Southwest Virginia Graduate Medical Education Consortium (GMEC)

The GMEC mission is to improve access to high quality primary care for citizens of Southwest Virginia by forming educational partnerships between communities, local physicians, and primary care residency programs in Virginia, Tennessee North Carolina, Kentucky, and West Virginia. 

GMEC creates and supports medical residency preceptor sites in rural and underserved communities in Southwest Virginia. The GMEC service area includes the Virginia counties and cities of Bland, Bristol, Buchanan, Carroll, Dickenson, Galax, Grayson, Lee, Norton, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise, and Wythe.

AHEC Activities:  GMEC expects by the end of FY 2010 to complete merger with the Southwest Virginia Area Health Education Center.  See these two links for information about the AHEC:  
http://www.ahec.vcu.edu/community/southwest.html  and http://www.ahec.vcu.edu/goals/student_training.html


GMEC CONTACT INFORMATION
Southwest Virginia Graduate Medical Education Consortium
The University of Virginia's College at Wise

One College Avenue, Wise, Virginia 24293
Phone: 276-328-0249 or 0289 - Fax: 276-328-0295 - Email: gec8a@uvawise.edu

Gary Crum, Ph.D., M.P.H., Executive Director (for picture and biographic information, enter Gary Crum's name at:  http://www.epsilen.com/LandingSite/index.aspx )
Ms. Elizabeth Mullins, Executive Secretary 

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GMEC-AHEC Board Members:

Officers:  Chairman: Dr. Tom Townsend;  Vice Chairman: Howard Chapman, Jr.;  Secretary-Treasurer: Dr. John Dreyzehner

Rennie Atkins, R.Ph.
Johnston Memorial Hospital
351 Court St. NE
Abingdon, VA 24210

Bruce Bennard, Ph.D.
Dept. of Family Medicine
James H. Quillen College of Medicine
ETSU
Box 70621
Johnson City, TN 37614-0621

Gilmer T. Blackburn, Ph.D.
Provost and Senior Vice-Chancellor
University of Virginia's College at Wise
One College Avenue
Wise, Virginia 24293

Sue Cantrell, M.D., B.S. in Pharmacy
Director, Lenowisco Health District
134 Roberts Street, NW
Wise, Virginia 24293

Howard Chapman, Jr.
Executive Director
Southwest Virginia Community
Health Systems, Inc.
P. O. Box 729
Saltville, Virginia 24370

Ellen Kirby Coale
Home: 1015 Highland Circle
Blacksburg, VA 24060

John Dreyzehner, M.D., M.P.H.
Cumberland Plateau Health District
P. O. Box 2347
Lebanon, Virginia 24266

Brian Easton, M.D.
C-Health, PC
P. O. Box 2377
Lebanon, Virginia 24266

Roger Hofford, M.D.
Associate Director
Carilion Clinic Family Medicine Residency
1314 Peters Creek Road
Roanoke, Virginia 24017

John Kauffman, D.O.
Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine
2265 Kraft Drive
Blacksburg, Virginia 24060

Tony Lawson
Program Director
Mountain Empire PACE
Mountain Empire Older Citizens
P. O. Box 888
Big Stone Gap, VA 24219

Craig Lenz, D.O.
Senior Associate Academic Dean
DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
6965 Cumberland Gap Parkway
Harrogate, Tennessee 37752

Andrew Lockman, M.D.
Department of Family Medicine
University of Virginia
P. O. Box 800729
Charlottesville, Virginia 22908

Linda Pearce, R.N., B.S.N., M.Ed., C.D.E.
2523 Cherry Lane
Blacksburg, VA 24060-4009

Carole Pratt, D.D.S.
P.O. Box 947
Dublin, Virginia 24084

Tom Townsend, M.D.
ETSU Dept. of Family Medicine
208 Medical Park Blvd.
Bristol, Tennessee 37620

Margie Tucker, Ph.D.
Pre Med Advisor
UVA-Wise
One College Ave
Wise, VA 24293

 

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