CP Family Health Care Center Welcomes New Physician Medical Director
Dr. Andrew Williams, M.D., FACP, a board certified, Harvard-trained internist will join CP Family Health Center in Canton, NY as a full time clinician and Medical Director in August. Dr. Williams joins us from the University of Rochester Medical Center where he was a full time member of the medical school faculty and recipient of numerous honors including the Lawrence Kohn teaching fellowship and the Arthur W. Bauman award.
Dr. Williams is originally from Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from the University of Rochester Medical School with honors and was elected to the AOA medical honor society. He completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at Harvard Medical School’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital. As a National Health Service Corps Scholar, he served as physician and Chief of Staff at Northern Navajo Medical Center in New Mexico. While working for the Public Health Service, he was an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. In 2006 he was elected as a Fellow in the American College of Physicians (FACP) based on his leadership, scholarship, community service, and patient care.
Dr. Williams is passionate about providing improved access to the highest quality medical care to the uninsured, under-insured, and patients with disabilities. “I am excited to join the medical community in the North Country. I look forward to helping in the process of increasing access to important medical services,” says Williams.
CP Family Health Care, operated by Cerebral Palsy Association of the North Country, views the addition of Dr. Williams as a major step toward fulfilling its goal to provide quality health care and other services to all members of the community, regardless of physical barriers, and/or ability to pay. “Having Dr. Williams on staff will give our patients continuity of care. The comfort of knowing they will have the same physician from admission, to discharge, to follow-up when they need in-patient care is very important,” says Rebecca Washburn-Reynolds, Director of Health and Clinical Services for CP of the North Country. “His goals fit in nicely with our recent designation as a Federally Qualified Health Center,” says Washburn-Reynolds.
CP Family Health Care Centers in St. Lawrence County and Franklin County were designated Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) in September 2007. In January of 2008 they instituted a sliding fee scale to help improve access to primary medical and dental care to North Country residents who are underinsured and uninsured. Patients can apply for discounts based on income and family size if they are at or below 200% of the federal poverty level. The health care centers are open to all members of the community.
In addition to providing outpatient care at CP Family Health Care Center, Dr. Williams will be on staff at Canton-Potsdam Hospital. As an internist, Dr. Williams evaluates and treats adults with complicated acute and chronic illnesses. His emphasis is on compassionate, patient-centered, and evidence-based care of the individual. To schedule an appointment with Dr. Williams or learn more about CP Family Health Care Center and its sliding fee scale, please call 315-386-8191 or visit www.cpnorthcountry.org. Appointments with Dr. Williams are being scheduled based on highest need for treatment, with priority given to the uninsured and underinsured, and to those participating in Medicaid and Medicare. Appointments are being scheduled for September.