• Mountain Area Health Education Center (Asheville) Program

    ACGME number: 1203611219
    Program Director: Susan Alexander MD, FAAFP
    Address: 123 Hendersonville Rd
    Asheville, NC 28803-2868
    Phone: (828) 771-4217
    Email: fmrp.avl@mahec.net
    Website: http://www.mahec.net


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    Program Description

    Our Family Medicine Residency Program is based in Asheville, NC. We are nestled in a thriving city in the heart of Western North Carolina, surrounded by many beautiful, rural communities. Our residency offers broad-scope family medicine training rooted in our Clinic First curricular model; this allows us to emphasize continuity of care for both physicians and patients in our Family Health Center. Highlights for our program include high-volume inpatient and outpatient pediatrics and an emphasis on community-focused needs. This includes, but is not limited to, lifestyle medicine, addiction medicine, care for the homeless, reproductive and hormone health, and comprehensive outpatient procedures.

    Community Setting

    • Suburban
    • Suburban

    Top 3 Program Strengths

    • Addiction Medicine
    • Care of Children
    • Women's Health

    Primary Admitting Hospital

    Mission Hospitals

    Length of Program

    3 Years

    Clinic Funding

    • Federal Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) funding
    • Federal or other government clinic funding including Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) or look-alike, Community Health Centers (CHC), Rural Health Clinic (RHC)

    Positions

    PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
    Offered:

    PGY-1: 12

    PGY-2: 12

    PGY-3: 12

    Filled:

    PGY-1: 12

    PGY-2: 12

    PGY-3: 11

    Has Residential Organization

    No

    Required ICU Rotations

    Less than two months

    Required General Surgery Rotations

    Less than two months

    Required Maternity Rotations

    Three months

    Level of Pregnancy Care Training Provided

    At least 20 deliveries for all residents; comprehensive pregnancy care with 80 or more deliveries for a few residents.

    Required Pediatrics Rotations

    Two months

    Offers International Rotations

    Yes

    Half Day Table (years 1-n)

    PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
    Half days

    PGY-1: 6

    PGY-2: 6

    PGY-3: 6

    Hospital Trips Table (years 1-n)

    PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
    Call from home trips to hospital

    PGY-1: None

    PGY-2: None

    PGY-3: None

    Night Calls Table (years 1-n)

    PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
    Average In hospital night calls

    PGY-1: q15d-q28d

    PGY-2: q15d-q28d

    PGY-3: q15d-q28d

    Night Float

    PGY-1:

    Yes

    PGY-2:

    Yes

    PGY-3:

    Yes

    Has Computer Documentation

    Yes

    Offers Rural Rotations

    Yes

    Has Electronic Health Records

    Yes

    Primary Admitting Hospital

    Mission Hospitals

    Total Hospital Beds

    800

    Full Time Doctor Faculty

    33

    Full Time Other Faculty

    12

    Full Time Physicians Extender Faculty

    5

    Total Rotation Hospitals

    3

    Total Admitting Hospitals

    1

    Total Family Practice Centers

    1

    Has Federally Qualified Rotations

    Yes

    Base Salary and Vacation Table (years 1-n)

    PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
    Salary

    PGY-1: $63,397

    PGY-2: $65,513

    PGY-3: $67,781

    Weeks of Vacation

    PGY-1: 4

    PGY-2: 4

    PGY-3: 4

    Benefits

    • Liability Insurance
    • Meals
    • Health Insurance
    • Funding for attending conferences
    • Life Insurance
    • Parking
    • Disability Insurance
    • Fitness Center
    • Sick Leave / Personal Time
    • Time off for conferences
    • AAFP Membership
    • Medical license fee
    • DEA license fee

    Offers Fellowship

    Yes

    Fellowship Types Offered

    • Sports Medicine
    • Substance Abuse
    • Other - Addiction Medicine
    • Rural Medicine

    Fellowship Leads To Post-Graduation

    No

    Offers Clerkship

    Yes