Steve North is a family physician and addiction and adolescent medicine specialist affiliated with Mountain Community Health Partnership in Yancey and Mitchell counties. He is the medical director and founder of the Center for Rural Health Innovation (CRHI). In 2011, CRHI launched the Health-e-Schools school-based telemedicine program that has grown to serve over 110 schools in 9 rural counties in North Carolina. He is a graduate of the UNC School of Medicine and holds a Masters in Public Health (MPH) from the University of Rochester.