Albany Area Primary Health Care
Leader in creating healthier people and communities by removing barriers and health disparities. Healthier, stronger, longer lives for the area we serve through education, growth, and accessibility to quality health care. Comprehensive health care for everyone that results in a healthier community.
Are you looking for a trusted physician group in Southwest Georgia? Albany Area Primary Health Care (AAPHC) is proud to care for our friends, family and neighbors in Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Crisp, Colquitt, Dooly, Dougherty, Lee, Randolph, Sumter, Thomas, and Terrell Counties. As an AAPHC patient, you can trust that AAPHC's highly trained, highly skilled health care professionals are here for all your health care needs.
Serving the Southwest Georgia community since 1979, and as the region's largest Community Health Center, AAPHC ensures that every resident of Southwest Georgia has access to the highest quality of care and an exceptional patient experience.
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 quality, while also lowering patients' health care costs.
Welcome Video
AAPHC is much more than just primary care! AAPHC provides our patients with access to specialties including Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Podiatry, General Dentistry, Vision Care, Behavioral Health, Mobile Access Care Units and Pharmacy Services. Additionally, AAPHC is proud to offer our School-Based Health Centers for students, families, and faculty members of our local schools.
As a Medical College of Georgia FQHC Educational Affiliate with a history of medical student teaching, AAPC 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.
Unique Educational Experiences
At Albany Area Primary Health Care, we believe that we are at our very best when we have a strong Community Connection. In the following videos, learn more about what makes AAPHC so connected to our communities and how we make a positive impact on those we serve.
AAPHC Founder, Dr. James Hotz, shares the beginnings of our organization and how we’ve 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 our School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) are making a difference in our local schools and keeping our students healthy.
AAPHC hosts our annual Drive-Thru Health Fair to bring health care out of the offices and directly to where our patients work and live. Learn how this annual event serves our community.
At AAPHC, we 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 our AAPHC Leadership Team! For a full listing of our Leaders or our entire Medical Team, please visit www.AAPHC.org.
Shelley Spires, CEO
Clifton Bush, COO
Edward Vance, MD, CMO
While our headquarters is located in Albany, Georgia, we also have offices located in Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Crisp, Colquitt, Dooly, Dougherty, Lee, Randolph, Sumter, Thomas, and Terrell Counties. Here’s a look at our offices across Southwest Georgia:
- AAPHC Americus Behavioral Wellness Center
- AAPHC Covenant Counseling
- AAPHC Glover Dental Center
- Baker County Primary Health Care
- Dawson Medical Center
- Albany Area Pediatrics
- East Albany Medical Center
- East Albany Family 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
- 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
- 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