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PATCH Program Founders

Kahra graduated from UNC School of Medicine in 2015, and she is currently an Emergency Medicine Resident at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, GA. She taught two years (2009-2011) of Biology at West Charlotte High School as a part of the Teach For America program prior to beginning Medical School in 2011.

Kyle taught three years of Chemistry at Garinger High School (2009-2012) as part of the Teach for America program prior to beginning Medical School in 2012. While teaching, he was exposed to the need for PATCH and drew inspiration from his former students. Kyle helped launch the PATCH Program while completing third year clinical rotations at Carolinas Medical Center as a UNC School of Medicine - Charlotte Campus student in 2014. After graduation in May of 2016, he began a residency in Emergency Medicine at Carolinas Medical Center and will finish in 2019. He is excited to be sticking around CMC and is looking forward to continuing the growth of the program and fighting to reduce health disparities in the Charlotte area.

Melissa is currently in her third year at UNC School of Medicine (Class of 2018) completing her rotations at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Prior to beginning medical school, she taught two years (2010-2012) of Earth and Environmental Science at Garinger High School through Teach For America. This built a passion for school health and led her to obtain her Masters of Public Health in Health Behavior (2014) from UNC's Gillings School of Global Public Health before pursuing medical school. She helped launch the PATCH Program during the 2nd year of her MPH. Melissa hopes to work in a school-based health center one day in order to merge her two main passions for working with adolescents and education.