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Laurel Berry, MD Redident Phone: 828-771-5500 Fax: 828-771-5454 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 Undergraduate Education: Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA Medical School: Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, FL Family Life: I have an amazing husband and two rambunctious dogs, Maggie and Truffles. Personal Interests: I enjoy horseback riding, singing, gardening and baking. My husband and I are both 'foodies' and Asheville has so many amazing restaurants! We cannot wait to try them all over the next four years! Favorite thing about MAHEC Residency Program: The people!!!
Breanna Bolivar, MD, MPH Resident Phone: 828-771-5500 Fax: 828-771-5454 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 Undergrad Education: Elon University, majored in biologyand chemistry Medical school: Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio Personal interests: being outside, playing ultimate frisbee, taking photos - especially of exotic places, traveling to Colombia to visit my husband's family, tubing down rivers, swimming near waterfalls, flying on airplanes, salsa dancing, speaking Spanish with my husband Favorite thing about MAHEC: As soon as I arrived here I felt included in the fun and excitement of an OB/GYN residency that focused on teamwork and quality patient care. The residents not only work together but are also friends, making our quality of life greatly improved. The addition of great teachers and mentors made the program a perfect fit for me. I feel lucky to be here!
Jon Larrabee, MD Resident Phone: 828-771-5500 Fax: 828-771-5454 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 Undergraduate Education: Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado Medical School: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon Personal Interests: I enjoy white-water kayaking, bird watching, and playing music. Outside of the clinic and hospital, I spend every possible moment with my wife and two wonderful children and am excited to explore the wild landscapes of North Carolina. Favorite thing about MAHEC: The community of physicians and residents is open, supportive, and challenging. Everyone here has two primary goals: providing excellent patient care and encouraging the development of compassionate and knowledgeable physicians.
Karen Wang, MD Resident Phone: 828-771-5500 Fax: 828-771-5454 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 Undergraduate Education - Stanford University, Stanford, CA Medical School - University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD Personal Interests - duckpin bowling, farmers markets, re-reading Ruth Reichl, gathering with friends around the dinner table Favorite Thing About the MAHEC Residency Program - Everyone at MAHEC is really invested in your education and teaching is incorporated into every patient encounter. The attendings take pride in your growth and development as a person and as a physician, and your co-residents are all there to help guide and support you! Starting from day number one, the program challenges you to just be better, which can be hard to live up to, but there is always someone to catch you if you fall.


Jennifer Bliss, MD Resident Phone: 828-771-5500 Fax: 828-771-5454 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 Undergraduate Education: Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California Medical School: University of Texas School of Medicine, San Antonio, TX Family Life: All of my family is in Texas! I have 3 older sisters who I am very close to. Personal Interests: I love traveling! Moving to Asheville is just another stop on my list. I also enjoy arts/crafts and going to museums. Spending time with family and friends is a priority. Staying active and making delicious food are at the top of my list, too! Favorite things about MAHEC Residency Program: The people! Everyone works their tails off to help each other out. I look up to and have so much respect for my fellow residents. The attendings are super approachable and always available. The nurses are wonderful too. I feel SO lucky to be at a rigorous program that's not dog-eat-dog. MAHEC is one of a kind!
Sarah Franics, MD Resident Phone: 828-771-5500 Fax: 828-771-5454 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 Undergraduate Education: University of Missouri-Columbia Medical School: University of Missouri-Columbia Personal Interests: Hiking, swimming holes, farmers market, taking my dog to the dog park, hanging out with the Husband, having barbeques, skiing, eating at the amazing restaurants and breweries in Asheville, visiting family and friends, gardening, craft time with fellow interns, shopping, baking Favorite Thing about the MAHEC Residency Program: The great people I get to work with and hang out with everyday!
Jon Freeman, MD Resident Phone: 828-771-5500 Fax: 828-771-5454 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 Undergraduate Education - West Texas A&M University Medical School - Texas Tech University School of Medicine Family Life - I am married to the most wonderful woman and we have 3 beautiful daughters Personal Interests - Fishing, Golfing, Hunting, Hiking and most importantly spending time with my girls Favorite things about MAHEC Residency Program - I feel that teaching is the priority of the residents and the attendings in this program. The program strives to create a cohesive structure among all the residents that has a tremendous positive impact on such a demanding time in your career. Also the residency family is made up of the physicians and their families.
Regan Gage, MD Resident Phone: 828-771-5500 Fax: 828-771-5454 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 Undergraduate Education: University of Colorado at Boulder Medical School: The George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, DC Personal Interests: Reading, hula hooping and dancing, live music and the great outdoors Favorite Thing about the MAHEC Residency Program: This residency program really feels like a family - everyone supports and helps each other. I feel like everyone here wants me to be the best doctor I can be. Asheville is beautiful too!

Jennifer Bliss, MD Resident
Phone: 828-771-5500
Fax: 828-771-5454
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

Undergraduate Education: Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California

Medical School: University of Texas School of Medicine, San Antonio, TX

Family Life: All of my family is in Texas! I have 3 older sisters who I am very close to.

Personal Interests:

I love traveling! Moving to Asheville is just another stop on my list. I also enjoy arts/crafts and going to museums. Spending time with family and friends is a priority. Staying active and making delicious food are at the top of my list, too!

Favorite things about MAHEC Residency Program: The people! Everyone works their tails off to help each other out. I look up to and have so much respect for my fellow residents. The attendings are super approachable and always available. The nurses are wonderful too. I feel SO lucky to be at a rigorous program that's not dog-eat-dog. MAHEC is one of a kind!

Sarah Franics, MD Resident
Phone: 828-771-5500
Fax: 828-771-5454
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

Undergraduate Education: University of Missouri-Columbia

Medical School: University of Missouri-Columbia

Personal Interests: Hiking, swimming holes, farmers market, taking my dog to the dog park, hanging out with the Husband, having barbeques, skiing, eating at the amazing restaurants and breweries in Asheville, visiting family and friends, gardening, craft time with fellow interns, shopping, baking

Favorite Thing about the MAHEC Residency Program: The great people I get to work with and hang out with everyday!

Jon Freeman, MD Resident
Phone: 828-771-5500
Fax: 828-771-5454
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

Undergraduate Education - West Texas A&M University

Medical School - Texas Tech University School of Medicine

Family Life - I am married to the most wonderful woman and we have 3 beautiful daughters

Personal Interests - Fishing, Golfing, Hunting, Hiking and most importantly spending time with my girls

Favorite things about MAHEC Residency Program - I feel that teaching is the priority of the residents and the attendings in this program. The program strives to create a cohesive structure among all the residents that has a tremendous positive impact on such a demanding time in your career. Also the residency family is made up of the physicians and their families.

Regan Gage, MD Resident
Phone: 828-771-5500
Fax: 828-771-5454
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

Undergraduate Education: University of Colorado at Boulder

Medical School: The George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, DC

Personal Interests: Reading, hula hooping and dancing, live music and the great outdoors

Favorite Thing about the MAHEC Residency Program: This residency program really feels like a family - everyone supports and helps each other. I feel like everyone here wants me to be the best doctor I can be. Asheville is beautiful too!


Beth England, MD Resident Phone: 828-771-5500 Fax: 828-771-5454 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 Undergraduate Education: Bachelors of Science in Environmental and Soil Science University of Tennessee at Knoxville and University of North Carolina at Wilmington Medical School: East Tennessee State University's Quillen College of Medicine Personal Interests: Whitewater Rafting and Kayaking, Mountain Biking, Snow Skiing, Pretty much anything outside... Favorite Thing about the MAHEC Residency Program: Everyone takes team-work very seriously here. We really do work as a team! I couldn't imagine working with a better group of residents and attendings, who all truly care about you as a person and about giving you the best education available in ObGyn residency.
Ben Gardner, MD Resident Phone: 828-771-5500 Fax: 828-771-5454 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 Undergraduate Education: Emory Univ Medical School: Medical College of GA Personal Interests: I like working in my yard and hiking with my dogs. I also like books and architecture. And running. Favorite Thing about the MAHEC Residency Program: My fellow residents! I've never been a part of a more deicated, friendly team. If you want to learn ob/gyn in a rigorous but supportive environment, MAHEC is it.
Nathan Jones, MD Resident Phone: 828-771-5500 Fax: 828-771-5454 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 Undergrad: Warren Wilson College Medical School: East Tennessee State University Personal interests: Backpacking, gardening, beekeeping, traveling, beer brewing, good music Favorite things about MAHEC: I LOVE Asheville, and I love our program. Our faculty are our mentors, as well as our friends. They inspire confidence and challenge the person, as well as the superb physician we all aspire to become. As residents we love working together, and we happily work for one another when necessary. I cannot imagine a better place to live or a more supportive environment in which to train.
Richard Loftis, MD Resident Phone: 828-771-5500 Fax: 828-771-5454 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 Undergraduate Education: Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA Medical School: Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA Personal Interests: Spending time with my family, anything outdoors, roasting coffee, and spending time with fun people. Favorite Thing about the MAHEC Residency Program: The program really is a family. Brilliant attendings that love to teach and residents that enjoy working beside one another. It truly is THE best environment to learn.

Beth England, MD Resident
Phone: 828-771-5500
Fax: 828-771-5454
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

Undergraduate Education: Bachelors of Science in Environmental and Soil Science University of Tennessee at Knoxville and University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Medical School: East Tennessee State University's Quillen College of Medicine

Personal Interests: Whitewater Rafting and Kayaking, Mountain Biking, Snow Skiing, Pretty much anything outside...

Favorite Thing about the MAHEC Residency Program: Everyone takes team-work very seriously here. We really do work as a team! I couldn't imagine working with a better group of residents and attendings, who all truly care about you as a person and about giving you the best education available in ObGyn residency.

Ben Gardner, MD Resident
Phone: 828-771-5500
Fax: 828-771-5454
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

Undergraduate Education: Emory Univ

Medical School: Medical College of GA

Personal Interests: I like working in my yard and hiking with my dogs. I also like books and architecture. And running.

Favorite Thing about the MAHEC Residency Program: My fellow residents! I've never been a part of a more deicated, friendly team. If you want to learn ob/gyn in a rigorous but supportive environment, MAHEC is it.

Nathan Jones, MD Resident
Phone: 828-771-5500
Fax: 828-771-5454
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

Undergrad: Warren Wilson College

Medical School: East Tennessee State University

Personal interests: Backpacking, gardening, beekeeping, traveling, beer brewing, good music

Favorite things about MAHEC: I LOVE Asheville, and I love our program. Our faculty are our mentors, as well as our friends. They inspire confidence and challenge the person, as well as the superb physician we all aspire to become. As residents we love working together, and we happily work for one another when necessary. I cannot imagine a better place to live or a more supportive environment in which to train.

Richard Loftis, MD Resident
Phone: 828-771-5500
Fax: 828-771-5454
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

Undergraduate Education: Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA

Medical School: Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA

Personal Interests: Spending time with my family, anything outdoors, roasting coffee, and spending time with fun people.

Favorite Thing about the MAHEC Residency Program: The program really is a family. Brilliant attendings that love to teach and residents that enjoy working beside one another. It truly is THE best environment to learn.


Rongrong Fan, MD Resident Phone: 828-771-5500 Fax: 828-771-5454 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 Undergraduate Education: Duke University Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Family Life: My immediate family lives in the Triangle area of NC, so it is good to be closer to home again. Personal Interests: Food, taking pictures, travel, foreign languages. Favorite Thing about the MAHEC Residency Program: The people!
Brandi Spence, MD Resident Phone: 828-771-5500 Fax: 828-771-5454 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 Undergraduate Education: Trinity Western University, Langley B.C. and Oregon State University, Corvallis OR Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA Family Life: I am married to my high school sweetheart Andrew and we have an amazing little girl named Adie. Research Interests: Pregnancy and Sexual Health Education Personal Interests: Anything while spending time with my family, painting, knitting and everything crafty. Favorite Thing about the MAHEC Residency Program: The people! The resident and attending physicians are the best.


Kellett Letson, MD, FACOG Chair, MAHEC Ob/Gyn Division Phone: 828-771-5500 Fax: 828-251-0024 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 • University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 1995 • OB/GYN Residency, MAHEC Division of Ob/Gyn, Asheville, NC • Board Certified Dr. Kellett Letson serves primarily as an Obstetrics Hospitalist for the MAHEC Resident Team. As such, he works primarily with laboring women, those having cesarean births, and hospitalized high-risk obstetric patients at Mission Hospital. His areas of special interest include quality improvement in obstetrics and gynecology, labor, cesarean birth, healthcare policy, finance, administration, and graduate medical education. Dr. Letson also currently serves as the Women’s Service Line Leader (hospital department chair) at Mission Hospital.
Suzanne Dixon, MD Ob/Gyn Faculty Phone: 828-771-5500 Fax: 828-771-5454 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 • University of North Carolina School of Medicine • OB/GYN Residency, MAHEC Division of Ob/Gyn, Asheville, NC •Board Certified Dr. Dixon provides General Obstetric and Gynecologic care to adolecents and women of all ages. She has experience in managing menopausal complaints, abnormal bleeding, pelvic pain, and urinary incontinence. Dr Dixon addresses the 'whole woman' with emphasis on education, prevention, and wellness. She is committed to using minimally invasive surgical technique including Endometrial Ablation, Laparoscopy, Vaginal and Laparoscopic Hysterectomy. She also has a special interest in Resident training.
Elizabeth Buys, MD, FACOG Director, OB/GYN Residency Program Phone: 828-771-5421 Fax: 828-251-0024 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 • Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN • OB/GYN Residency, MAHEC Division of OB/GYN, Asheville, NC • Board Certified Dr. Beth Buys is a general Obstetrician and Gynecologist at the MAHEC Women's Health Center. Her areas of special interest include contraceptive options (including Implanon), minimally invasive gynecologic surgery (including Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy), and general obstetrics. Dr. Buys also has a special interest in resident education and is the Program Director for the MAHEC OB/GYN Residency Program.
Carol Coulson, MD, FACOG Maternal Fetal Medicine Faculty Phone: 828-771-5504 Fax: 828-771-5454 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 • University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore MD, 1992 • Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship - University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 1994 • Faculty at Penn State University, 1997 - 2000 • Board Certified Dr. Carol Coulson is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist. She specializes in providing care for women who are 'at risk' and considering pregnancy or those who are already pregnant and 'high-risk' or complicated for a variety of reasons. Dr. Coulson sees patients who are undergoing diagnostic or therapeutic procedures such as comprehensive ultrasound, chorionic villus sampling, and genetic amniocentesis. She also consults on patients with medical and surgical disorders coincident with or prior to pregnancy including heart disease, chronic hypertension, diabetes and other endocrinologic disorders, kidney and gastrointestinal diseases, and infectious diseases. Otherwise healthy women who may require these services are those whose pregnancies are at markedly increased risk for adverse outcomes such as those with abnormal serum screens, multiple gestations, recurrent preterm labor, premature rupture of membranes, or growth abnormalities of the fetus.
Andrea Currens, MD, FACOG OB/GYN Generalist Faculty Phone: 828-771-5511 Fax: 828-771-5454 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 • Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 1997 • OB/GYN Residency, St. John’s Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, MO, 2001 • Board Certified Dr. Currens provides general gynecologic and obstetrical care for women of all ages and some high-risk pregnancy care. She has special interest in pediatric and adolescent gynecology, medical student education and office procedures including hysteroscopy, colposcopy, and LEEP. Dr. Currens also serves as the Medical Student Clerkship Director.
Ursula Harkness, MD Maternal Fetal Medicine Faculty Phone: 828-771-5504 Fax: 828-771-5454 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 • Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, 1997 • OB/GYN Residency, University of Minnesota, 2002 • Fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, 2006 • Board Certified Dr. Ursula Harkness is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist. She specializes in providing care for women who are 'at risk' and considering pregnancy or those who are already pregnant and 'high-risk' or complicated for a variety of reasons. Dr. Harkness sees patients who are undergoing diagnostic or therapeutic procedures such as comprehensive ultrasound, chorionic villus sampling, and genetic amniocentesis. She also consults on patients with medical and surgical disorders coincident with or prior to pregnancy including heart disease, chronic hypertension, diabetes and other endocrinologic disorders, kidney and gastrointestinal diseases, and infectious diseases. Otherwise healthy women who may require these services are those whose pregnancies are at markedly increased risk for adverse outcomes such as those with abnormal serum screens, multiple gestations, recurrent preterm labor, premature rupture of membranes, or growth abnormalities of the fetus.
James Holman, MD Ob/Gyn Reproductive Infertility Faculty Phone: 828-285-8881 Fax: 828-258-8887 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 James F. Holman, MD received his MD from the University of Arkansas. He completed an OB-GYN residency at Emory University and a fellowship in reproductive endocrinology/infertility at Duke University. Following the fellowship, he joined Duke's faculty and helped establish the IVF program, serving as its first program director. He relocated to Roanoke Virginia in 1989 and opened the first comprehensive infertility center in southwest Virginia. Besides numerous publications in the medical literature, he has lectured and written widely for general audiences and many popular publications. A complete curriculum vitae is available upon request.
Logan Lechner, MD OB/Gyn Faculty Phone: 828-771-5500 Fax: 828-771-5454 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 • University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, 2003-2007 • OB/GYN Residency, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2007-2011 Dr. Lechner practices general obstetrics and gynecology at MAHEC OB/GYN Specialists. His areas of special interest include minimally invasive surgery (including laparoscopic and robotic approaches), infertility, routine and high-risk obstetrics, as well as resident education.
Mollie Milner, MSW, LCSW Mental Health Professional Phone: 828-258-1202 Fax: 828-257-4750 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 MSW - University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Arthur Ollendorff, MD OB/GYN Generalist Faculty Phone: 828-771-5503 Fax: 828-251-0024 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 • Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, 1993 • OB/Gyn Residency, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, 1993-1997 • Board Certified Dr. Ollendorff provides routine gynecologic and obstetrical care at MAHEC Women's Health Center. His areas of interest include minimally invasive gynecologic surgery (including operative hysteroscopy and advanced laparoscopic surgery), contraception and evidence-based medicine.
Kiran Sigmon, MD OB/GYN Generalist Phone: 828-771-5511 Fax: 828-771-5454 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 • East Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 1996 • OB/GYN Residency, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, 2000 • Board Certified Dr. Kiran Sigmon is a general Obstetrician and Gynecologist with a particular interest in the diagnosis and management of vulvar skin disease and sexual pain. She started the MAHEC Vulvar Clinic in 2006 to assist other providers in the WNC region with difficult cases including recurrent vaginitis, lichen sclerosis, lichen planus, lichen simplex chronicus and vulvodynia, to name a few. She works with other local providers to provide patients with opportunities to explore treatments including physical therapy, acupuncture, and nutritional counseling. She also helps patients address the psychosocial components of living with chronic pain by working closely with local mental health professionals. Dr. Sigmon feels strongly about educating patients, other providers and the community about issues related to genital health and sexuality, and many local physicians rotate seeing patients with her in the Vulvar Clinic.
Allen Van Dyke, MD, FACOG OB/GYN Generalist Faculty Phone: 828-771-5505 Fax: 828-251-0024 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 • Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 1971 • OB/GYN Residency, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY, 1975 • Board Certified Dr. VanDyke serves as the Medical Director of MAHEC’s Women’s Health Center. He provides routine gynecologic and obstetrical care for women of all ages. In addition, he has special interest in several areas of mature woman care including menopausal management, osteoporosis, and urinary incontinence. He also specializes in abnormal uterine bleeding, cervial dysplasia and advanced laparoscopic surgery.
Jennifer Warren, MD Maternal Fetal Medicine Faculty Phone: 828-771-5500 Fax: 828-771-5454 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 • University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, 2002 • Residency in Ob/Gyn, University of Utah Medical Center, 2006 • Fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of Utah Medicine Center, 2009 • Board Certified in General Ob/Gyn • Board Eligible in Maternal Fetal Medicine Dr. Jennifer Warren is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist. She specializes in providing care for women who are 'at risk' and considering pregnancy or those who are already pregnant and 'high-risk' or complicated for a variety of reasons. Dr. Warren sees patients who are undergoing diagnostic or therapeutic procedures such as comprehensive ultrasound and genetic amniocentesis. She also consults on patients with medical and surgical disorders coincident with or prior to pregnancy including heart disease, chronic hypertension, diabetes and other endocrinologic disorders, kidney and gastrointestinal diseases, and infectious diseases. Otherwise healthy women who may require these services are those whose pregnancies are at markedly increased risk for adverse outcomes such as those with abnormal serum screens, multiple gestations, recurrent preterm labor, premature rupture of membranes, or growth abnormalities of the fetus.
Ann Brown, CNM, MSN Nurse Midwife Phone: 828-771-5421 Fax: 828-771-5454 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 • BSN, UNC-Chapel Hill • MSN, UNC-Charlotte • CNM, East Carolina University Ann Brown is a Nurse-Midwife at MAHEC OB/GYN Specialists. She provides individualized care for women throughout pregnancy and beyond. Ann is trained to be a woman’s primary health care provider and she provides a full range of services.
Aimee Feste, Certified Nurse Midwife Phone: 828-771-5500 Fax: 828-771-5454 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803
Elizabeth Korb, CNM, MSN Nurse Midwife Phone: 828-771-5511 Fax: 828-771-5454 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 • BSN, UNC-Greensboro • MSN, CNM, University of Utah Beth Korb is a Nurse-Midwife at MAHEC OB/GYN Specialists. She provides individualized care for women throughout pregnancy and beyond. Beth is trained to be a woman’s primary health care provider and she provides a full range of services.
Susan Meade, RNC, FPNP Nurse Practitioner Phone: 828-771-5500 Fax: 828-257-4750 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 • BSN, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 1973 • FPNP, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 1978 Susan Meade is a Family Planning Nurse Practitioner at our Women’s Health Center. Being a nurse practitioner means she can diagnose and treat many minor illesses/conditions and she can also write prescriptions. Many women chose to have a nurse practitioner as their primary provider for things like pap smears, breast exams, and other routine gynecologic services. Susan has special interest in the areas of well women’s health, contraception, menopause, breast health, and infertility.
Amanda Murphy, CNM, MSN Nurse Midwife Phone: 828-771-5511 Fax: 828-771-5454 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 • BSN, UNC-Chapel Hill • CNM, MSN, Vanderbilt University Amanda Murphy is a Nurse-Midwife at MAHEC OB/GYN Specialists. She provides individualized care for women throughout pregnancy and beyond. Amanda is trained to be a woman’s primary health care provider and she provides a full range of services.
Dolly Pressley-Byrd, CNM, MSN Nurse Midwife Phone: 828-771-5511 Fax: 828-771-5454 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 • BA, Wake Forest University • MSN, Yale Universisty Dolly Pressley Bryd is a Nurse-Midwife at MAHEC OB/GYN Specialists. She provides individualized care for women throughout pregnancy and beyond. Dolly is trained to be a woman’s primary health care provider and she provides a full range of services.
C. Blair Harkness, MD, FACOG Community Faculty Phone: 828-771-5504 Fax: 828-771-5454 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 Dr. Harkness graduated from the University of South Florida School of Medicine. He completed his residency in OB/GYN here in Asheville at MAHEC. Dr. Harkness then completed his fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Minnesota.
Timothy Vanderkwaak, MD, FACOG Community Faculty Phone: 828-257-4755 Fax: 828-257-4750 MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists 119 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 Dr. Vanderkwaak graduated from the Wayne State College of Medicine. He completed his OB/GYN residency and his fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Kellett Letson, MD, FACOG
Chair, MAHEC Ob/Gyn Division
Phone: 828-771-5500 Fax: 828-251-0024
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

• University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 1995
• OB/GYN Residency, MAHEC Division of Ob/Gyn, Asheville, NC
• Board Certified

Dr. Kellett Letson serves primarily as an Obstetrics Hospitalist for the MAHEC Resident Team. As such, he works primarily with laboring women, those having cesarean births, and hospitalized high-risk obstetric patients at Mission Hospital.

His areas of special interest include quality improvement in obstetrics and gynecology, labor, cesarean birth, healthcare policy, finance, administration, and graduate medical education.

Dr. Letson also currently serves as the Women’s Service Line Leader (hospital department chair) at Mission Hospital.

Suzanne Dixon, MD
Ob/Gyn Faculty
Phone: 828-771-5500 Fax: 828-771-5454
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

• University of North Carolina School of Medicine
• OB/GYN Residency, MAHEC Division of Ob/Gyn, Asheville, NC
•Board Certified

Dr. Dixon provides General Obstetric and Gynecologic care to adolecents and women of all ages. She has experience in managing menopausal complaints, abnormal bleeding, pelvic pain, and urinary incontinence. Dr Dixon addresses the 'whole woman' with emphasis on education, prevention, and wellness. She is committed to using minimally invasive surgical technique including Endometrial Ablation, Laparoscopy, Vaginal and Laparoscopic Hysterectomy. She also has a special interest in Resident training.

Elizabeth Buys, MD, FACOG
Director, OB/GYN Residency Program
Phone: 828-771-5421 Fax: 828-251-0024
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

• Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
• OB/GYN Residency, MAHEC Division of OB/GYN, Asheville, NC
• Board Certified

Dr. Beth Buys is a general Obstetrician and Gynecologist at the MAHEC Women's Health Center. Her areas of special interest include contraceptive options (including Implanon), minimally invasive gynecologic surgery (including Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy), and general obstetrics. Dr. Buys also has a special interest in resident education and is the Program Director for the MAHEC OB/GYN Residency Program.

Carol Coulson, MD, FACOG
Maternal Fetal Medicine Faculty
Phone: 828-771-5504 Fax: 828-771-5454
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

• University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore MD, 1992
• Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship - University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 1994
• Faculty at Penn State University, 1997 - 2000
• Board Certified

Dr. Carol Coulson is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist. She specializes in providing care for women who are 'at risk' and considering pregnancy or those who are already pregnant and 'high-risk' or complicated for a variety of reasons. Dr. Coulson sees patients who are undergoing diagnostic or therapeutic procedures such as comprehensive ultrasound, chorionic villus sampling, and genetic amniocentesis. She also consults on patients with medical and surgical disorders coincident with or prior to pregnancy including heart disease, chronic hypertension, diabetes and other endocrinologic disorders, kidney and gastrointestinal diseases, and infectious diseases. Otherwise healthy women who may require these services are those whose pregnancies are at markedly increased risk for adverse outcomes such as those with abnormal serum screens, multiple gestations, recurrent preterm labor, premature rupture of membranes, or growth abnormalities of the fetus.

Andrea Currens, MD, FACOG
OB/GYN Generalist Faculty
Phone: 828-771-5511 Fax: 828-771-5454
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

• Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 1997
• OB/GYN Residency, St. John’s Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, MO, 2001
• Board Certified

Dr. Currens provides general gynecologic and obstetrical care for women of all ages and some high-risk pregnancy care. She has special interest in pediatric and adolescent gynecology, medical student education and office procedures including hysteroscopy, colposcopy, and LEEP.

Dr. Currens also serves as the Medical Student Clerkship Director.

Ursula Harkness, MD
Maternal Fetal Medicine Faculty
Phone: 828-771-5504 Fax: 828-771-5454
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

• Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, 1997
• OB/GYN Residency, University of Minnesota, 2002
• Fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, 2006
• Board Certified

Dr. Ursula Harkness is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist. She specializes in providing care for women who are 'at risk' and considering pregnancy or those who are already pregnant and 'high-risk' or complicated for a variety of reasons. Dr. Harkness sees patients who are undergoing diagnostic or therapeutic procedures such as comprehensive ultrasound, chorionic villus sampling, and genetic amniocentesis. She also consults on patients with medical and surgical disorders coincident with or prior to pregnancy including heart disease, chronic hypertension, diabetes and other endocrinologic disorders, kidney and gastrointestinal diseases, and infectious diseases. Otherwise healthy women who may require these services are those whose pregnancies are at markedly increased risk for adverse outcomes such as those with abnormal serum screens, multiple gestations, recurrent preterm labor, premature rupture of membranes, or growth abnormalities of the fetus.

James Holman, MD
Ob/Gyn Reproductive Infertility Faculty
Phone: 828-285-8881 Fax: 828-258-8887
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

James F. Holman, MD received his MD from the University of Arkansas. He completed an OB-GYN residency at Emory University and a fellowship in reproductive endocrinology/infertility at Duke University. Following the fellowship, he joined Duke's faculty and helped establish the IVF program, serving as its first program director. He relocated to Roanoke Virginia in 1989 and opened the first comprehensive infertility center in southwest Virginia. Besides numerous publications in the medical literature, he has lectured and written widely for general audiences and many popular publications. A complete curriculum vitae is available upon request.

Logan Lechner, MD
OB/Gyn Faculty
Phone: 828-771-5500 Fax: 828-771-5454
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

• University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, 2003-2007
• OB/GYN Residency, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2007-2011

Dr. Lechner practices general obstetrics and gynecology at MAHEC OB/GYN Specialists. His areas of special interest include minimally invasive surgery (including laparoscopic and robotic approaches), infertility, routine and high-risk obstetrics, as well as resident education.

Mollie Milner, MSW, LCSW
Mental Health Professional
Phone: 828-258-1202 Fax: 828-257-4750
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

MSW - University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Arthur Ollendorff, MD
OB/GYN Generalist Faculty
Phone: 828-771-5503 Fax: 828-251-0024
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

• Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, 1993
• OB/Gyn Residency, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, 1993-1997
• Board Certified

Dr. Ollendorff provides routine gynecologic and obstetrical care at MAHEC Women's Health Center. His areas of interest include minimally invasive gynecologic surgery (including operative hysteroscopy and advanced laparoscopic surgery), contraception and evidence-based medicine.

Kiran Sigmon, MD
OB/GYN Generalist
Phone: 828-771-5511 Fax: 828-771-5454
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

• East Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 1996
• OB/GYN Residency, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, 2000
• Board Certified

Dr. Kiran Sigmon is a general Obstetrician and Gynecologist with a particular interest in the diagnosis and management of vulvar skin disease and sexual pain. She started the MAHEC Vulvar Clinic in 2006 to assist other providers in the WNC region with difficult cases including recurrent vaginitis, lichen sclerosis, lichen planus, lichen simplex chronicus and vulvodynia, to name a few. She works with other local providers to provide patients with opportunities to explore treatments including physical therapy, acupuncture, and nutritional counseling. She also helps patients address the psychosocial components of living with chronic pain by working closely with local mental health professionals. Dr. Sigmon feels strongly about educating patients, other providers and the community about issues related to genital health and sexuality, and many local physicians rotate seeing patients with her in the Vulvar Clinic.

Allen Van Dyke, MD, FACOG
OB/GYN Generalist Faculty
Phone: 828-771-5505 Fax: 828-251-0024
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

• Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 1971
• OB/GYN Residency, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY, 1975
• Board Certified

Dr. VanDyke serves as the Medical Director of MAHEC’s Women’s Health Center. He provides routine gynecologic and obstetrical care for women of all ages. In addition, he has special interest in several areas of mature woman care including menopausal management, osteoporosis, and urinary incontinence. He also specializes in abnormal uterine bleeding, cervial dysplasia and advanced laparoscopic surgery.

Jennifer Warren, MD
Maternal Fetal Medicine Faculty
Phone: 828-771-5500 Fax: 828-771-5454
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

• University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, 2002
• Residency in Ob/Gyn, University of Utah Medical Center, 2006
• Fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of Utah Medicine Center, 2009
• Board Certified in General Ob/Gyn
• Board Eligible in Maternal Fetal Medicine Dr. Jennifer Warren is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist. She specializes in providing care for women who are 'at risk' and considering pregnancy or those who are already pregnant and 'high-risk' or complicated for a variety of reasons. Dr. Warren sees patients who are undergoing diagnostic or therapeutic procedures such as comprehensive ultrasound and genetic amniocentesis. She also consults on patients with medical and surgical disorders coincident with or prior to pregnancy including heart disease, chronic hypertension, diabetes and other endocrinologic disorders, kidney and gastrointestinal diseases, and infectious diseases. Otherwise healthy women who may require these services are those whose pregnancies are at markedly increased risk for adverse outcomes such as those with abnormal serum screens, multiple gestations, recurrent preterm labor, premature rupture of membranes, or growth abnormalities of the fetus.

Ann Brown, CNM, MSN
Nurse Midwife
Phone: 828-771-5421 Fax: 828-771-5454
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

• BSN, UNC-Chapel Hill
• MSN, UNC-Charlotte
• CNM, East Carolina University

Ann Brown is a Nurse-Midwife at MAHEC OB/GYN Specialists. She provides individualized care for women throughout pregnancy and beyond. Ann is trained to be a woman’s primary health care provider and she provides a full range of services.

Aimee Feste,
Certified Nurse Midwife
Phone: 828-771-5500 Fax: 828-771-5454
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

Elizabeth Korb, CNM, MSN
Nurse Midwife
Phone: 828-771-5511 Fax: 828-771-5454
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

• BSN, UNC-Greensboro
• MSN, CNM, University of Utah

Beth Korb is a Nurse-Midwife at MAHEC OB/GYN Specialists. She provides individualized care for women throughout pregnancy and beyond. Beth is trained to be a woman’s primary health care provider and she provides a full range of services.

Susan Meade, RNC, FPNP
Nurse Practitioner
Phone: 828-771-5500 Fax: 828-257-4750
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

• BSN, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 1973
• FPNP, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 1978

Susan Meade is a Family Planning Nurse Practitioner at our Women’s Health Center. Being a nurse practitioner means she can diagnose and treat many minor illesses/conditions and she can also write prescriptions. Many women chose to have a nurse practitioner as their primary provider for things like pap smears, breast exams, and other routine gynecologic services. Susan has special interest in the areas of well women’s health, contraception, menopause, breast health, and infertility.

Amanda Murphy, CNM, MSN
Nurse Midwife
Phone: 828-771-5511 Fax: 828-771-5454
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

• BSN, UNC-Chapel Hill
• CNM, MSN, Vanderbilt University

Amanda Murphy is a Nurse-Midwife at MAHEC OB/GYN Specialists. She provides individualized care for women throughout pregnancy and beyond. Amanda is trained to be a woman’s primary health care provider and she provides a full range of services.

Dolly Pressley-Byrd, CNM, MSN
Nurse Midwife
Phone: 828-771-5511 Fax: 828-771-5454
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

• BA, Wake Forest University
• MSN, Yale Universisty

Dolly Pressley Bryd is a Nurse-Midwife at MAHEC OB/GYN Specialists. She provides individualized care for women throughout pregnancy and beyond. Dolly is trained to be a woman’s primary health care provider and she provides a full range of services.

C. Blair Harkness, MD, FACOG
Community Faculty
Phone: 828-771-5504 Fax: 828-771-5454
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

Dr. Harkness graduated from the University of South Florida School of Medicine. He completed his residency in OB/GYN here in Asheville at MAHEC. Dr. Harkness then completed his fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Minnesota.

Timothy Vanderkwaak, MD, FACOG
Community Faculty
Phone: 828-257-4755 Fax: 828-257-4750
MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803

Dr. Vanderkwaak graduated from the Wayne State College of Medicine. He completed his OB/GYN residency and his fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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