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Mountain Area Health Education Center (Boone) Program
Boone, NC
Data Last updated: 3/28/2025
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Our comprehensive training places a strong emphasis on rural medicine, community-based care, women's health, behavioral medicine, geriatrics, and the care of special populations including patients with substance use disorders. As a true community-based program, we are committed to responding to the needs of our community and the region in which we live. Our more intimate learning environment emphasizes experiential learning, innovative modules, and comprehensive procedural opportunities.
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Program best described as
Community-based
Primary teaching site
Watauga Medical Center
Accredited length of training
3
Required length
3
Accepting applications for training that begins in 2025-2026 No
Will be accepting applications for training that begins in 2026-2027 Yes
Program start dates June, July 1
Participates in ERAS® Yes
Affiliated with U.S. government No
Program Director: Molly A Benedum MD
Appalachian Regional Healthcare System
Ste 102
148 Hwy NC-105 Ext
Boone, NC 28607
Tel: (864) 546-0129
Fax:
E-mail: mbenedum@apprhs.org
Person to contact for more information about the program: Amber L Cook
Appalachian Regional Healthcare System
Ste 102
148 Hwy NC-105 Ext
Boone, NC 28607
Tel: (828) 386-2179
Fax:
E-mail: alcook@apprhs.org
Survey Received: 7/9/2024

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Appalachian Regional Healthcare System
Ste 102
148 Hwy NC-105 Ext
Boone, NC 28607

Sponsor

Mountain Area Health Education Center
501 Biltmore Ave
Asheville, NC 28801-4686

Participant(s)

Watauga Medical Center
336 Deerfield Rd
Boone, NC 28607

Blue Ridge Ear Nose and Throat Inc
870 State Farm Rd
Boone, NC 28607

Community Care Clinic
141 Health Center Dr
Boone, NC 28607

Blue Ridge Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine Inc
579 Greenway Rd
Boone, NC 28607

Wilkes Medical Center
1370 WD St N
Wilkesboro, NC 28659

Lees-McRae College-Student Health Department
191 Main St
Banner Elk, NC 28604

Davant Medical Clinic
623 Chestnut Ridge Pkwy
Blowing Rock, NC 28605

Watauga Surgical Group
965 State Farm Rd
Boone, NC 28607

AppGastro (Appalachian Gastroenterology)
870 State Farm Rd
Boone, NC 28607

Appalachian Regional Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Center
194 Doctors Dr
Boone, NC 28607

Harmony Center for Women
381 Deerfield Rd
Boone, NC 28607

Lung Center
148 Hwy NC-105 Ext
Boone, NC 28607

Maggie Sparks Dermatology
381 Meadowview Dr
Boone, NC 28607

Cardiology Center
175 Mary St
Boone, NC 28607

Mission Hospital-Memorial Campus
509 Biltmore Ave
Asheville, NC 28801

Charles A Cannon Jr Memorial Hospital
434 Hospital Dr
Newland, NC 28657

AppFamily Medicine
148 NC-105 Extension
Boone, NC 28607