Mountain Area Health Education Center (Asheville) Program

ACGME number: 1203611219
Program Director: Lisa LaVallee MD
Address: 123 Hendersonville Rd
Asheville, North Carolina 28803-2868
Phone: (828) 258-0670
Email: fmrp.avl@mahec.net
Website: http://www.mahec.net


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Program Description

The MAHEC FM Residency Program, affiliated with UNC-CH Dept of Family Medicine, is based at Mission Hospitals, a regional referral center in the beautiful mountains of western North Carolina. We are committed to the practice and teaching of fam centered OB, evidence-based and preventive med, fam systems and individual growth. Int. health, sports med, geriatric and access-to-care for the underserved are areas of rapid growth and passion. We have a strong pediatrics curriculum (both inpatient and outpatient) that prepares graduates to be comfortable with a high volume of pediatrics in their practices.

Community Setting

Suburban

Primary Admitting Hospital

Mission Hospitals

Length of Program

3 Years

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

Two months

Required Maternity Rotations

Three months

Required Pediatrics Rotations

Five months

Offers International Rotations

Yes
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Half Day Table (years 1-n)

PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
Half days

PGY-1: 2

PGY-2: 3

PGY-3: 4

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: q7d-q14d

PGY-2: q7d-q14d

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

25

Full Time Other Faculty

10

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: $50,750

PGY-2: $52,476

PGY-3: $54,201

Weeks of Vacation

PGY-1: 3

PGY-2: 3

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

Offers Fellowship

Yes

Fellowship offered

Maternal-Child Health

Fellowship Leads To Post-Graduation

No

Offers Clerkship

Yes