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Practice Facts & Directions:  Seneca Medical Associates  | 
Foothills Family Medicine (Westminster)  |  Upstate Family Practice (Seneca) - formerly Woodland Way Family Practice,Fair Play  |
Community Resources / Student Projects
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2002 SC Rural Health Association "Community Health Project" Award Winner (see Awards web page)
Seneca Medical Associates Seneca Medical Associates
Seneca Medical Associates
11082 Radio Station Road, Seneca, SC  29678
864-482-0027, Fax 864-482-0028
(site of innovative rural family practice residency)
T. E. (Edwin) Evans, MD T. E. Evans, MD (Director of Seneca Lakes Residency Program)

A graduate of Emory University School of Medicine and University of Virginia residency program.  Dr. Evans practiced in Prosperity, SC and Jasper, GA before coming to Seneca.
Dr. Evans:  "Access to rural health care is supremely important.  I am here to teach students and residents the opportunities and limitations of rural family practice, focusing on obstetrics and procedural skills.
Why Dr. Evans chose Family Practice:  "Specifically preparing for rural practice, Family Practice training allowed the broadest range of experience including OB."

Mitchell F. Dillman, MD
Mitchell F. Dillman, MD
MD degree from
Emory University

John F. Miller, MD
John F. Miller, MD
MUSC graduate

Stan Rampey, MD
Stan Rampey, MD
MUSC graduate


Conrad K. Shuler, MD
Conrad K. Shuler, MD
Graduate of Clemson
University & MUSC
S T A F F
June LeCroy, Residency Program Coordinator
Other Students -
P R A C T I C E
Educational experience for students:
active inpatient service including OB with
C-sections and tubals; busy outpatient duties including all procedures, a free medical clinic (Hispanic OB clinic)
Demographics:
full spectrum of FP, including surgical obstetrics
Procedures:
EGD, colonoscopy, treadmill testing, ultrasound
Affiliated Hospital
Oconee Memorial Hospital
http://www.oconeememorial.org/
Oconee Memorial Hospital
Map to Seneca
Close-up map of Radio Station Road
Click here for Mapquest driving directions to 11082 N. Radio Station Road, Seneca, SC
1.  Take I-26 W past Columbia - go about 169 miles
2.  Take I-385, exit #51, on left towards Laurens/Greenville - about 30 miles
3.  Take US 276, exit #30, towards Mauldin/Standing Springs Road - about 5 miles
4.  Take I-85 S towards Atlanta - go about 28 miles
5.  Take US 76 W/SC 28 W, exit #19B, towards Clemson, merge onto Clemson Blvd - go about 5.5 miles
6.  Clemson Blvd becomes US 76 W -go about 12 miles
7.  US 76 W becomes US 123 BYP S -go about 2.4 miles
8.  Stay straight to go onto US 76 -go about 1 mile

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NOT TAKING STUDENTS AT THIS TIME.
Dr. George W. Campbell - 2004 SC AHEC Preceptor of the Year (see Awards web page)
Foothills Family Medicine, Westminster

111 West Main Street

Westminster, SC 29693
864-647-1820
Fax 864-647-0403
George W. (Billy) Campbell, MD George W. (Billy) Campbell, MD

A 5th generation Oconee native, Dr. Campbell has practiced in his hometown of Westminster since 1984.  

He received his undergraduate degree from Emory University, and his medical degree from MUSC.  He completed his residency training in Family Medicine at Memorial Medical Center in Savannah, GA.  

S T A F F Other Students
P R A C T I C E Affiliated Hospital (photo above)
Oconee Memorial Hospital http://www.oconeememorial.org

Map to Westminster

Map to 111 West Main St., Westminster

111 West Main Street, Westminster
1.  Take I-26 W past Columbia and Laurens
2.  Take I-385 to Greenville, then take I-85 toward Atlanta
3.  Just outside of Greenville get off at Exit 40 to Easley - Rt 153
4.  Take Rt 153 to Rt 123 to Westminster where 123 will turn into 76 just before you reach the town

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Upstate Family Practice
(formerly Woodland Way Family Practice, Fair Play)
109-B Omni Drive
Seneca, SC  29672
864-882-6141
Fax 864-882-6680
Kenneth Becker, MD
Kenneth Becker, MD

Associate Clinical Professor for the Department of Family Medicine at the MUSC.

Dr. Becker is board certified from the American Board of Family Practice with a specialty in Advanced Cardiac Life Support.

He is a former faculty member at Stoneybrook, Long Island, NY.

Dr. Becker also served in Operation Desert Storm.
S T A F F
Linda Mays - Office Manager
Other Students
P R A C T I C E Affiliated Hospital (photo above)
Oconee Memorial
Hospital
http://www.oconeememorial.org

Click here for Mapquest directions to the practice.

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Community Resources / Student Projects

Upstate AHEC

Student Projects
"SSNAFU: Seneca Sugar K(N)owledge and Assessment of Follow-Up" (diabetes management)
"Let's Get Physical" (exercise)   *   *   Diabetic Foot Care  *  *  Depression & Diabetes
"Food on the Run"-Oconee County Diabetic Cookbook  *  *  Insulin Pump Program
Oconee County Diabetes Handbook  *  *  Sugar Babies: Gestational Diabetes
Seneca/Oconee Latino Diabetic Identification and Treatment
Coordinate a Church Health Committee  *  *  Bicycle Helmet Safety  *  *  Nutrition Labels
Statin Study  *  *  Oral, Heal & Neck Cancer Screen
Diabetes/Nutrition & Exercise Education at Elementary & Middle Schools
Smoking Education / Cessation at the Flea Market
Teen Sex STD's  *  *  Teen Smoking Education


Useful Info for Student

Students will stay in a furnished house arranged by Upstate AHEC - located near a recreational lake with an outdoor club (sit by the water and hear live music) - NO PETS, PLEASE.  Or, students may arrange to stay with nearby family or friends.  For security reasons, housing information will be provided to students at orientation.  Questions may be directed to Donna Kern, MD (kerndh@musc.edu).

Students will be notified one week in advance by email to attend the mandatory clerkship Orientation / Academic Days / OSLE on the first 3 days of the rotation.   In addition to clerkship guidelines and instructions, students will be issued laptops with online capability, printers & PDA's--to be used as research and learning tools and to produce required clerkship presentations and documents.

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