Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC)

The Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) is a leader in healthcare practice, education, innovation and research and is the home of UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC and the proposed UNC Gillings MPH Program in Asheville.Located in Asheville, MAHEC serves a 16-county region in Western North Carolina. We are the largest Area Health Education Center in North Carolina, which evolved to address national and state concerns with the supply, retention and quality of health professionals. MAHEC provides patient care at nine Family Health Centers across the region and Ob/Gyn Specialists and the Dental Health Center, which are both located at its Biltmore campus in Asheville, NC. We are the only high-risk obstetrics practice in the region and a safety net provider.Our health professions education creates a pipeline of quality healthcare professionals from inspiring health careers in high school to providing clinical and professional training through undergraduate internships, allied health programs, medical school, family medicine residency programs, rural and specialty fellowships, and continuing medical and health education for more than 10,000 unique participants annually.