Health care providers in western NC have drafted a joint letter encouraging patients and residents to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. The letter is being published on social media and in print newspapers across our region 8/29/21 – 9/2/21.

Jennifer Abbott, MD WNC Community Health Services (Buncombe)
Maroun Aboutayeh, DO Mission Health (Buncombe)
Julia Abraham, MD Blue Ridge Health (Henderson)
Lisa Abraham, MD Blue Ridge Health (Buncombe/Hendersonville)
Shannon Alejandro, MD EmergeOrtho (Buncombe)
Michael Aley, FNP Vista Family Health (Buncombe)
Alisa Alker, MD PhD Mission Health (Buncombe)
Anson Alvis MD MSc Blue Ridge Health (Henderson)
Sarah Asman Peiffer, MD Blue Ridge Health (Henderson)
Elizabeth Averill, FNP Mission Health (Buncombe)
Steven H Baker, MD MAHEC (WNC)
David S. Bate, MD Blue Ridge Health (Rutherford)
Evan Beasley, MD Blue Ridge Health (Henderson)
Tracy Bell, PA-C Pavillon Addiction Treatment Center (Polk)
Jonathan Bentley, FNP Blue Ridge Health (Swain, Jackson)
John C. Brandt, MD Asheville Cardiology Associates (WNC)
Rhoda Brosnan, MD Asheville Cardiology Associates (Buncombe)
Andy P Brown MD ARA Health Specialists (Buncombe)
Richard Bunio, MD Cherokee Indian Hospital (Swain)
Quinton Cancel, MD Mission Health (Buncombe)
Samantha Carson, FNP-C Asheville Orthopedic Associates (Buncombe)
Sarah Cash, MD Advent Health Hendersonville (Henderson)
Mariah Cassum, PA-C Blue Ridge Health (Henderson)
Audra Cave, FNP-BC Blue Ridge Health (Rutherford)
Nicholas S Chappelear, CCMA MAHEC (Buncombe, Madison)
John Clark, PharmD Asheville Compounding Pharmacy (Buncombe)
Thomas Clayton, MD Chief of Staff Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital (Cherokee)
Amelia Cline, MD MAHEC (Buncombe, Macon)
Alison Cochran, REHS, MHS Swain County Health Director (Swain)
Toby Cole MD ARA Health Specialists (Buncombe)
Carol Coulson, MD MAHEC (Buncombe)
Aneela Cox, MD Integrative Family Medicine of Asheville (Buncombe)
Ben Cozart, DDS Blue Ridge Health (Henderson)
Michael Crooks, MD Mission Health (Buncombe)
Ann Davis, MD Blue Ridge Health (Macon, Jackson)
Jerald DeLaGarza, MD Mission Health (McDowell, Rutherford)
Pam Della Valle, MD Pardee Hospital UNC Healthcare (Henderson)
Juana Diaz-Perez, PA-C Blue Ridge Health (Henderson)
Michael Dowling, MD Appalachian Mountain Community Health Centers (Buncombe)
Laila Souto Dunham, PhD MAHEC (Buncombe)
Katie Dunlap, MD Cherokee Indian Hospital (Swain)
Julie Duval, PA-C Mission Health (WNC)
Emily Eichhorn, DO Blue Ridge Health (Henderson)
David Ellis, MD, VPMA/CMO Pardee Hospital UNC Healthcare (Henderson)
Sonja Emerson, RN MAHEC (Buncombe)
Trace Fender, MD Mission Health (Buncombe)
Mira Ferland, MD Mission Health (Buncombe)
Teresa A Fralix MD, PhD Blue Ridge Health (Henderson)
Daniel J. Frayne, MD President MAHEC (WNC)
Yaron Fridman, MD Asheville Cardiology Associates (Buncombe)
Elizabeth Frost, PA-C Integrative Family Medicine of Asheville (Buncombe)
Amanda Gambill, MD Blue Ridge Health (Polk)
Rus Garcia, MD Appalachian Mountain Community Health Centers (Cherokee, Clay)
Kelly Garcia, MD Blue Ridge Health (Haywood)
Jeffrey Garris, MD Advent Health Hendersonville (Henderson)
Brian Garvin, MD Digestive Health Partners (Buncombe)
Bill Gist, MD MAHEC (Buncombe)
Gabrielle Gonzalez Gray, MD MAHEC (Buncombe)
Kate Graeme, DO North Buncombe Family Medicine (Buncombe)
Matthew Greene, MD Mission Health (WNC)
Nansi Greger-Holt Mission Health (Buncombe)
Gordon I Groh MD, MBA Asheville Orthopedic Associates (Buncombe, Henderson, Yancy, McDowell, Macon)
Kristin Gruner, PA-C Blue Ridge Health (Haywood)
J.D. Hales III, MD, CAQSM Asheville Orthopaedic Associates (Buncombe, Macon)
Joanna Hales, MD Mission Health (Buncombe)
Jacquelyn Hallum MAHEC & BCHHS (WNC)
Stan Hamaker, MD Leicester Community Health Center (Buncombe)
Jessica Hancock, NP-C Asheville Orthopedic Associates (Buncombe)
William R. Hathaway, MD, FACC Mission Health (WNC)
Maggie S. Hayes, MD Blue Ridge Health (Henderson)
Steve Heatherly, CEO Harris Regional/ Swain Community Hospitals (Haywood, Jackson, Swain)
Jeffery E. Heck, MD, CEO MAHEC (Buncombe)
Amber Henson, MD Blue Ridge Health (Henderson)
Charlotte Heppner, MD MAHEC (Buncombe)
Teresa Herbert, MD, CMO Advent Health Hendersonville (Henderson)
Trent Hester Mission Health (Buncombe)
J. Richard Hill, DNP, FNP-C Blue Ridge Health (Transylvania)
Brittany Hipkins, MD Blue Ridge Health Haywood, Jackson, and Swain
Bryan Hodge, DO MAHEC (Henderson)
Kristina Hornsby, FNP Blue Ridge Health (Henderson, Polk)
Nathan Hruska, MD Carolina Internal Medicine Associates (WNC)
Richard Hudspeth, MD CEO Blue Ridge Health (WNC)
Ben Hulkower, MD Mission Health (Buncombe)
Bruce Israel, MD Mission Health (WNC)
Brett Izzo, MD Asheville Cardiology Associates (Buncombe)
David Jarrett, MD Mission Health (WNC)
Oscar Jenkins MD FACC Mission Health (Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell)
Brian L Johnson, MD Mission Health (Buncombe)
Kristine E. Johnson, MD Mission Health (Buncombe)
Jennifer Jones Mission Health (Buncombe)
Christian Kaufman, NP (Polk, Rutherford)
Rachel Keever, MD Asheville Cardiology Associates (Rutherford)
Xan Kellogg, DO Blue Ridge Health (Henderson, Rutherford)
Tabitha Kinney, RMA MAHEC (Buncombe)
Susanna Kivette, PA-C Leicester Community Health Center (Buncombe)
Mari Klausner, MD Mission Health (Buncombe)
Jess Knapp, DO MAHEC (Buncombe)
Heidi Knoll, MD MAHEC (Buncombe)
John Kogoy MD Pardee UNC Healthcare (Henderson)
Chad Krisel, MD Integrative Family Medicine of Asheville (Buncombe)
Nick Ladd, DO MAHEC (Henderson)
Suzette LaRoche, MD University of North Carolina (NC)
James Ryan Macdonell, MD Asheville Orthopedic Associates (Buncombe)
Michael Manning, MD Mission Health (Buncombe)
Amy Marietta, MD MPH Blue Ridge Health (Polk)
Joseph Maxwell, MD MAHEC (Buncombe)
David May, MD Digestive Health Partners (Buncombe)
Susan McDowell, MD MAHEC (Buncombe)
Melissa McKay, MD Mission Health (Buncombe)
William McLean, MD MAHEC (Buncombe)
Rachael McLean, PA-C Tapestry Treatment Centers (Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania)
Mark McNeill, MD Trillium Family Medicine (Buncombe)
Ansley Miller, MD, FAAP Mission Health (Buncombe)
Ansley Miller, MD, FAAP Mission Health (Buncombe)
Susan Mims, MD MPH Dogwood Health Trust (WNC)
Brian Mitchell MD Erlanger Western Carolina Peachtree (Cherokee, Clay)
Eric Monaco, MD Blue Ridge Health (Henderson)
Caroline Mueller, MD MAHEC (Buncombe)
Jennifer Mullendore, MD Buncombe County Health & Human Services (Buncombe)
Kimberly Neiheisel, MD Blue Ridge Health (Jackson, Swain)
Michael Newman, RT, MHA Mission Health (WNC)
Steven Nguyen, MD Blue Ridge Health (Buncombe)
John C. Nicholls, MD MAHEC (Buncombe)
Jeff Nienaber (Buncombe)
Juhsien Jodi Nienaber, MD Mission Health (Buncombe)
Julia Oat-Judge, MD MAHEC (Buncombe)
Bryan Overcarsh, MD MPH Mission Health (Buncombe)
Katey Perry FNP Mission Health (Buncombe)
Jessica Pior, MD Blue Ridge Health (Haywood)
Timothy Plaut, MD Appalachian Mountain Community Health Centers (Buncombe, Jackson, Cherokee and Graham
Christopher Port, PA-C Appalachian Mountain Community Health Centers (Graham)
Casey Prenger, MD Jackson County Health Department (Jackson)
David Price, MD Pardee Hospital (Henderson)
Rebecca Putnam, MD MAHEC (Buncombe)
J. Aimee Queng, MD Appalachian Mountain Community Health Centers (Graham)
Jill Raymer DNP Appalachian Mountain Community Health Centers (Graham)
Aimee Riley, DO Emerge Ortho (Buncombe)
Melissa Robinson, MD Family Medicine at Hot Springs Health Program (Madison)
Matthew Roe, MD Blue Ridge Health (Henderson, Rutherford)
Candie Ross-Moore APRN, GNP, BC MAHEC (Buncombe)
Amy Russell MD Medical Director Mission Health (WNC)
Lisa Ryan PMH NP Blue Ridge Health (Buncombe)
Sarah Schopbach, FNP (Buncombe)
Korah Schwab FNP-C Mission Health (WNC)
Judy Seago, MD Blue Ridge Health (Jackson)
Anne Sheppard, LCSW Blue Ridge Health (Polk)
Stephen Strock, MD Asheville Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates (Buncombe)
Susan Taunton, DMD Blue Ridge Health (Rutherford)
Shawn Taylor, PharmD Appalachian Mountain Community Health Centers (Buncombe)
Raymond Thertulien, MD Asheville Hematology & Oncology (Buncombe)
Luke Thompson, PA-C Blue Ridge Health (Jackson)
Julie Todd, MD Blue Ridge Health (Henderson)
Eric Tran, MD MAHEC (Buncombe)
Emily Tully, FNP Blue Ridge Health (Henderson)
D. Michael Unks, MD Asheville Cardiology Associates (Buncombe)
Casey Ward, PA-C Appalachian Mountain Community Health Centers (Buncombe)
Rosalyn Wasserman, PT, DPT MAHEC (Buncombe)
Jana Watts MD Vista Family Health (Buncombe)
Jan Westphal, MD MAHEC (Buncombe)
Heather Whisnant, FNP Blue Ridge Health (Henderson)
James D Whitehouse, MD, MHS Mission Health (Buncombe)
Bobbie Williamson, PharmD, CPP Blue Ridge Health (Henderson)
Rivers Woodward, MD Blue Ridge Health (Rutherford)
Anja Woody, PA-C MAHEC (Buncombe, Haywood)
Daniel E Yoder, Jr. MD Blue Ridge Health (Henderson)
Ari Zadel, MD Blue Ridge Health (Henderson, Polk)
MaryShell Zaffino, MD Blue Ridge Health (Henderson)