Horizon Healthcare for the Homeless Program

**NEW LOCATION EFFECTIVE MARCH 7, 2011**
1001 ROCK QUARRY ROAD, RALEIGH 27610
Joining Rock Quarry Road Family Medicine

Patient Line 919-743-3315
Billing - 919-250-2971
Sabrina Pellegrino, Practice Manager

Hours of Operation
Monday - Friday: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Directions

View Map. Take I-40 towards Raleigh to Rock Quarry Road (exit 300). Make a left at the end of the exit ramp. At the second stop light, veer to the left on to Rock Quarry Road. Rock Quarry Road Family Medicine is the first building on the right.

Services Provided 

Comprehensive primary care services are provided by a  Family Practice Physician, a Family Nurse Practicioner,a Registered Nurse and a Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist. Services include acute care, management of chronic health conditions including HIV, referrals to medical specialists, post-hospital and surgical follow up, access to medications, labs, diabetes education and substance abuse services. 

General Primary Medical Care including:  Complete Physicals, Diagnostic Tests/Screens, Family Planning, Geriatric Care, Gynecological Care,  Hearing & Vision Screening, Immunizations, Pediatric Care.

Outreach Centers

Horizon staff also operate one outreach site:.

South Wilmington Outreach Center provides medical care to homeless men at the South Wilmington Street men's shelter.

Support Services

Horizon staff founded and actively participates in a county-wide diabetes collaborative addressing education, access to medications, diabetes supplies and specialty shoes. Horizon provides HIV adherence counseling through a partnership with Alliance of AIDS Services Carolina. Staff collaborates with area shelters to identify medically at risk individuals who need shelter during extreme weather as well as medical respite coordination. Horizon works with pharmaceutical company programs to meet patients' medication needs. Horizon coordinates care with wrap-around mental health agencies and is an active participant with the local coalition to end homelessness.

After-Hours Services

• After hours answering service 

Horizon’s Homeless Art Project

Horizon's Homeless Art Project began when practice manager David Engel gave disposable cameras and journals to five homeless patients and asked them to document life on the streets through their eyes. What resulted was a journey of images, observations and inspirations that far exceeded anyone’s expectations. The patients commented that participating in this project boosted their self-worth and was “more helpful than years of therapy.” Yes, there is depression, drug abuse and hopelessness, but there is also a sense of inner beauty, insight and dignity, despite— and maybe because of— their circumstances. Some artists wanted to remain anonymous; others willingly signed their pictures and their prose; all wanted to share their journeys in hopes of connecting and moving between their world and ours. Warmest thanks to John Catalano who created the composites, and most of all, deepest appreciation to the artists who shared their lives. Horizon Health Center is a healthcare for the homeless program and a division of Wake Health Services, Inc., a Community Health Center in Raleigh, N.C

Providers

James Hartye, MD

Dr. Hartye joined Wake Health in July, 1990. He received his undergraduate degree from Villanova University (Villanova, PA) in 1973 and his Doctor of Medicine degree from Vanderbilt University Medical School (Nashville, TN) in 1977. Dr. Hartye completed a two-year residency in Family Medicine at Duke University Medical Center (Durham, NC) in 1979 and a one-year residency in Family Medicine at Central Texas Medical Foundation (Austin, TX) in 1980. He served as Medical Director from 1990 – 1995, and again as Interim Medical Director in 2003. Dr. Hartye is board certified in Family Medicine. 

Catherine Thrash, LCSW, LCAS

Catherine A. Thrash, LCSW, LCAS Catherine joined Wake Health in August, 2004. She received her Masters degree in Accounting from Mississippi State University (Starkville, MS) in 1984. Catherine received her Master of Social Work degree from Delaware State University (Dover, DE) in 1999. She became licensed in 

McTisa Lane, FNP

McTisa Lane is a graduate, Magna Cum Laude, from Winston-Salem State University with a  Master of Science in Nursing: Family Nurse Practitioner.