Susan Weaver Joins Senior Management Team at Wake Med
December 2008
After seven successful years serving as Executive Director at Alliance Medical Ministry, Dr. Susan Tucker Weaver accepted the appointment as Senior VP at Wake Med Health and Hospitals. Dr. Weaver’s work at Alliance combined with her unique medical experience with patient care and a strong personal faith that gave her the energy to commit countless time and energy to Alliance and the plight of the uninsured.
She has been recognized with numerous awards including the News & Observer’s Tarheel of the Week, The Triangle Business Journal’s Healthcare Hero Award and was featured in the 2009 Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation Annual Report.
Dr. Weaver will remain on the Board of Directors at Alliance and will serve as Chair of the Development Committee. She continues her commitment to medical care of the uninsured by volunteering weekly as a provider at the clinic.
Thank you Dr. Weaver for your commitment to the Alliance Medical Ministry mission!
Welcome AMM Founder Sean Harrison as Alliance’s New Executive Director
February 2009
After co-founding Alliance Medical Ministry and serving as an active member of the Board of Directors, including as chair from 2000-2005 and 2007-2009, Sean Harrison was appointed Executive Director this past February. Sean has a diverse background with over 15 years of management experience in entrepreneurial start-ups and Fortune 500 organizations.
Sean’s passion for health care and the working uninsured began nearly 10 years ago when he and three members from Cary First United Methodist Church envisioned a ministry to fill the health care gap faced by the working uninsured. Sean, along with Dr. Charles Mann, Jack Stone and David Wilson, worked earnestly with many volunteers and early staff, including Dr. Susan Weaver, to make their dream a reality.
Sean graduated with a BS in Computer Science from the University of Maryland and relocated to Raleigh with IBM. After earning his MBA from Duke, Sean founded and was CEO of Netstation, which was acquired by Nortel Networks. Later he started WindWire, a wireless software & service company, acquired in 2003. In 2004-2005 Sean piloted a prepaid low cost health benefit program for uninsured workers. Prior to his appointment at Alliance, he was COO of Brightdoor, a real estate software & services company.
Sean and his wife Karen have 3 children ages 6-12. They are all active members of Cary First United Methodist Church.
Alliance Medical Ministry, a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable corporation, was founded in 2000. The clinic first opened its doors on January 6, 2003, with a mission to provide affordable, primary medical care to low income, uninsured working families in Wake County. Located just steps from the renowned WakeMed Hospital, at 101 Donald Ross Drive in Raleigh, Alliance operates like any other private doctor's office. Board certified physicians provide general primary care to patients who pay a small fee. The fee covers time with a physician, any necessary lab work or x-rays, most medications, and health education. Alliance links with many community partners to provide the highest quality, comprehensive treatment available.
The comprehensive care provided includes acute and chronic medical care, urgent care appointments, preventative medicine and health education, monthly screening eye exams for diabetic patients, all necessary lab work, free or reduced priced medications, monthly ENT and GYN clinics, bilingual services, and 24-hour coordination of care including a bilingual after-hours answering service.
Alliance anticipates providing 15,000 patient visits in 2008. Since opening its doors in January of 2003, AMM has consistently operated under budget despite a more than 30% growth in services each year.
Approximately 25% of AMM patients are direct referrals from local hospital emergency rooms. Over 60% of these referrals have never had health insurance or have been without it for over a year. 97% of AMM patients have an annual household income of less than $25,000. 49% are Latino, 29% are African-American, 4% are Asian-American, and 60% are women.
Alliance Community Outreach Updates
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Pictures from April 6th Community Garden event featuring Growing Power’s Will Allen
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