Timothy Powell, M.D.
I was born and raised in Vienna, VA. I was adopted at birth. My parents believed strongly in education and encouraged me to work hard in school. I graduated from Oakton High School then received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia. I went to medical school at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. After graduation I did a dual residency program in internal medicine and pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville, TN. I was board certified in both internal medicine and in pediatrics in 1993.
My wife, Laura, and I moved to Fredericksburg in 1993 and I began practicing at the Pratt Medical Center in Garrisonville. In order to be closer to home, I left Pratt in 1997 and opened Lee's Hill Medical Associates. In 2001, I sensed a call to missions work. I began sharing the vision with people I knew and out of that was birthed the Fredericksburg Christian Health Center (FCHC). The clinic opened in January 2003. I love working at FCHC because I love getting to know people and their families, and being able to incorporate my faith into my profession.
I became a Christian in 1980, just after graduation from high school. Jesus has been everything to me since then. I can never repay Him for what He has done for me. In 1991 I met Laura and we were married in 1992. We have been blessed with four beautiful daughters. In 2006 I received a very unexpected gift - I was reunited with my birth mother, Ginger. As I said, I can never give back to God more than He's given, but it is my prayer that FCHC would bring glory to Him.
Laura Powell, FNP
I was born in Hackettstown, NJ. I attended Anderson College, a Church of God school in Indiana and majored in nursing. After graduating, I moved to Nashville, TN to work at Vanderbilt Hospital in Pediatrics. It was there that I continued my education, receiving my nurse practitioner (Masters in Nursing) degree in 1990. I worked as a nurse practitioner in adolescent medicine for three years. I met my husband, Tim Powell, and we moved to Fredericksburg in 1993.
I have worked as a family nurse practitioner in several locations, including Pratt Medical Center, the Rappahannock-Rapidan Health Department , and now at Preferred Pediatrics and FCHC part-time. Tim and I have four daughters and I count myself at a full-time mom first, and I am thankful to work part-time in my profession.
I came to know Jesus when I was 10 years old. I feel very blessed to have walked with Jesus for so long, and even a bigger blessing and honor to be able to care for and pray with our patients at FCHC. God continues to teach me many things about Him and His goodness.
Alison M. Schaefer, FNP
Alison M. Schaefer grew up in Spotsylvania, Virginia. She received her bachelor's and Master's degree of nursing at the Virginia Commonwealth University. She has worked as a family nurse practitioner for four years. Her interest in working for FCHC started after working at the Mary Washington Hospital Auxiliary Mobile Health Clinic, where Dr. Timothy Powell was her supervising physician.
The Fredericksburg Christian Health Center (FCHC) is a nonprofit organization that seeks to serve those who cannot afford medical care with quality health care in the name of Jesus Christ. We strive to minister to the whole person-body, mind, and spirit-in order for healing to come about in all three. In 2009, we were able to increase our services to the uninsured in the greater Fredericksburg community. Our medical team was able to provide 3,074 subsidized office visits. All together, our practice provided a total of $396,210 in medical care to the uninsured! In addition, $235,614 was given away in medication and medical supplies.
We are looking forward to expanding our services in the year ahead. It is our goal to increase the number of indigent visits to 4,200 in 2010, which will comprise about 40% of all office visits.