URBAN TRACK

The Department of Family Medicine at Carolinas Medical Center joins other innovative leaders in the Charlotte community in reaching out to our underserved populations. As the urban center of Charlotte grows so does challenging inner city problems such as homelessness, violence, AIDS and teenage pregnancy. Carolinas Medical Center has created an urban health center and training program with an emphasis on addressing these and other health and social problems at the community level.

The urban training site started in 1996 to address the special needs of urban Charlotte and to take advantage of unique educational opportunities. It is located four miles from Carolinas Medical Center. Now the largest city between Washington D.C. and Atlanta, Charlotte is acquiring many features of these large metropolitan areas, while retaining much of its southern culture.

Our Urban Track offers a novel and innovative family medicine training experience. We accept two residents each year to the Urban Track to develop their three-year continuity practice at CMC Biddle Point Family Practice Center. Residents work with committed family physicians in an innovative healthcare delivery model with a strong community focus. Residents in the urban program still participate in all curriculum offered by the Department of Family Medicine.

CMC-Biddle Point was opened by Carolinas HealthCare System in 1997 as a community health center serving western and central Charlotte neighborhoods. The practice offers physicians and other staff who provide a variety of services.

The residents who are selected in the Urban Track will have their continuity Family Medicine experience at Biddle Point and will work side-by-side with family physicians who also serve as preceptors. Full-time faculty from the residency program also rotate as preceptors at CMC Biddle Point.

CMC Biddle Point Physicians:
Nneka Hendrix, MD, Cynthia Hill-Erskine, MD, Michelle Birch, MD, Jessica Saxe, MD, Heather Grant, MD, Talaya Clark, MD, Sveta Mohanan, MD, Irene Zink, MD

Biddle Point Health Center

• Vibrant African American community
• Growing Latin and Southeast Asian populations
• Innovative collaboration with the Mecklenburg County Health Department
• Physician staff trained and experienced in urban family medicine
• Community-oriented, primary care model