American Family Care
American Family Care (AFC) is a Birmingham-based chain of primary healthcare facilities with 13 locations in the metro area and 140 total in 26 states. The company was founded by Bruce Irwin in 1982 when the first AFC clinic opened at 1680 Montgomery Highway in Hoover. AFC's corporate headquarters are located at 2147 Riverchase Office Road in Hoover.
Irwin founded the company while working as an emergency room physician at Brookwood Medical Center. Irwin saw a need for clinics that could provide emergency care for non-critical medical issues more and efficiently than hospital emergency rooms, but with more equipment on hand than a typical primary care pyhsician's office. American Family Care was one of the first clinics of its kind in the country. Over the next thirty years it expanded to 27 clinics in Alabama and Tennessee. Most clinics include an on-site U-Save Pharmacy.
In April 2013, American Family Care acquired Doctors Express (DRC), tripling its size overnight to 140 clinics in 26 states.
Area locations
- Alabaster: 120 Colonial Promenade Parkway
- Bessemer: 1007 9th Avenue North
- Fairfield: 6554 Aaron Aronov Drive
- Forestdale: 1664 Forestdale Boulevard
- Gardendale: 101 Payne Road
- Homewood: 2757 Green Springs Highway
- Hoover: 1680 Montgomery Highway
- Hoover: The Grove
- Huffman: 9772 Parkway East
- Irondale: 1848 Crestwood Boulevard
- Mountain Brook: 7 Office Park Circle
- Pelham: 2970 Pelham Parkway
- Trussville: 5892 Trussville Crossings Parkway
References
- Williams, Roy L. (February 20, 2011) "On the record: Bruce Irwin, founder and CEO of American Family Care, Inc." The Birmingham News
- Mylius, Bill (June 2013) "No Pain, No Gain". B-Metro. pp. 92-3
External links
- American Family Care website