MAHEC Health Center at Cullowhee

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Dolly Pressley Byrd, CNM, PhD

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Certified Nurse Midwife

MAHEC Health Center at Cullowhee
Western Carolina University, Health & Human Sciences Building
3971 Little Savannah Road
Cullowhee, NC 28723
(828) 257-4719

Undergraduate: BA, Wake Forest University
Graduate: MSN, Yale University
Doctoral: PhD, UNC Greensboro School of Nursing

Dolly Pressley Byrd was born and raised in Western North Carolina. She returned to the area and joined MAHEC in 2005 as a Certified Nurse Midwife. Dolly loves her experience of being "with women through their lifetime"―especially fostering new and growing families. Dolly embraces the shared decision-making model and encourages her patients to be involved in the process of planning their care. In addition to prenatal appointments and attending deliveries at Mission Health Systems, she also provides well-women gynecologic, preconception counseling, and contraceptive services―specializing in IUD and Nexplanon insertions.

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Ashley Tickle, LCMHC-A
Mental Health Professional

MAHEC Health Center at Cullowhee
Western Carolina University, Health & Human Sciences Building
3971 Little Savannah Road
Cullowhee, NC 28723
(828) 257-4719

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Ernesto de la Torre, MD
Family Practice Physician Faculty

MAHEC Health Center at Cullowhee
Western Carolina University, Health & Human Sciences Building
3971 Little Savannah Road
Cullowhee, NC 28723
(828) 257-4719

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Ernesto de la Torre, MD
Family Practice Physician Faculty

MAHEC Health Center at Cullowhee
Western Carolina University, Health & Human Sciences Building
3971 Little Savannah Road
Cullowhee, NC 28723
(828) 257-4719

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Dolly Pressley Byrd, CNM, PhD

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Certified Nurse Midwife

MAHEC Health Center at Cullowhee
Western Carolina University, Health & Human Sciences Building
3971 Little Savannah Road
Cullowhee, NC 28723
(828) 257-4719

Undergraduate: BA, Wake Forest University
Graduate: MSN, Yale University
Doctoral: PhD, UNC Greensboro School of Nursing

Dolly Pressley Byrd was born and raised in Western North Carolina. She returned to the area and joined MAHEC in 2005 as a Certified Nurse Midwife. Dolly loves her experience of being "with women through their lifetime"―especially fostering new and growing families. Dolly embraces the shared decision-making model and encourages her patients to be involved in the process of planning their care. In addition to prenatal appointments and attending deliveries at Mission Health Systems, she also provides well-women gynecologic, preconception counseling, and contraceptive services―specializing in IUD and Nexplanon insertions.

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Ashley Tickle, LCMHC-A
Mental Health Professional

MAHEC Health Center at Cullowhee
Western Carolina University, Health & Human Sciences Building
3971 Little Savannah Road
Cullowhee, NC 28723
(828) 257-4719