Profile Information
Location
Asheville, NC
Country
United States
Postal Code
28804
What is it you do for a living? (Parenting, volunteering, CEO of social service organization, etc.)
Family Physician
Family Medicine Residency Faculty
What organization(s) do you volunteer or work for?
MAHEC
What is your interest in PACEs and resilience science?
33 years of small town community practice and involvement with children's behavioral health made me aware of the pervasiveness and impact of ACEs on the lives of my patients - children and adults. Like many of us, despite my interest, I only learned of the ACE Study 3 years ago when I moved to a teaching position in Asheville. The study confirmed what I had seen with my own eyes in rural East Tennessee. I was overjoyed to find a community of people who recognized the importance of ACEs, and - more importantly - had set about to do something about this major public health problem.