AltaPointe Health Systems
Deedee Cook has extensive experience in the health and banking sectors, currently serving as the Coordinator of Senior Adult Services at Altapointe Health Systems since October 2010. Prior to this role, Deedee Cook held positions at American National Bank & Trust Co. in Mobile, AL, as the Director of Training from 1977 to 1981, and at The First National Bank of Birmingham, N.A. as a Customer Relations Marketing Training Assistant in 1976. Deedee Cook holds a Master of Arts in Psychology from George Peabody College for Teachers and a Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of South Alabama.
AltaPointe Health Systems
AltaPointe Health is a large healthcare system providing primary and behavioral healthcare. Each year it provides more than 1 million services to 45,000 patients across Alabama. A national leader in behavioral health for over 60 years, AltaPointe expanded its service array in 2018 to include primary care. Now focusing on the patient's whole health, it operates Accordia Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center with four clinic sites. Rounding out the continuum, AltaPointe operates two psychiatric hospitals serving children and adults, 20 outpatient behavioral healthcare clinics, and BayView Professional Associates, its private practice arm serving southwest Alabama. Its team of 28 physicians and 16 physician extenders renders the medical care services throughout the organization and serves as the administration and faculty for the University of South Alabama, College of Medicine-Department of Psychiatry.