Tami Lee, PA-C
Family Medicine
Roxboro Family Medicine & Immediate Care
Person County
Roxboro Family Medicine and Immediate Care
Tami Lee has been practicing at Roxboro Family Medicine since April 2011 and has been participating in the Community Practitioner Program since January 2012.
Tami has been practicing in Person County for almost eight years and joined Roxboro Family Medicine as a clinician/owner in April 2011. While she was completing her undergraduate degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Tami worked in research doing cardiovascular surgery and lung transplants on animals. While she recognized that this work was important in the long-term, she decided she wanted to have a more immediate impact on people. Growing up, she watched people take care of her mother, who suffered from chronic illnesses, which played a large part in motivating her to change career paths. It was during her senior year at UNC Chapel Hill that she made the decision to enter Duke University’s Physician Assistant program where she graduated in 2004.
Roxboro Family Medicine has approximately 6,000 patients and there are typically 100 new patient applications per month. While other practices in Person County are losing providers, Tami feels that Roxboro Family Medicine is filling a void. She can see the difference they are making in their patients lives on a daily basis. She believes they are a true patient-centered medical home for people. There is continuity in care that she did not experience working in clinics located in bigger cities.
She recently had a patient who had been previously diagnosed with dementia by another practitioner. This patient was 62 years old and her condition was steadily declining. A full workup was ordered and the patient was diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus and referred to a neurosurgeon. Tami had just received news from the patient’s family that the neurosurgeon had admitted her into the hospital to start draining the excess cerebrospinal fluid and she was expected to recover fully. They are thrilled that their mother does not have Alzheimer’s and Tami feels very fortunate to have been able to help.
When Tami is not at work, she enjoys traveling and hiking with her family. She and her husband recently traveled to California with their two children, who are 4 and 10 months old. Tami has learned that travelling with children is very different, but looks forward to many more family vacations!
Tami Lee has been practicing at Roxboro Family Medicine since April 2011 and has been participating in the Community Practitioner Program since January 2012.
Tami has been practicing in Person County for almost eight years and joined Roxboro Family Medicine as a clinician/owner in April 2011. While she was completing her undergraduate degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Tami worked in research doing cardiovascular surgery and lung transplants on animals. While she recognized that this work was important in the long-term, she decided she wanted to have a more immediate impact on people. Growing up, she watched people take care of her mother, who suffered from chronic illnesses, which played a large part in motivating her to change career paths. It was during her senior year at UNC Chapel Hill that she made the decision to enter Duke University’s Physician Assistant program where she graduated in 2004.
Roxboro Family Medicine has approximately 6,000 patients and there are typically 100 new patient applications per month. While other practices in Person County are losing providers, Tami feels that Roxboro Family Medicine is filling a void. She can see the difference they are making in their patients lives on a daily basis. She believes they are a true patient-centered medical home for people. There is continuity in care that she did not experience working in clinics located in bigger cities.
She recently had a patient who had been previously diagnosed with dementia by another practitioner. This patient was 62 years old and her condition was steadily declining. A full workup was ordered and the patient was diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus and referred to a neurosurgeon. Tami had just received news from the patient’s family that the neurosurgeon had admitted her into the hospital to start draining the excess cerebrospinal fluid and she was expected to recover fully. They are thrilled that their mother does not have Alzheimer’s and Tami feels very fortunate to have been able to help.
When Tami is not at work, she enjoys traveling and hiking with her family. She and her husband recently traveled to California with their two children, who are 4 and 10 months old. Tami has learned that travelling with children is very different, but looks forward to many more family vacations!
