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Amy Blue, Ph.D.

Dr. Blue joined the MUSC Department of Family Medicine in 1998. Dr. Blue serves as the Assistant Dean for Curriculum and Evaluation in the College of Medicine Dean's Office and works with our faculty on faculty development and educational research. Her areas of professional interest include undergraduate curriculum change, cultural competency in medicine and professionalism in medical education.

 

Clive Brock, M.B., Ch.B.

Dr. Brock joined our department in 1981 and is one of our residency faculty members. He was trained in South Africa and spent 15 years in private practice before joining the faculty. Dr. Brock has a special interest in the doctor-patient relationship and is involved in Balint group work locally, nationally and internationally and is the past President of the American Balint society.


Peter Carek, M.D., M.S.

Dr. Carek trained at MUSC and completed a sports medicine fellowship at the University of Tennessee before joining the faculty in 1992. He has been Residency Program Director since 1995. His main areas of interest are sports medicine, physical activity and health promotion in addition to quality improvement.

 

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Alexander W. Chessman, M.D.

Dr. Chessman did his residency at MUSC and joined faculty in 1987. He became Director of Medical Student Education in 1990. His professional interests include Balint seminar training, clinical reasoning, evidence-based medicine, and computer-based learning.

 

Todd Detar

Todd Detar, D.O.

Dr. Detar joined the faculty in 1997 after several years in private practice in Pottstown, PA. He serves as director of the College of Medicine Doctoring Curriculum and directs an elective in the Healer’s Art. His interests include care for the whole family in a holistic osteopathic approach. His clinical interests include medical interviewing skills, role modeling and prevention of burnout.

 

Vanessa Diaz

Vanessa Diaz, M.D., M.S.

Dr. Diaz joined our research division as a faculty member in 2004 after completing a two-year faculty development fellowship at MUSC that included obtaining her Masters of Science in Clinical Research. She is currently our Women's Health Coordinator. Her research interests include Latino health, obesity, cardiovascular disease and women's health issues. A native of Panama, Dr. Diaz is fluent in Spanish.

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Lori M. Dickerson, Pharm.D., BCPS

Dr. Dickerson joined the residency faculty in 1997. She coordinates the Pharmacotherapy curriculum and actively participates in resident education in the inpatient and outpatient setting, in the nursing home, and in the Clinical Scholars Program. Her interests include continuous improvement and evidence-based medicine.

 

Peter Dodge

Peter A. Dodge, Sr., PA-C

Mr. Dodge joined the faculty in March 2003 upon retiring from the U.S. Air Force where he served as a physician assistant for 20 years. His clinical interests include acute care, sports injury, and disease prevention.

 

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John R. Freedy, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Freedy started his career at MUSC as a psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry. After returning to medical school at MUSC and residency training in our department, he joined the Family Medicine residency faculty in 2005 as the coordinator of Behavioral Science training for the residency program. His professional interests include violence and traumatic stress, impact of mental health upon physical health, behavioral science curriculum development, and Balint training.

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Ivar Frithsen, M.D.

Ivar graduated from the University of Colorado in Boulder and also lived in Steamboat Springs, CO for a few years. He went to medical school at the Medical College of Pennsylvania/Hahnemann University where he became interested in both Family Medicine and Environmental Medicine. Ivar joined our faculty as a research fellow in 2005.  During his fellowship his research focused on Occupational and Environmental Medicine issues.  After graduation in 2007 he joined our faculty as the assistant director for the Agromedicine Program.

 

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David R. Garr, M.D.

Before entering academic medicine, Dr. Garr worked for six years as the Medical Director of Family Practice Group of Tooele, UT. Dr. Garr joined the faculty of in Charleston in 1985. His clinical interests include training physicians to become community responsive practitioners, health promotion/disease prevention, practice-based research and medical ethics.

 

Maria Gibson

Maria Gibson, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Gibson grew up in Russia and practiced Obstetrics and Gynecology in Russia and served as a faculty member at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Siberian Medical University for nine years. After a family medicine residency at Duke, she joined the residency faculty in the department of Family Medicine at MUSC in 2002. Dr. Gibson’s professional interests include Women’s Health, cancer prevention and health promotion.

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Wanda Gonsalves, M.D.

Dr. Gonsalves received her medical degree & Residency training from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. After 10 years of private practice and 10 years on the faculty at the University of Kentucky, Dr. Gonsalves joined the MUSC faculty in 2003. She teaches medical students in the Doctoring curriculum and provides clinical care at our East Cooper University Medicine site where she also serves as medical director of the student-run free clinic. Her research interests include service learning in medical education and minority and women's health.

 

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Barry L. Hainer, M.D.

After his residency at MUSC and private practice in rural Virginia, Dr. Hainer returned to MUSC as a faculty member from 1980-1985. Between 1985 and 1988, he served as residency program director at East Carolina University before again returning in 1988 to MUSC. Dr. Hainer currently serves as Director of Patient Care Services. Dr. Hainer's professional interests include procedural skills and immunization training.

 

Kesh Hebbar, M.D. MRCPI (Dublin), MRCGP (UK)

Dr. Hebbar completed residencies in the United Kingdom in both Internal Medicine and Family Medicine. He was in practice until 1994 when he came to the United States. Dr. Hebbar joined the residency faculty in 1997 after completing his family medicine residency at MUSC. His professional interests include primary care, diabetes and cardiology.

 

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William J. Hueston, M.D., Chairman

Dr. Hueston practiced rural family medicine in eastern Kentucky for 7 years before entering academics. He came to the department from the University of Wisconsin in 1997 to serve Department Chair. His professional interests include primary care respiratory diseases and obstetric care.

 

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Arthur Cleve Hutson, Jr., M.D.

Dr, Hutson joined the department of Family Medicine in 1971. Following his internship and residency, he entered private practice in Beaufort, SC. He served as Chairman of the Department form 1991-97. Dr. Hutson has been the director of a wide range of MUSC extension programs designed to expand educational opportunities for family practitioners throughout South Carolina, including Area Health Education Centers, Continuing Education, and Statewide Family Medicine.

Ruth G. Jenkins, Ph.D.

Dr. Jenkins joined the department in 1987 as a Research Programmer/Specialist and Statistician. She completed her PhD in 2005 in Medical Informatics from MUSC's Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Epidemiology and joined the Family Medicine faculty in 2006. She is the Information Manager for the Practice Partner Research Network (PPRNet), a national primary care research network of practices that use electronic medical records. Her interests include Medical Informatics, Biomedical Statistical Computing and Information Management, EMRs, Quality Improvement, and Chronic Disease Management Research.

Donna Kern

Donna Kern, M.D.

Dr. Kern joined the department in 1999 and serves as the liaison for the Family Medicine Clerkship and the Community-Based Education Coordinator for the Deans' Rural Primary Care Clerkship. Her professional interests include population health, medical education, and computer-based learning.

Dana E. King, M.D., M.S.

Dr. King completed his residency at the University of Maryland and spent 6 years in rural practice in North Carolina before joining the faculty at East Carolina University. He was director of the East Carolina Rural Residency Program from 1993-99. Since coming to MUSC in 1999, Dr. King has focused on clinical research and is a member of the department's research section. His research interests include cardiovascular health and the influence of religion and spirit on health care.

Scott Laird

Scott Laird, MHSA

Scott joined the Medical University of South Carolina in 1988 as a management engineer and proceeded to fulfill many roles for the University from Director of Management Engineering to Administrator for the Institute of Psychiatry. He received his Masters in Health Services Administration from MUSC in 1991 and in July 1994 joined the Department of Family Medicine. He currently serves as the Administrator for the department. Interests include practice management, process improvement, and health services research.

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Miriam Lindrooth, M.D.

Dr. Lindrooth joined the faculty in 2006 after several years in private practice in North Charleston, SC. She serves as the Medical Director of the Department of Family Medicine Clinic on Calhoun Street where she also provides clinical care. Dr. Lindrooth's interests include women's health, chronic disease management and preventive care.

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Arch "Chip" Mainous, Ph.D.

Dr. Mainous obtained his PhD from the University of Texas and spent 8 years as director of research in the Department of Family Medicine before joining the Department of Family Medicine at MUSC 1998. He currently serves as Director of Research in the department. Dr. Mainous' research interests are in diabetes and cardiovascular health, treatment of respiratory infections, and continuity of care.

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Robert Mallin, M.D.

Dr. Mallin joined the predoctoral education section in the department in 1998 after serving as a faculty member at the University of South Carolina and in private practice. He served as director of the Doctoring Curriculum in the College of Medicine for 7 years. His professional interests include undergraduate medical education, family and addiction medicine.

Amy McCurley, BSN, CNM, MSN

Amy joined Family Medicine in 2004 as a Certified Nurse Midwife assisting with resident obstetrical training. Amy served in the US Army Nurse Corps as an obstetrical registered nurse for five years spent 16 months as a CNM in a private practice in North Charleston before joining Family Medicine. Her professional interests include childbirth education and nurse midwifery education.

Steve M. Ornstein, M.D.

Dr. Ornstein trained in this department and joined the faculty in 1985. Dr. Ornstein is the director of the Practice Partner Research Network (PPRNet), a national research of sites that use electronic medical records. His professional interests include health promotion and computers in medicine.

Marty Player, M.D.

Dr. Player completed his family medicine residency at Christiana Care Health Services in Wilmington, Delaware in 2004. He spent an additional year there as a fellow in faculty development with a focus on underserved and vulnerable populations. He joined the Research Fellowship at MUSC Family Medicine and the Clinical Research masters program in the college of graduate studies at MUSC in July 2005. Research interests include cardiovascular risk factors and detection.

Kelly Ragucci, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS, CDE

Dr. Ragucci completed her Family Medicine Residency at MUSC in 1998 then rejoined the MUSC faculty in 2000. Dr. Ragucci holds appointments in Family Medicine and the Department of Pharmacy and Clinical Sciences. Her activities in family medicine include student/resident/patient education and provision of interdisciplinary care.

 

Ann Rodden, DO, MS

After finishing the Trident/MUSC residency program as Chief Resident in 2005, Dr. Rodden completed the Faculty Development Fellowship at the MUSC in 2007. She has since joined the faculty at MUSC. Her clinical and research interests include women’s health and OB, preventive care, and medical education.

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Heather Rose, M.D.

After completing her family medicine residency at the University of Rochester, Dr. Rose completed the faculty development/clinical research fellowship at MUSC in 2005 and joined the faculty that year. Her current clinical and research areas of interest include primary care mental health, women's health and OB, complementary and alternative medicine, and international medicine.

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William M. Simpson, Jr., M.D.

After completing his Family Practice Residency in this department and serving two years in full-time family practice in the military, Dr. Simpson returned to head our Division of Undergraduate Education in 1976. Over the past 30 years he has served a number of roles including acting chair for two years. Currently, he directs the Agromedicine Program, a public education program in partnership with Clemson University. Dr. Simpson's professional interests include medical ethics, sports medicine, geriatrics, and patient education.

Terrence Steyer, M.D.

After completing a faculty development fellowship at the University of Michigan, Dr. Steyer joined the department in 2000. He serves as a residency faculty member and as director of the transitional year residency program. His professional interests include alternative medicine and conventional medicine, medical education issues, and direct to consumer pharmaceutical advertising.

Donna Taylor

Donna Taylor, BSN, MSN

Donna joined the FMC in February 2003 as a Certified Nurse-Midwife assisting with resident obstetrical training. Before coming to MUSC she practiced as a certified obstetrical registered nurse for ten years at Lexington Medical Center in Lexington, South Carolina. Her professional interests include lactation, childbirth education and nurse-midwifery education.

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Wayne Weart, Pharm.D., FASHP, BCPS

Dr. Weart joined MUSC in 1979, as Director of Pharmacy Education in Family Medicine. He holds a joint appointment in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Department of Family Medicine.

Andrea Wessell

Andrea Wessell, Pharm.D., BCPS, CDE

Dr. Wessell joined the faculty of the College of Pharmacy with a joint appointment in Family Medicine in 2002. Andrea's involvement in Family Medicine includes clinical pharmacy services in the outpatient setting in addition to student and resident education in the inpatient setting. Her interests include geriatrics, evidence-based medicine and quality improvement.