Meet the Collab
Expanding school-based telehealth across the Carolinas takes a collaborative approach.
Find a full list of members, contact information and other details below the map.
Contact UsCollaborative for the Advancement of School Telehealth Member List
Atrium Health School-Based Behavioral Health
Program: Behavioral Health School-Based Teletherapy
Purpose: To increase access to quality school-based therapy for students by leveraging technology to reduce the barriers to care for students and families.
Program Leader: Donnie S. Mitchem, MS, LPA, Director, Behavioral Health
Contact: Donnie S. Mitchem
Atrium Health School-Based Care
Program: Atrium Health Levine Children’s School-Based Virtual Care
Purpose: With Atrium Health Levine Children’s School-Based Virtual Care, your child can get care for minor conditions – without either of you leaving school, work or other daily activities.
Program Leader: Sam McGinnis, Assistant Vice President - Practice Operations, Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital
Contact: Patsy Fisher
Center for Child and Family Wellness at ECU Health
Program: Center for Child and Family Wellness at ECU Health
Purpose: To provide comprehensive health and wellness services that support the physical, emotional and developmental needs of children and families living in eastern NC.
Program Leader: Bonnie Jean Kuras, Director
Contact: Bonnie Jean Kuras and Sue Anne Pilgreen
Email: (bonnie.kuras@ecuhealth.org) and (sfipps@ecuhealth.org)
Collaborative for the Advancement of School Telehealth (CAST)
Program: Collaborative for the Advancement of School Telehealth (CAST)
Purpose: The Collaborative for the Advancement of School Telehealth brings together healthcare, education, and non-profit leaders with a shared mission: to promote student success by keeping young people healthy and in school.
Program Leader: John E. Jenkins, MD, Executive Medical Director
Contact: Donna Dupont Blizard, Special Projects Coordinator
Cone Health
Program: School-Based Telehealth
Purpose: To improve health and educational equity for all children in Title I elementary schools in Guilford County.
Program Leader: John E. Jenkins, MD, Executive Medical Director
Contact: Deborah Moore, Program Manager
East Carolina University-Brody School of Medicine
Program: Healthier Lives at School & Beyond
Purpose: To provide quality behavioral health, nutrition education and counseling, and acute minor medical services to the students, staff, and faculty of medically underserved communities in eastern North Carolina.
Program Leader: Doyle (Skip) Cummings, PharmD, FCP, FCCP, Professor of Public Health Berbecker Distinguished Professor of Rural Medicine
Contact: Jill Jennings, MS, RDN, LDN, Telehealth Program Manager
Email: jenningsj@ecu.edu
Hodges Family Practice, Inc.
Program: Hodges Family Practice, Inc.
Purpose: To bring Telehealth into the schools to promote the health and well-being of the students.
Program Leader: Marie Polanco CPC, CPPM, CBP, CRC, NBC-HWC
Contact: Marie Polanco
Kintegra Health
Program: School Based Health
Program Leader: Reva Holland, VP of Operations
Contact: Reva Holland
Email: rholland@kintegra.org
McLeod Health
Program: McLeod Health School Based Telehealth Program
Purpose: The McLeod School-Based TeleHealth program partners with several schools within Florence 1 Schools and Florence School District 2. This program, with authorized parental/guardian consent, allows the patient to see a provider without leaving school for secure and private on-demand non-emergency medical visits. Patients receive the same level of care they would get at the doctor’s office. Using high-definition cameras and state-of-the-art equipment with attached peripheral devices, a full examination is possible.
Program Leader: Amy Clodfelter, Manager of Telehealth Support Services, IT Telemedicine, McLeod health
Contact: Amy Clodfelter, Manager of Telehealth Support Services
Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
Program: School-Based Telehealth
Purpose: To extend the reach of healthcare to students who may otherwise face barriers to healthcare.
Program Leader: Claire Anne MacGeorge, MD, MSCR, Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Contact: Erinn Kasubinski
Email: schoolbased@musc.edu