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

Office address: 19 Hagood Ave. Suite 305 (HOT), Charleston, SC, 29425 Telephone/Fax: (843) 792-3607 / (843) 792-4702 (Fax) Email address: simpsowm@musc.edu Departmental and administrative position(s): Medical Director Agromedicine/OEM/Public Health/Public Service/CME

Education / Training:

College: Clemson University
MD/PhD: MUSC
Residency: MUSC
Fellowship: UNC-CH, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

Courses Taught:

OEM - Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Positions in academic / professional groups:

Board-SC Geriatrics Society, Advisory Board-SC Rural Health Association

Selected honors / awards:

Distinguished Faculty Service Award-MUSC-2004
SC AAFP Family Physician of the Year-2004
National Finalist AAFP Family Physician of the Year

Research / academic / clinical interests:

Pesticide Poisoning
Insect bites and stings
Delusory parasitosis / geriatric medicine
General agromedicine

Selected or recent publications:

Simpson WM. Schuman SH. Caldwell ST. Spell LH. Hospitalizations and emergency room visits for acute pesticide poisonings in South Carolina, 1997-2001. J SC Med Asso 2004;100(2):40-43.

Simpson WM. The agricultural environment. In: Agricultural Medicine: A Practical Guide. Lessenger JE (ed.) pp 1-8. New York: Springer. 2005.

Simpson WM. Pesticides. In: Agricultural Medicine: A Practical Guide. Lessenger JE (ed.) pp. 167-179. New York: Springer. 2005.

Simpson WM. An 80-Year-Old noncompliant female patient with type 2 diabetes and a recent AMI. National Diabetes Education Initiative. 2006.
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Web Pages:

South Carolina Agromedicine Program

Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program (OEM)