LINCOLN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER

Lincoln Community Health Center was founded in 1971 in the basement of Lincoln Hospital by Dr. Charles DeWitt Watts, the first African American board certified surgeon in North Carolina. The Lincoln Community Health Center emerged from Dr. Watts and others' desire to treat a low income, underserved population in the community where they lived and worked. Dr. Watts died in 2004 at age 86. Today, Lincoln Community Health Center is accredited and certified as a Primary Care Medical Home by The Joint Commission and offers a wide range of services including pediatrics, adolescent health, adult and family medicine, dental and behavioral health... Lincoln Hospital was founded in 1901 to serve African Americans of Durham County and surrounding areas. With original hospital construction financed by the Duke family, Lincoln served as the primary African American hospital in Durham until 1976, when it closed and transferred its inpatient services to Durham County General Hospital (today Duke..

Also known as: Lincoln Community Health Center, Inc.

Primary location: Durham United States