Health Care Workforce in the Capital Region
The Capital region, including Charles City, Chesterfield, Colonial Heights, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent, Powhatan, and Richmond City, is home to hospitals, health systems, Community Health Centers (CHC), community colleges and universities that offer health professions career studies, internships, training and job opportunities.
Cities
- Charles City
- Richmond
Counties
- Chesterfield
- Colonial Heights
- Goochland
- Hanover
- New Kent
- Powhatan
AHEC Event Calendar
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Executive Director
Aileen Edwards Harris, MSA
Prior to her position with CapAHEC, Ms. Aileen Edwards Harris worked in the Office of Health Innovations and Primary Care & Workforce Strategies at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). At VCU, Ms. Harris was in charge of the development of health care workforce strategies that would enhance access to health care in Central Virginia. Ms. Harris maintains her own small business, AEH Advising Health Professions, LLC, where she provides consulting and advising services to post-baccalaureate students intending to pursue a health professions career. She has over twenty years of health workforce related professional experiences including serving as: Health Care Workforce Manager and Rural Health Manager at the Virginia Department of Health, Office of Health and Health Equity; Assistant Dean of Diversity and Minority Affairs at Jefferson Medical College; Director of Admissions and Minority Affairs at VCU's School of Medicine; and Pre-Medical Advisor at the University of Maryland, College Park campus. Ms. Harris has a strong desire to improve access to health care in medically underserved areas and she is a native of Millboro, Virginia (Bath County). She received her bachelor's degree from Virginia Commonwealth University and her Masters of Science in Administration from Central Michigan University.
HEALTH FACILITIES
District Health Organization and Hospitals
- Bon Secours Health System
- Chesterfield Health Department
- Chesterfield Health District
- Chippenham Hospital
- Colonial Heights Health Department
- Henrico County Health Department
- Johnston-Willis Hospital
- Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
- Powhatan Health Department
- Retreat Hospital
- Richmond City Health District
Community Health Centers (CHC)
Broad Street Center
107 S. 5th Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: (804) 615-4923 x231Greater Richmond Central Intake
1400 Oliver Hill Way
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: (804) 783-2505Saint Joseph's Villa Clinic
8000 Brook Road
Richmond, VA 23227
Phone: (804) 783-2505The Marshall Center
4303 W. Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23230
Phone: (804) 615-4923 x231Daily Planet Health Care for the Homeless Program
517 W. Grace Street
Richmond, VA 23220
Phone: (804) 615-4923 x231Main Street Primary Care
2025 E. Main Street
Richmond, VA 23223
Phone: (804) 591-2890South Side Medical Center
101 Cowardin Avenue
Suite 102
Richmond, VA 23224
Phone: (804) 780-0840Vernon J. Harris East End CHC
719 N 25th Street
Richmond, VA 23223
Phone: (804) 780-0840Glenwood Medical Center
2711 Byron Street
Richmond, VA 23223
Phone: (804) 525-1818Northside Medical Center
2809 North Avenue
Suite 206
Richmond, VA 23222
Phone: (804) 525-1800The Healing Place
700 Dinwiddie Avenue
Richmond, VA 23224
Phone: (804) 783-2505 x231Vernon J. Harris Medical Center
2601 Kensington Avenue
Richmond, VA 23220
Phone: (804) 780-0840