In 1976, John Lister, MD, of the United Kingdom, and Christopher Fordham, MD, of the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine, created the Traveling Fellowship—an exchange program whereby AHEC-based faculty from North Carolina spend a month studying aspects of the British medical education and health services delivery system. In return, NC AHEC hosts fellows selected by Medical Education Leaders UK. In 1996, the American portion of the exchange became known as the Eugene S. Mayer Fellowship, thanks to contributions made in memory of the longtime NC AHEC director.
2019: Daniel Frayne, MD, Mountain AHEC 2018: Pascal Osi Udekwu, MBBS, MBA/MHA, FACS, Wake AHEC 2017: Rongrong Fan, MD, Mountain AHEC 2016: Karl Bertrand Fields, MD, Piedmont AHEC 2015: Joseph A. Pino, MD, MHA, South East AHEC 2014: William Hope, MD, South East AHEC 2013: Richard M. Wardrop, III, MD, PhD, FAAP, FACP, Wake AHEC 2012: Gregg Colvin, MD, Wake AHEC 2011: Marshall Lee Chambliss, MD, Piedmont AHEC 2010: Amina Ahmed, MD, Charlotte AHEC 2009: Michael F. Dulin, MD, PhD, Charlotte AHEC 2008: Christy L. Henry, MD, Wake AHEC 2007: Mary Rogers, MD, Charlotte AHEC 2006: David K. Gittelman, DO, Wake AHEC 2005: Dael M. Waxman, MD, Charlotte AHEC 2004: John Langlois, MD, Mountain AHEC 2003: William Hensel, MD, Piedmont AHEC 2001: John E.R. Perry III, MD, Wake AHEC 2000: Marcus Plescia, MD, Charlotte AHEC 1999: Brent Wright, MD, Coastal AHEC 1998: Howard Loughlin, MD, Southern Regional AHEC 1997: Wayne A. Hale, MD, Piedmont AHEC 1996: Suzanne Landis, MD, Mountain AHEC 1995: Ross Vaughan, MD, Wake AHEC 1993: J. Gary Maxwell, MD, Coastal AHEC 1992: Darlyne Menscer, MD, Charlotte AHEC 1991: Stewart Rogers, MD, Piedmont AHEC 1990: J. Paul Martin, MD, Mountain AHEC 1989: Docia Hickey, MD, Charlotte AHEC 1988: David Ingram, MD, Wake AHEC 1987: Lars Larsen, MD, Fayetteville AHEC 1986: Richard Olson, MD, Mountain AHEC 1985: Timothy Lane, MD, Piedmont AHEC 1984: Robert Schwartz, MD, Charlotte AHEC 1983: James Thullen, MD, Wake AHEC 1982: Richard Walton, MD, Mountain AHEC 1981: Peter Ungaro, MD, Wilmington AHEC 1980: J.C. Parke Jr., MD, Charlotte AHEC 1979: John Burnett, MD, Wake AHEC 1978: Martha Sharpless, MD Piedmont AHEC 1977: Marvin McCall, MD, Charlotte AHEC 1976: Bryant Galusha, MD, Charlotte AHEC