Administration:
About Cindy O'Boyle
Cindy has been with the Clinic since December 2021.
Having grown up in Montana with the mountains of Glacier National Park in her backyard, Cindy has a deep appreciation for the great outdoors. She is excited to explore all the adventures the Smoky Mountains have to offer.
Cindy has a background in publishing, marketing and community involvement. Her true passion is being able to serve her community through working with non-profits. She moved to North Carolina to be closer to family and to enjoy a slower pace.
Cindy was drawn to The Community Care Clinic because of their belief that everyone deserves basic healthcare. She looks forward to serving the patients of the Community Care Clinic of Franklin. She is delighted to call Franklin home and is excited to become an active part of the community.
About Cody Allison
Cody, originally from Sylva, NC, joined the Clinic team in July 2021. He obtained his Medical Assistant Certification after graduating from Smoky Mountain High School. Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Healthcare Administration, Cody began as a Medical Assistant and later transitioned to the role of Administrative Assistant for the Executive Director in August 2023. During his free time, he enjoys traveling, spending time with family, and with his three dogs – a Maltese Poodle and two English Bulldogs. Cody is excited and ready to help the members of this community.
Providers:
About Cherie Galatian
Cherie has been with the Clinic since August 2021.
Having had a life-long desire to practice medicine, she finally reached that in goal in 2010, after her children were grown and moved away from home. She has worked in ENT, Geriatrics, and Oncology, but her greatest satisfaction is being a Primary Care PA. One of the greatest thing about the PA profession is the ability to work in both primary care or in a specialty field. She is glad to have the opportunity work in primary care so that she can help people make better life choices that can benefit their overall health. She states "It is so rewarding to be a part of that change."
She is pleased to be one of the health care providers at the Community Care Clinic of Franklin. She derives great pleasure by being able to provide high quality, compassionate care to our patients, many of whom have either received very limited, or no health care-sometimes for years. It is her hope that with time and the excellent leadership of our Executive Director and our Board, that this clinic will be able to partner with other health care specialists in our area to better meet the needs of the uninsured in our community.
About Hannah Caplinger
Hannah has been with the Clinic since February 2022. She has been caring for residents of Macon and surrounding counties for many years. As an RN, Hannah worked for both Long-term care facilities as well the Mother-Baby, Pediatric, and Medical-Surgical units of Harris Regional Hospital. After Graduating with her Nurse Practitioners Degree, she has been working in Urgent Care, Family Care, Psychiatric Care, and Internal Medicine meeting the needs of all ages.
Ms. Caplinger started out by going to Southwestern Community for her Associates of Science in Nursing. She then transferred to Western Caroline University for her Bachelors of Science in Nursing in 2014 and Graduated in 2019 with her Master of Science in Nursing-Family Nurse Practitioner Degree.
Ms. Caplinger was raised in Sylva, N.C. She has grown up in the community and is now raising her son Jeremiah here. She also has a lab mix named Princess Leah, and a Morkie Puppy named Bella-Ewa. She enjoys traveling, watching star wars, hiking, crafting, and reading, She is excited and ready to care for and meet the needs of this community.
Office/Clinical Staff:
About Sarai Pichardo
Sarai has been with the Clinic since August 2021. She has been part of the Franklin community for nearly nine years now and enjoys spending time with her two kids, her daughter Valentina and her son Nicholas, as well her Husky Lola. She also loves traveling with her kids and her mother to there favorite place, Disney. She is very excited to be at the Community Care Clinic and is ready to help the members of her community.
About Abbi Miller
Abbi is a soon-to-be senior at Macon Early College. She is an avid reader, cook, and baker. She enjoys creating delicious casseroles and cobblers, as she finds joy in their simplicity and versatility. Although fiction is her preferred genre, she occasionally gets into biographies for a change of pace.
Following her high school graduation, Abbi aspires to become a Nurse Practitioner. This ambition led her to volunteer at our clinic, where her dedication and passion lies with helping others. Through this experience, she aims to solidify her career path in nursing, reaffirming her desire to make a difference in people's lives. Abbi's dedication to helping others makes her a valuable member of our team and we are thrilled to have her!
Volunteers
About Chloe Timmons
Chloe has been with the Clinic since September 2024 volunteering as a Medical Assistant/Student Intern.
Chloe is a junior at Western Carolina University studying Chemistry. At school she enjoys her part time job as a Supplemental Instruction Leader for the General Chemistry courses and also participates as an independent research student in the Physical Chemistry lab. In her free time she enjoys traveling, running, and playing guitar, violin and piano. Following graduation, Chloe plans to go to medical school back in her hometown of Columbus, Ohio and follow her ultimate career goal to become a physician.
This love of studying medicine and interacting with patients of all different backgrounds led to her desire to volunteer at the Community Care Clinic and she is excited to work along the other members of this team to provide compassionate care to this
community.