Albany Area Primary Health Care
Albany Area Primary Health Care (AAPHC), headquartered in Albany, Georgia, provides care for its friends, family, and neighbors in Baker, Calhoun, Dooly, Dougherty, Lee, Mitchell, Randolph, Sumter, Thomas, and Terrell Counties.
Serving the Southwest Georgia community since 1979 as the region's largest Community Health Center, AAPHC ensures that every resident has access to quality care and patient experiences from its team of health care professionals by removing barriers to access and addressing health disparities.
AAPHC provides patient access to comprehensive specialty services, including Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Podiatry, General Dentistry, Vision Care, Behavioral Health, and Pharmacy. AAPHC also offers School-Based Health Centers for students, families and faculty members of local schools. Access to health care and education is further expanded using the Center’s Mobile Access Care Units.
Welcome Video
Through active community engagement, these services for the entire family seek to promote healthier, stronger, and longer lives for the patients they serve through education, growth, and accessibility. As a National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Recognized Level III Patient-Centered Medical Home, AAPHC is committed to continuously assessing care within its practices to ensure prevention and management quality and patient access while also lowering patients' health care costs.
Unique Educational Experiences
As a Medical College of Georgia FQHC Educational Affiliate with a history of medical student teaching, AAPHC’s various clinical platforms provide multiple required and elective learning opportunities for students. These clinical course experiences are supervised by physician members of its clinical staff who also serve as MCG Community Clinical Faculty Members. Other members of the interprofessional team of providers also contribute to students’ learning experience.
In the following videos, learn more about AAPHC’s commitment to the communities they serve.
As AAPHC's first physician leader, Dr. James Hotz shares the beginnings of the organization, and how it's grown into one of the largest Community Health Centers in Georgia.
Amanda Roufs, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, shares why AAPHC and Community Health Centers are truly focused on their patients and community care.
Learn how School-Based Health Centers are making a difference in local schools and keeping students healthy.
AAPHC hosts an annual Health Fair to bring health care resources directly to where patients work and live. In recent years, the Health Fair has adapted to a drive-thru experience for participants.
At AAPHC, they understand that mental health is health, so we were proud to host our first ever Mental Health Expo. Learn more about how our team came together to bring local mental health resources to our community members.
Contact Info
Meet some of the members of the AAPHC Leadership Team! For a full listing of Leaders and the Medical Team, please visit www.aaphc.org.
Shelley Spires, CEO
Edward Vance, MD, CMO
Clifton Bush, COO
Colleen Sullivan, M.Ed
Locations & Service Areas
While the headquarters is located in Albany, Georgia, AAPHC also has offices located across Southwest Georgia in Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dooly, Dougherty, Lee, Mitchell, Randolph, Sumter, Thomas, and Terrell Counties.
- Baker County Primary Health Care
- Dawson Medical Center
- Albany Area Pediatrics
- East Albany Medical Center
- Edison Medical Center
- Elois Edge Women’s Health Center
- AAPHC Renaissance Center
- Hotz Scoggins Medical Center
- Lee Health Center
- Mirian Worthy Women’s Health Center
- Pharmacy East Albany
- Pharmacy Leesburg
- Rural Model Clinic
- Rural Model Thomasville
- South Albany Medical Center
- S. Trussell Medical Center
- West Albany Dental Center
- Albany Middle School-Based Health Center
- Alice Coachman Elementary School-Based Health Center
- Dooly County School-Based Health Center
- Live Oak Elementary School-Based Health Center
- Mitchell County High School-Based Health Center
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MLK, Jr. Elementary School-Based Health Center
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Radium Springs School-Based Health Center
- Robert Harvey Elementary School-Based Health Center
- Terrell County School-Based Health Center
- Turner Elementary School-Based Health Center
- Sumter County Primary Elementary School-Based Health Center
- Clay County School-Based Health Center
- Randolph County School-Based Health Center
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West Town School-Based Health Center