Nebraska Area Health Education Centers

National AHEC Week is March 23-27, 2009

Nebraska AHEC Program Office

Location: UNMC campus in Omaha as part of the College of Medicine department of Family Medicine.

Director:Mike Sitorius, MD and Deputy Director:Roxanna Jokela, MHA

Phone: (402) 559-9509 Fax: (402) 559-5050 

Central Nebraska AHEC (CN-AHEC)

Location: College Park, on the campus of Central Community College in Grand Island

College Park, 3180 W. Hwy 34

Grand Island, NE 68801-7279

Executive Director: Sarah Cunningham

Phone: (308) 385-5074   Fax: (308) 385-6414  

Northern Nebraska AHEC (NNAHEC)

Location: Faith Regional Skyview Medical Center in Norfolk.

Executive Director: Gretchen Forsell

Phone: (402) 644-7256   Fax: (402) 644-7254  

Nebraska Panhandle AHEC (NP-AHEC)

Location: 2620 College Park

Scottsbluff, NE 68701

Executive Director: Gary Hastings

Phone: (308) 635-6713   Fax: (308) 635-6704  

Southeast Nebraska AHEC (SE-AHEC)

Location: 5109 West Scott Road, #408

Adams Hall, Room A211

Executive Director: Robyn Henderson

Phone: (402) 228-9094   Fax: (402) 228-9095

Omaha Urban AHEC (OU-AHEC)

Location: 1823 Harney Street, #203 
Omaha, NE 68130

Executive Director: Dell Gines

Phone: (402) 502-1479  Fax: (402) 502-3446 

Students to health careers  

Since 2001, Nebraska Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) have had over 74,000 contacts with students in grades kindergarten through college.  Classroom presentations, career fairs, job shadowing programs, health career materials these are just a few of the ways the Nebraska AHECs are recruiting students to health careers in Nebraska.

Health professionals to communities

Since 2001, Nebraska AHECs have had over 1,000 contacts to increase student training opportunities in community-based settings and over 11,000 contacts to assist professionals with continuing education programs.

Communities to better health

Since 2001, Nebraska AHECs have provided more than $225,000 in small community grants to help over 300 organizations address health needs in their local areas. 

Area Health Education Center (AHEC)

AHECs are created through community/state/Federal partnerships as a way in which medical schools and community health centers can cooperate to recruit and train health care professionals to serve in rural areas.

Nebraska AHEC Program Office / 986660 Nebraska Medical Center / Omaha, NE 68198-6660

Phone: 402.559.9509 / Fax: 402.559.5050

Funded in part through the Health Resources and Services Administration,

Bureau of Health Professions Federal Grant U76HP00592