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Pardee thanks Dr. Albers for 36 years of service

Dr. Chuck Albers

Pardee UNC Health Care administrators and board members thanked Charles Albers for 36 years of service to Henderson County Wednesday during the regular meeting of the Board of Directors.

In addition to his general surgery practice, Dr. Albers has served as Chief of Surgery, Chief of Staff and on the Board of Trustees for Pardee Hospital, from 2000 to 2005.

"As far as I can tell, he's the only active surgeon to serve as chair," said Dr. David Ellis, Pardee's chief medical officer.

Born and raised in Carmine,Texas, a town of 223 people, Albers graduated with 10 others from his high school and went on to earn an undergraduate degree from Texas Lutheran. He earned his medical degree at Baylor and got this surgical residency from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. He started his career at Pardee in 1981.

In 2006 he was asked to start and lead a new breast care program at Pardee and became, Ellis said, "the anchor of our breast surgery program."

Learning from his wife’s personal experience with breast cancer, Albers set out to create a fully integrated and navigated continuum of care for the breast care program.
Taken from an excerpt from a 2016 column in which Dr. Albers explained , he noted that in 2006, “

"There was nothing terribly cutting edge about breast care programs," Albers said in a 2016 column about the the evolution of the breast care program at Pardee. "We all had relatively comparable technology, performed the same types of surgeries, and offered similar treatments. However, I knew that there was one key area where Pardee could be innovative and that was in how we treated our patients. I knew immediately that I wanted our new program to treat everyone like a doctor’s wife. Pardee would make it their mission to offer a level of service unlike any other, allowing each patient to completely and efficiently navigate a truly integrated system.”

That system has evolved into a multi-faceted, multi-disciplinary program that serves women and men. The leadership of the breast care program will transition to Dr. Jennifer McAlister.
"Dr. Albers has made a tremendous impact on the lives of many women in our community,” Ellis said. “He leaves a strong legacy with our Breast Care Program and has worked to create a seamless transition in leadership to Dr. McAlister. We are grateful to him for his vision and his dedication.”