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The Department of Family Medicine at Carolinas Medical Center joins other Charlotte community leaders in reaching out to underserved populations. As the urban center of Charlotte grows, so do challenging inner city problems, such as homelessness, violence, AIDS and teenage pregnancy. To help address these and other health and social problems at the community level, Carolinas Medical Center has created an urban health center and training program.
The urban training site started in 1996 to address the special needs of urban Charlotte and to take advantage of unique educational opportunities and is located four miles from Carolinas Medical Center. Now the largest city between Washington, D.C., and Atlanta, Charlotte is acquiring many features of these large metropolitan areas, while retaining much of its Southern culture.
 Our urban track offers a novel and innovative family medicine training experience. We accept two residents each year to the urban track to develop their three-year continuity practice at CMC-Biddle Point Family Medicine Center. Residents work with committed family physicians in an innovative healthcare delivery model with a strong community focus. Residents in the urban program still participate in all curriculum offered by the Department of Family Medicine.
CMC-Biddle Point was opened by Carolinas HealthCare System in 1997 as a community health center serving western and central Charlotte neighborhoods. The practice includes physicians and other healthcare professionals who provide various services.
 The residents selected for the urban track will have their continuity family medicine experience at Biddle Point and will work side-by-side with family physicians who also serve as preceptors. Full-time faculty from the residency program also rotate as preceptors at CMC-Biddle Point.
CMC-Biddle Point Physicians
- Nneka Hendrix, MD
- Cynthia Hill-Erskine, MD
- Jessica Saxe, MD
- Heather Grant, MD
- Talaya Clark, MD
- Sveta Mohanan, MD
- Moshe Usadi, MD
- Irene Zink, MD
Located just four miles from CMC, Biddle Point Health Center:
- Is located in a vibrant African-American community with growing Latin and Southeast Asian populations
- Offers innovative collaboration with the Mecklenburg County Health Department
- Features a physician staff trained and experienced in urban family medicine
- Is a community-oriented, primary care model
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