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“I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.” —Albert Schweitzer

Our Team

Barbara Heffner
Executive Director
NC ALBERT SCHWEITZER FELLOWSHIP

PO Box 1636
Davidson, NC 28036
(704) 895-6506
CONTACT

Trisha White, MD
BOARD: CHAIR AND TREASURER

  • Family Physician, Davidson Family Medicine
  • 1984 Lambaréné Schweitzer Fellow

Board Members

George Adams, MD

  • Cardiologist, NC Heart and Vascular
  • 1997 NC Schweitzer Fellow

Zachary Brian, DMD, MHA, FICD, FACD, FNAP

  • Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Adams School of Dentistry (UNC ASOD)
  • UNC ASOD Director of Dentistry in Service to Community (DISC)
  • founding Director of the UNC ASOD Program for Oral Health Policy

Greg Chadwick, DDS, MS

  • Dean, ECU School of Dental Medicine

TIFFANY COVAS, MD, MPH

  • Family Physician, Duke Family Medicine
  • 2011 NC Schweitzer Fellow

Georgette Dent, MD

  • Associate Professor, Pathology and Lab Medicine, UNC School of Medicine
  • Past Associate Dean for Student Affairs, UNC School of Medicine

William “Billy” Fischer, MD

  • Pulmonologist, UNC School of Medicine
  • 2001 NC Schweitzer Fellow and 2003 Lambaréné Schweitzer Fellow

Benjamin Gilmer, MD, MS

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC), UNC School of Medicine – Chapel Hill, Family Medicine Clerkship Director, Medical Director, Kenan Primary Care Medical Scholars, Medical Director, MAHEC Rural and Global Health Fellowship
  • 2002 NC Schweitzer Fellow and 2004 Lambaréné Fellow

Melissa Green, MPH

  • Deputy Director for Recruitment and Communications, Clinical Scholars National Leadership Program
  • 2000 NC Schweitzer Fellow

Tom Irons, MD

  • Medical Director, Access East
  • Past Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences, Professor of Pediatrics and Director, Office of Generalist Programs, East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine

Amanda Stroud, DMD 

  • Dental Director, AppHealthCare 
  • 2012 NC Schweitzer Fellow 

Hugh Tilson

  • Director of the North Carolina Area Health Education Centers (NC AHEC) Program
  • Associate Dean and Assistant Professor in Family Medicine at the UNC School of Medicine

Douglas Zinn

  • Founded Philanthrology, LLC, a consulting agency
  • Past executive director of the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust