Stories by AHEC Region

AREA L AHEC

• Halifax County: Katherine Parker – health careers student
• Northampton County: Jane McCaleb, MD – rural medicine; medical director, Roanoke Amaranth Health Center; director, Area L medical student clerkship; associate professor, UNC School of Medicine
• Wilson County: Dee Johnson, executive director, Carolinas Family Health Centers

CHARLOTTE AHEC

• Cabarrus County: Cabarrus students explore career in dentistry
• Mecklenburg County:
1. Suzanne Collins, RN, MS, CWOCN at Carolinas Medical Center – RN Refresher Program
2. Kelly Johnson, health careers student
3. John Marx, MD, Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte
• Union County: Pharmacy Focused Health Careers Camp: A Huge Success

EASTERN AHEC

• 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

GREENSBORO AHEC

• Caswell and Chatham Counties: AHEC and UNC School of Medicine Working to Serve North Carolina
• Chatham and Orange Counties: Luke Smith, MD, director of El Futuro, Inc.
• Guilford County:
1. Stephanie Amoako, Health Careers program participant, Americorps volunteer
2. Bryan Bray and Cathey Miller, pharmacists, AHEC disease certificate programs
• Montgomery County: Rural Hospital Rotation at FirstHealth Montgomery
• Orange County: Matthew Lau, health careers student
• Rockingham County: Specialty Asthma Clinic; Debra C. Allen, ANP/GNP, nurse practitioner at Rockingham County Health Dept.; and Peter Gal, PharmD, director of pharmacy research and education, Greensboro AHEC

MOUNTAIN AHEC

• Buncombe County: Richard Walton, MD, director of MAHEC Family Residency Center (retired); MAHEC Library story
• Buncombe, Pitt, Guilford, Macon, Burke Counties: Improving Care for People with Developmental Disabilities
• Haywood County: David Wangerin, physician assistant
• Jackson County: Cynthia Coy, first Mountain AHEC Health Careers intern, master’s trained social worker
• Swain County: Candice Craig, health careers student

NORTHWEST AHEC

• Ashe, Alleghany, Avery, and Watauga Counties: Latino Health Coalition
• Ashe County: Latino Learnings: Facts, Myths, Culture, and Understanding
• Burke County: Sharon Barlow, BS, Autism Education for Families and Mental Health Professionals
• Catawba County: Joel Miller, MD, Ob/Gyn at Catawba Women's Center, Hickory
• Forsyth County: Clinical Teaching Associate Program
• Iredell County: Health Careers "Puppet Bunch"
• Rowan County: Elaine Scott, RN, RN Refresher Program
• Surry County:
1. Community Health Partnerships
2. Health Careers "Puppet Bunch"
• Watauga and Wilkes Counties: Lucille Posivio, RN at assisted living home in Wilkesboro– RN Refresher Program
• Wilkes County: Julie Barker, registered dental hygienist

South East AHEC

• Columbus County: Valarie Farnum, parent, teacher, adviser for after-school program
• New Hanover County:
  1. Agnes Aller, RN, MA at Cape Fear Hospital– Nurse Refresher Program
  2. Ann Bunting-Mock, MSW, off-campus MSW program graduate
  3. A Tale of Two "Marks"
  4. Rachel McLean, DO, OB/GYN resident

Southern Regional AHEC

• Bladen County: Health Careers Program Encourages Students to Explore Careers Beyond the Family Farm
• Cumberland County:
1. Ailiya Webb, dental assistant, former health Careers student
2. Seth Garber, MD, co-chief resident, Duke/Southern Regional AHEC Family Medicine Residency Program
• Harnett County: AIR /1000: AHEC’s Asthma Improvement Project – Sharon Blackman
• Moore and Hoke Counties:
1. Sharon Nicholson Harrell, DDS, FirstHealth Dental Care Centers; AHEC preceptor; serving underserved populations
2. Christina Powers, DDS, pediatric dentist at FirstHealth Dental Care Centers, serving underserved populations
• Robeson County: Wanda Faircloth, RN, MSN, FNP at Southeastern Regional Medical Center – MSN Program

Duke AHEC Program

• Durham County:
  1. City of Medicine Academy students intern at hospitals
  2. Tamela Wimbush, health careers student
  3. Pamela Wimbush, parent of health careers student

Wake AHEC

• Durham County: Peres-da-Silva family, health careers program participants
• Franklin County: Wake AHEC collaborates with Franklinton High School on Youth Health Service Corps
• Wake County:
  1. Rebekah Carroway, homeschooler, health careers student
  2. Robert Ferrall, MD, FAAP, Improving Performance in Practice