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The Montana Office of Rural Health (MORH) and the Montana Area Health Education Center (AHEC) are housed together, administered through the Division of Health Sciences and located at Montana State University in Bozeman.

The focus of the South Central office is to bring expertise on placement of health profession students in rural and underserved communities. For more information, contact:

Lisa Benzel, Director
South Central Montana AHEC
10 W. Reeder
PO Box 872
Dillion, MT  59725
406-683-2790 ext 102
lisa@mtha.org



The Western Montana Area Health Education Center (WMT-AHEC) was established as the third of four regional AHECs in the state of Montana in September, 2008. Its mission is to develop and implement programs that will connect students to health professions; health professionals to underserved communities; and communities to better health.

Lawrence L. White Jr., Director
Western Montana AHEC
University of Montana-Missoula
Skaggs Building, Suite 173
32 Campus Drive
Missoula, MT 59812-1512
406-243-4746
lwhite@spahs.umt.edu

The North Central Montana AHEC office opened in January of 2010.  For more information, contact:

Jody Haines
North Central Montana AHEC Director
PO Box 2225
Cut Bank, MT  59427
406.459.3792
jody@mtha.org
The mission of the Alaska AHEC is to institutionalize a statewide university-industry partnership focused on strengthening their health workforce.  The Alaska AHEC was established in 1987 by rural health care providers, educators, and administrators. 

The Idaho AHEC mission is to improve access to educational and technical assistance resources for health care providers in the state of Idaho.


The mission of the Wyoming AHEC is to increase access to quality health care and to use educational methods as an incentive to attract and retain health care providers in areas of need. Programs and services offered through Wyoming AHEC are community-based and focus on community/academic partnerships.

Eastern Montana Area Health Education Center
RiverStone Health

123 S. 27th Street
Billings, MT  59101
ahec@riverstonehealth.org
406-247-3379

ŠAll landscape photographs are courtesy of Mike Geurin, MD