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Core Faculty

Terrence E. Steyer, MD
Dr. Steyer is a native of Pittsburgh, PA and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Allegheny College and his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He served as National President of the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) for 1 year before starting his residency at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. He then completed the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Steyer serves as director of the transitional year residency program and is also actively involved in family medicine education on both the medical student and resident level. He is an active researcher where his interests are the interaction between alternative medicine and conventional medicine, medical education issues, and direct to consumer pharmaceutical advertising.

Personal Interests: family, water sports, football (Go Steelers!), and ACC Basketball

Peter J. Carek, MD
Dr. Carek received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Clemson University and his Doctor of Medicine degree from MUSC. He completed his Family Medicine Residency at MUSC, where he served as Chief Resident. From 1990-92, Dr. Carek served as primary care sports fellow at the Ohio Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine and the University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville. He also obtained his Master's Degree in Human Performances and Sports Studies at the University of Tennessee.
Dr. Carek joined the faculty in 1992 and 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.
Personal Interest: golf, jogging, and computers

Leonie Gordon, MD
Dr. Gordon works with the Department of Radiology.
Sam Kini, MD
Dr. Kini works with the Department of Emergency Medicine .
Barry Hainer, MD
Dr. Hainer, a native of New York and a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the Georgetown University School of Medicine, completed his residency training in family medicine at the MUSC in 1979. After practicing for a year in rural Virginia, Dr. Hainer returned as a faculty member at MUSC from 1980-1985. From 1982-85, he served as the director of undergraduate education in our Department of Family Medicine. From 1985-88, he served as residency program director at East Carolina University, where he received the Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching in 1988 from residents. Returning in 1988 to the MUSC, Dr. Hainer served as Residency Program Director until 1992 and currently serves as Director of Patient Care Services. Dr. Hainer's professional interests include procedural skills and immunization training.
Personal Interests: bicycling, family, growing roses, rollerblading, squash, photography, and parenting

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