AHEC - North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Program
Touched by an AHEC: Stories from 100 Counties

Eastern AHEC

Eastern AHEC

 

Stories

  • Beaufort County:
    1. Edward Newton, MD, chair, Dept. of OB/GYN at Brody School of Medicine; story from Pungo District Hospital in Beaufort County.
    2. Mark Beamer, MD, Pungo Family Medicine, Improving Performance in Practice (IPIP) initiative
  • Gates County: Terri Watson, lead school nurse
  • Gates, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank and Perquimans Counties: Eric Nickens, public health information specialist, Albemarle Regional Health Services
  • Pitt County:
    1. Chris Bullock, health careers student
    2. Tracy Salisbury Forrest, MD, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Obstetrics & Gynecology
    3. Sandy Walton, mental health nurse, adult psychotherapist, marriage and family therapist
  • Washington County: Kathy Waters, retired educator (2008), advocate for rural, underserved area

 

County Data (from most recent fiscal year)

County Continuing Education
Participants
AHEC Funded
Student Rotations
Health Careers
Students
Beaufort 1095 52 5
Bertie 133 16
Camden 79 1 0
Carteret 587 42 0
Chowan 208 5 3
Craven 1814 32 2
Currituck 48   0
Dare 270 11 0
Gates 50   11
Greene 135 17 5
Hertford 540 14 5
Hyde 25   0
Jones 67 6 0
Lenoir 1792 34 35
Martin 248 16 11
Onslow 1545 20 6
Pamlico 86 8 0
Pasquotank 976 15 4
Perquimans 58 1 3
Pitt 20737 145 41
Tyrrell 11   0
Washington 79   1
Wayne 2728 40 9