Improving The Quality of and Access to Healthcare in Alabama
Enhancing all aspects of healthcare throughout East-Central AL for a healthier today & a brighter tomorrow.
Support for Healthcare Providers, Students, & Communities in East-Central AL
At AHEC, we believe in all things healthcare. By collaborating with providers in East-Central Alabama, we’re streamlining the access to and quality of vital medical care. We’re also dedicated to supporting future healthcare providers across the state through financial and educational assistance for high school and college students.
As a community-based 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, the East Central Alabama Area Health Education Center (ECAAHEC) began serving the healthcare needs of the region in 2015. Through training, education, and helpful resources for healthcare professionals, we strengthen community access for patients today while inspiring the healthcare workforce of tomorrow.
Core Initiatives in East-Central Alabama
We’re Strengthening Healthcare Services in a Community Near You
The ECAAHEC service region includes Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, DeKalb, Etowah, Jefferson, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, and Tallapoosa Counties.
Board of Directors
Kala Blakely, DNP
Laura Hart, DNP, FNP-BC
George Lewis Mitchell, DMD
Marilyn Oden
Wayne Rowe
D’Ann Somerall
Rhonda Terrell-Lipscomb
Wyvern Boyd Wallace
Decarlos Wright
Executive Director
ANGELA ANDERSON, MA
Executive Director
The Professional Building, 750 Forrest Avenue, Gadsden AL 35901
If you’re a future healthcare leader and want to be inspired by some of the best, contact us today.
Regional Centers
The Alabama AHEC Network is dedicated to recruiting, training, and retaining the Alabama healthcare workforce while broadening the distribution of the health workforce, enhancing the quality of care, and improving health care delivery to rural and underserved populations in Alabama. The following centers are members of the Alabama AHEC Network and are federally funded HRSA AHEC Programs and nationally recognized Area Health Education Centers: Alabama Statewide Network Program Office, North Alabama AHEC (NAAHEC), East Central Alabama AHEC (ECAAHEC), Black Belt Alabama AHEC (BBAAHEC), Wiregrass Alabama AHEC (WAAHEC), Delta Alabama AHEC (DAAHEC).
