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Welcome to the MAHEC Family Health Center at Enka!

MAHEC Family Health Center at Enka is located in the heart of the Enka community and near the neighboring Haywood County communities . Our team offers full primary care for all ages and life stages and would welcome the opportunity to care for you and your family as patients!

If you are an established patient and have a true emergency after hours, please go to your nearest Emergency Department. Please note that we do not prescribe controlled substances on the first visit or after hours.

Our services include, but are not limited to:

  • Spanish-speaking team members and care providers
  • Family-centered care through all ages and life stages
  • Diagnosis and management of acute and chronic medical problems
  • Preventive care including Pap smears, pediatric and adult immunizations, and wellness visits
  • Family-centered obstetrics including prenatal care, delivery services, and newborn care
  • Integrated clinical pharmacy support
  • Integrated Behavioral Health
  • On-site Laboratory services and X-rays
  • On-site retail pharmacy
  • Medication for opioid use disorder (sometimes called MAT)
  • A variety of minor procedures including skin biopsies and joint/soft tissue injections
  • Birth control options including nexplanon, IUDs, and depo-provera
  • Sports Medicine Fellowship-trained physician
  • 24-hour on-call doctor availability

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MAHEC Family Health Center at Enka/Candler
25 Westridge Market Place
Candler, NC 28715

Monday-Friday: 8am-5pm
(closed from 12-1pm each day for lunch)

  • (828) 418-0040 phone
  • (828) 418-0040 after-hours phone
  • (828) 667-9515 fax
  • (828) 407-2637 medical records fax
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Jeanine Cunningham, DNP, FNP-C Jeanine Cunningham, DNP, FNP-C
Nurse Practitioner

MAHEC Family Health Center at Enka/Candler map
25 Westridge Market Place
Candler, NC 28715
phone (828) 418-0040


Bill Hitch, PharmD, BCPS, CPP Bill Hitch, PharmD, BCPS, CPP

Vice Chair, Department of Pharmacotherapy, MAHEC

Assistant Professor of Clinical Education, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy

Special Interests: Infectious disease and transitions of care

MAHEC Family Health Center at Enka/Candler map
25 Westridge Market Place
Candler, NC 28715
phone (828) 418-0040

Bill Hitch is the Director of Pharmacotherapy at MAHEC in Asheville, NC, and an Assistant Professor of Clinical Education at the University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy. He received his PharmD degree from the University of North Carolina Eshelmen School of Pharmacy and completed a specialty residency in Ambulatory Care through Mission Hospital and MAHEC. Bill serves as the Assistant Director of the Pharmacy Practice Residency Program at Mission Hospital practicing in the Ambulatory Care setting and serves as a preceptor for pharmacy students as well as PGY1 and PGY2 residents. His practice is in inpatient family medicine where he rounds with physicians on the Family Practice Service at Mission Hospital. He is a Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner at MAHEC Family Health Center, which has been recognized as a Level III Patient-Centered Medical Home. Areas of interest include interdisciplinary education, transitions of care, infectious disease, and global health.


Sylvia Kauffman, MD Sylvia Kauffman, MD
Family Medicine Faculty Physician

MAHEC Family Health Center at Enka/Candler map
25 Westridge Market Place
Candler, NC 28715
phone (828) 418-0040


Marina MacNamara, MD, MPH Marina MacNamara, MD, MPH
Family Medicine Faculty Physician

MAHEC Family Health Center at Enka/Candler map
25 Westridge Market Place
Candler, NC 28715
phone (828) 418-0040


Matt Ransom, PharmD, MPH Matt Ransom, PharmD, MPH

Chief Pharmacist

Director of 340B Pharmacy Services

MAHEC Family Health Center at Enka/Candler map
25 Westridge Market Place
Candler, NC 28715
phone (828) 418-0040

Matt Ransom is a pharmacist who manages the 340B program at MAHEC. He believes this work improves the health of the patients we care for in our community. Matt has worked his 17-year pharmacy career in health systems and clinics committed to meeting the medication access and pharmacy services needs of uninsured, underinsured, and insured patients. He enjoys teaching and learning with students, residents, and colleagues. Currently, he is expanding the use of Health Center-based community pharmacies at MAHEC and contract pharmacy networks in our region. Matt is trained as a 340B Apexus Certified Expert (ACE). He holds a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and a Master of Public Health from UNC Gillings School of Public Health. He is a Certified Pharmacy Practitioner (CPP) in North Carolina. When he is not working, Matt enjoys landscaping, traveling with his family, and exploring trails and forests in Western North Carolina.


Eric Smith, MD Eric Smith, MD
Family Medicine Faculty Physician

MAHEC Family Health Center at Enka/Candler map
25 Westridge Market Place
Candler, NC 28715
phone (828) 418-0040


Miryam Wilson, MD, MPH Miryam Wilson, MD, MPH
Family Medicine Faculty Physician

MAHEC Family Health Center at Enka/Candler map
25 Westridge Market Place
Candler, NC 28715
phone (828) 418-0040

Dr. Wilson is a board-certified Family Medicine physician at the MAHEC Family Health Center at Enka/Candler. She attended the University of Connecticut for her undergraduate education, public health degree, and medical school. She finished her family medicine residency here at MAHEC and is currently working to complete a fellowship in maternal and child health through MAHEC.

Dr. Wilson practices full-scope family medicine including primary care throughout the lifespan and for all genders, as well as prenatal care and deliveries at Mission Hospital. She has special interest in reproductive healthcare as well as LGBTQ+ and gender-affirming healthcare. She performs a variety of in-office procedures such as IUDs and contraceptive implants, and offers office-based treatment for substance use disorders including medication-assisted treatment for opioid use. Outside of the clinic, she enjoys gardening and spending time outdoors with her partner Mike, her plott hound Balsam, and her chihuahua Mo.


Anja Woody, PA-C Anja Woody, PA-C
Physician Assistant

MAHEC Family Health Center at Enka/Candler map
25 Westridge Market Place
Candler, NC 28715
phone (828) 418-0040

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