Family Medical Practice

Compassionate, patient-centered, high quality care for patients from childhood through adulthood.

Karen L. Smith, MD, FAAFP

Karen L. Smith, MD, FAAFP, is a graduate of Hahnemann University School of Medicine. She trained at National Congress of Family Physician Residents, North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians, Duke University, Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, and Fellow American Academy of Family Physicians.

Dr. Smith has been practicing since 1992, with a private practice in Raeford, North Carolina since 2003. Dr. Smith’s practice specializes in family medicine.


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Your Advance Care Team (ACT)


The Advance Care Team (ACT) Model provides a population health management approach when it comes to caring for patients (Nguyen, 2017). The ACT does this... "by delivering and ensuring comprehensive, person-centered care management, multidisciplinary team-based care; concurrent curative and palliative treatment; care coordination across all care providers and settings; comprehensive advance care planning; shared decision making with patient, family, and providers; and 24/7 access to clinical support" (Nguyen, 2017).

Advance Care Team Members for Karen L. Smith, MD, PA:

Dr. Karen L. Smith, MD, FAAFP, Provider
Shannon Merwin, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, Provider