New physician to join Vidant Behavioral Health - Ahoskie | Eastern NC Now

Dr. Louisa Ayafor is now practicing with Vidant Medical Group at Vidant Behavioral Health - Ahoskie.

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   GREENVILLE     Dr. Louisa Ayafor is now practicing with Vidant Medical Group at Vidant Behavioral Health - Ahoskie.

   Vidant Behavioral Health – Ahoskie is dedicated to offering a full continuum of services including a 20-bed adult and an eight-bed geropsych unit, emergency department consultations, inpatient consultations, and an outpatient psychiatric practice and nursing home consultation service. The practice uses an innovative team-based approach to care, while addressing a wide-range of clinical disorders, including depression, anxiety, substance abuse, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, impulsive control, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorders.

    Ayafor completed a residency in the psychiatry program at the East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine. She specializes in mood disorders, anxiety and depression.

   "I am excited to be joining the team at Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, because I am looking forward to making a positive difference,” said Dr. Louisa Ayafor. “I feel privileged to be doing this in Eastern North Carolina, which my family and I consider a home far away from home.”

   Ayafor joins Drs. Peter Clagnaz and Suzanne Yoder, who currently see patients at 113-B Hertford County High Road in Ahoskie.

   The practice is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. For more information, visit www.VidantHealth.com, or call the office at (252) 209-8161.

   Contact: Carissa Etters, Strategic Development, (252) 847-0413 or Carissa.Etters@VidantHealth.com or Doug Boyd, East Carolina University News Services, (252) 744-2482 or boydd@ecu.edu

    Vidant Health, a mission-driven, not-for-profit corporation, owns, leases or has a majority membership interest in nine eastern North Carolina hospitals and has a management agreement with one other. The health system includes Albemarle Health, Vidant Beaufort Hospital, Vidant Bertie Hospital, Vidant Chowan Hospital, Vidant Duplin Hospital, Vidant Edgecombe Hospital, The Outer Banks Hospital, Vidant Medical Center, Vidant Pungo Hospital, Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Vidant Home Health and Hospice, Vidant Wellness Centers, Vidant Medical Group and is affiliated with the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. On the web at www.vidanthealth.com.
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