, Chief Financial Officer
Steve Buie, MD, Chair, MAHEC Department of Psychiatry
Beth Buys, MD, Chair, MAHEC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Stephanie Call, MD, Chair, MAHEC Department of Internal Medicine
Stephanie Rosener, MD, Chair, MAHEC Department of Family Medicine
Bryan Hodge, DO, Chair, Department of Community and Public Health
Katherine Jowers, DDS, Chair, MAHEC Department of Oral Health and Dentistry
Ameena Batada, DrPH, MPH, Co-Director, UNC Asheville-UNC Gillings MPH Program
Sarah Thach, MPH, Co-Director, UNC Asheville-UNC Gillings MPH Program
Sandra Whitlock, MD, Director and Assistant Dean, UNC School of Medicine, Asheville Campus
Mollie Scott, PharmD, Regional Associate Dean, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy; Chair, Department of Pharmacotherapy at UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC

CONTACT INFORMATION

Address: 121 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC 28803
Phone: 828-257-4400
Email: webmaster@mahec.net
Website: mahec.net

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