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John J. Gallagher

Medical Group of the Carolinas - Internal Medicine

100 E Wood St, Ste 401

Spartanburg, SC  29303

Phone: 864-560-6851

M. Tariq Ansari

GHS University Medical Group

Lung Center

Medical Office Bldg B, Ste 300

200 Patewood Dr

Greenville, SC  29615

Phone: 864-454-4200

Leonard James Cochrane, Jr.

GHS University Medical Group

Lung Center

Medical Office Bldg B, Ste 300

200 Patewood Dr

Greenville, SC  29615

Phone: 864-454-4200

Lloyd Eugene Hayes

GHS University Medical Group

Lung Center

890 W Faris Rd, Ste 580

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-455-7874

Edward Bert Knight III

Medical Group of the Carolinas - Palliative Care & Senior Health

101 E Wood St

Spartanburg, SC  29303

Phone: 864-560-6012

Joseph S. Kubiak

Palmetto Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates

St. Francis Outpatient Center, Ste 300

3 St Francis Dr

Greenville, SC  29601

Phone: 864-233-8063

Charles Eugene Morrow, Jr.

Medical Group of the Carolinas - Surgery

853 N Church St, Ste 500

Spartanburg, SC  29303

Phone: 864-560-1576

Charles V. Mullen

Palmetto Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates

St. Francis Outpatient Center, Ste 300

3 St Francis Dr

Greenville, SC  29601

Phone: 864-233-8063

Wilson Pedrick Smith, Jr.

Spartanburg Regional Medical Center

Lung & Chest Medical Associates

2030 N Church Pl

Spartanburg, SC  29303

Phone: 864-582-6858

Eric J. Baker

The Skin Trust Dermatology

26 Roper Corners Cir

Greenville, SC  29615

Phone: 864-234-7744

John M. Humeniuk

21 Memorial Medical Dr

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-295-9085

John S. Bruch

GHS University Medical Group

Endocrinology Specialists and Thyroid Center

877 W Faris Rd, Ste D

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-455-9031

Lyn Horton Hammond

Pelham Family Practice

25 Creekview Ct

Greenville, SC  29615

Phone: 864-297-7900

Raana P. Naidu

Woodward Medical Center

21 Aberdeen Dr

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-370-8331

James E. Boyd Wallace, Jr.

Milestone Family Medicine

12 Arborland Way

Greenville, SC  29615

Phone: 864-458-7000

Mary Cassandra Easley Bray

Millennium Internal Medicine

2 Innovation Dr, Ste 300A

Greenville, SC  29607

Phone: 864-365-0123

J. William Kelly

GHS University Medical Group

Infectious Disease Specialists

890 W Faris Rd, Ste 520

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-455-9033

David William Potts

AID Upstate

118 Montgomery Dr

Anderson, SC  29621

Phone: 864-226-9505

John Henry Schrank, Jr.

GHS University Medical Group

Infectious Disease Specialists

890 W Faris Rd, Ste 520

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-455-9033

Gregory T. Valainis

Medical Group of the Carolinas - Internal Medicine

North Grove Medical Park

1330 Boiling Springs Rd, Ste 2500

Spartanburg, SC  29303

Phone: 864-585-5433

Steven Lee Graddick

Internal Medicine Associates 

of Greenville

1025 Verdae Blvd, Ste A

Greenville, SC  29607

Phone: 864-242-4683

Peter S. Maurides

Internal Medicine Associates 

of Greenville

1025 Verdae Blvd, Ste A

Greenville, SC  29607

Phone: 864-242-4683

Sheila O’Grady-Irwin

Internal Medicine Associates 

of Greenville

1025 Verdae Blvd, Ste A

Greenville, SC  29607

Phone: 864-242-4683

Barry Swiger

Foothills Internal Medicine

1648 Gentry Memorial Hwy

Easley, SC  29640

Phone: 864-855-1331

J. John Weems, Jr.

GHS University Medical Group

Infectious Disease Specialists

890 W Faris Rd, Ste 520

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-455-9033

Medical Genetics

Robert Saul

GHS Center for Pediatric Medicine

20 Medical Ridge Dr

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-220-7270

James DeWitt Bearden III

Medical Group of the Carolinas - Hematology Oncology

380 Serpentine Dr, Ste 200

Spartanburg, SC  29303

Phone: 864-560-7050

Jeffrey Kent Giguere

GHS Cancer Institute

131 Lila Doyle Dr

Seneca, SC  29672

Phone: 864-888-3717

Mark Allen O’Rourke

GHS Cancer Institute

65 International Dr

Greenville, SC  29615

Phone: 864-987-7000

Phillip G. Esce

Spartanburg Regional Medical Center

Carolina Orthopaedic and Neurosurgical Associates

1075 Boiling Springs Rd

Spartanburg, SC  29303

Phone: 864-583-7265

Fredy J. Revilla

GHS University Medical Group

Neuroscience Associates

Medical Office Bldg B, Ste 350

200 Patewood Dr

Greenville, SC  29615

Phone: 864-454-4500

Charles David Williams III

GHS Radiology

1210 W Faris Rd

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-295-4410

Eric H. Dellinger

GHS Maternal Fetal Specialists

890 W Faris Rd, Ste 470

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-455-1600

Thompson A. Gailey, Jr.

GHS OB/GYN Center

1120 Grove Rd

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-455-8897

David A. Godwin

Commonwealth Women’s Care

135 Commonwealth Dr, Ste 230

Greenville, SC  29615

Phone: 864-365-0250

Roger H. Gower

Greenville Ob/Gyn Associates

2 Memorial Medical Dr

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-295-4210

Phillip C. Greig

Upstate Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Halton Medical Plaza

373 Halton Rd

Greenville, SC  29607

Phone: 864-331-3230

James E. Hunter IV

Spartanburg Regional Medical Center

Gibbs Cancer Center & 

Research Institute

380 Serpentine Dr, 3rd Fl

Spartanburg, SC  29303

Phone: 864-560-1915

Bruce A. Lessey

GHS University Medical Group

Fertility Center of the Carolinas

890 W Faris Rd, Ste 470

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-455-1600

Paul B. Miller

GHS University Medical Group

Fertility Center of the Carolinas

890 W Faris Rd, Ste 470

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-455-4673

John Edwin Nichols, Jr.

Piedmont Reproductive 

Endocrinology Group

17 Caledon Ct, Ste C

Greenville, SC  29615

Phone: 864-232-7734

Stephen W. Price

Greenville Ob/Gyn Associates

2 Memorial Medical Dr

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-295-4210

Larry Edwin Puls

GHS Cancer Institute

900 W Faris Rd, 3rd Fl

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-404-2010

James Allen Scardo

Medical Group of the Carolinas - Maternal Fetal Medicine

853 N Church St, Ste 610

Spartanburg, SC  29303

Phone: 864-560-1600

Matthew L. Smith

Highlands Center for Women

105 Halton Village Cir

Greenville, SC  29607

Phone: 864-234-1433

Eric H. Troutman

Greenville Ob/Gyn Associates

2 Memorial Medical Dr

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-295-4210

Stephen T. Vermillion

Medical Group of the Carolinas - Maternal Fetal Medicine

853 N Church St, Ste 610

Spartanburg, SC  29303

Phone: 864-560-1600

Michael Antworth

Retina Consultants of Carolina

1126 Grove Rd

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-233-5722

Chris Bergstrom

Retina Consultants of Carolina

1126 Grove Rd

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-233-5722

Famin Chou

Jervey Eye Group

1 Doctors Dr

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-458-3900

James W. Culclasure

Jervey Eye Group

601 Halton Rd

Greenville, SC  29607

Phone: 864-458-3900

Gregg M. Kaiser

Retina Consultants of Carolina

1126 Grove Rd

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-233-5722

John (Trip) Renfro

Retina Consultants of Carolina

1126 Grove Rd

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-233-5722

Harold Ellis Shaw, Jr.

Jervey Eye Group

1 Doctors Dr

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-271-3354

Allan J. Thompson

GHS Eye Institute

109 Fleetwood Dr, Ste B

Easley, SC  29640

Phone: 864-522-3900

Orthopaedic Surgery

Kyle J. Jeray

GHS University Medical Group

Division of Orthopaedic Trauma

Crosscreek Medical Park

105 Doctors Dr

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-797-7060

Stephen Michael Kana

Medical Group of the Carolinas - Sports Medicine

North Grove Medical Park

1330 Boiling Springs Rd, Ste 1540

Spartanburg, SC  29303

Phone: 864-560-2663

John R. Vann

Piedmont Orthopaedic Associates

35 International Dr

Greenville, SC  29615

Phone: 864-234-7654

Augustus J. Goforth III

Carolina ENT

115 Halton Village Cir

Greenville, SC  29607

Phone: 864-281-9440

Elizabeth (Mimi) Bailey

Pathology Associates of Greenville

8 Memorial Medical Ct, Ste 1

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-455-7735

Samuel Horton

Pathology Associates of Greenville

8 Memorial Medical Ct, Ste 1

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-295-3492

John Thomas Latham, Jr.

St. Francis Downtown

Department of Pathology

1 St Francis Dr

Greenville, SC  29601

Phone: 864-449-0603

Jesse R. Stafford

Pathology Associates of Greenville

8 Memorial Medical Ct, Ste 1

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-295-3492

Benjamin Shinn Horne III

GHS University Medical Group

Division of Pediatric Cardiology

Medical Office Bldg A, Ste 200

200 Patewood Dr

Greenville, SC  29615

Phone: 864-454-5120

David Malpass

GHS University Medical Group

Division of Pediatric Cardiology

Medical Office Bldg A, Ste 200

200 Patewood Dr

Greenville, SC  29615

Phone: 864-454-5120

R. Austin Raunikar

GHS University Medical Group

Division of Pediatric Cardiology

Medical Office Bldg A, Ste 200

200 Patewood Dr

Greenville, SC  29615

Phone: 864-454-5120

Angela M. Sharkey

GHS University Medical Group

Division of Pediatric Cardiology

Medical Office Bldg A, Ste 200

200 Patewood Dr

Greenville, SC  29615

Phone: 864-454-5120

Desmond Peyton Kelly

GHS University Medical Group

Gardner Center for Developing Minds

Medical Office Bldg A, Ste 200

200 Patewood Dr

Greenville, SC  29615

Phone: 864-454-5115

James Allen Amrhein

GHS University Medical Group

Division of Pediatric Endocrinology

Medical Office Bldg A, Ste 320

200 Patewood Dr

Greenville, SC  29615

Phone: 864-454-5100

Jonathan E. Markowitz

GHS University Medical Group

Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology

Medical Office Bldg A, Ste 140

200 Patewood Dr

Greenville, SC  29615

Phone: 864-454-5125

Robin Newton LaCroix

GHS University Medical Group

Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease

Medical Office Bldg A, Ste 200

200 Patewood Dr

Greenville, SC  29615

Phone: 864-454-5130

Anthony P. Johnson

Jervey Eye Group

601 Halton Rd

Greenville, SC  29607

Phone: 864-458-3900

Peter Stasikelis

Shriners Hospitals for Children

950 W Faris Rd

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-271-3444

John Michael Wattenbarger

Shriners Hospitals for Children

950 W Faris Rd

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-271-3444

Vladimir Maletic

107 Regency Commons Dr, Ste B

Greer, SC  29650

Phone: 864-848-4448

Bryan L. Ohning

GHS Pediatrix Medical Group 

of South Carolina

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

701 Grove Rd, 6th Fl

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-455-7939

M. Whitson Walker

GHS Pediatrix Medical Group 

of South Carolina

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

701 Grove Rd, 6th Fl

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-455-7939

Addie S. Hunnicutt

GHS University Medical Group

Division of Pediatric Neurology

Medical Office Bldg A, Ste 350

200 Patewood Dr

Greenville, SC  29515

Phone: 864-454-5110

J. Lynn Teague

GHS University Medical Group

Division of Pediatric Urology

Medical Office Bldg A, Ste 115

200 Patewood Dr

Greenville, SC  29615

Phone: 864-454-5135

Kevin W. Kopera

Roger C. Peace Rehabilitation Hospital

701 Grove Rd

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-797-7100

John Barry Bishop

Plastic Surgery Associates

24 Memorial Medical Dr

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-295-4160

Vladimir Maletic

107 Regency Commons Dr, Ste B

Greer, SC  29650

Phone: 864-848-4448

M. Tariq Ansari

GHS University Medical Group

Lung Center

Medical Office Bldg B, Ste 300

200 Patewood Dr

Greenville, SC  29615

Phone: 864-454-4200

Leonard James Cochrane, Jr.

GHS University Medical Group

Lung Center

Medical Office Bldg B, Ste 300

200 Patewood Dr

Greenville, SC  29615

Phone: 864-454-4200

Charles Michael Fogarty

Spartanburg Regional Medical Center

Lung & Chest Medical Associates

2030 N Church Pl

Spartanburg, SC  29303

Phone: 864-582-6858

Lloyd Eugene Hayes

GHS University Medical Group

Lung Center

890 W Faris Rd, Ste 580

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-455-7874

Edward Bert Knight III

Medical Group of the Carolinas - Palliative Care & Senior Health

101 E Wood St

Spartanburg, SC  29303

Phone: 864-560-6012

Joseph S. Kubiak

Palmetto Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates

St. Francis Outpatient Center, Ste 300

3 St Francis Dr

Greenville, SC  29601

Phone: 864-233-8063

Charles V. Mullen

Palmetto Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates

St. Francis Outpatient Center, Ste 300

3 St Francis Dr

Greenville, SC  29601

Phone: 864-233-8063

Wilson Pedrick Smith, Jr.

Spartanburg Regional Medical Center

Lung & Chest Medical Associates

2030 N Church Pl

Spartanburg, SC  29303

Phone: 864-582-6858

Lee Allen Madeline

GHS Radiology

1210 W Faris Rd

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-295-4410

Geneva Louise Hill

Piedmont Arthritis Clinic

3 St Francis Dr, Ste 400

Greenville, SC  29601

Phone: 864-235-8396

Jeffrey G. Lawson

Piedmont Arthritis Clinic

3 St Francis Dr, Ste 400

Greenville, SC  29601

Phone: 864-235-8396

Wilson Pedrick Smith, Jr.

Spartanburg Regional Medical Center

Lung & Chest Medical Associates

2030 N Church Pl

Spartanburg, SC  29303

Phone: 864-582-6858

Timothy Joseph Yeatman

Spartanburg Regional Medical Center

Gibbs Cancer Center & 

Research Institute

380 Serpentine Dr, 3rd Fl

Spartanburg, SC  29303

Phone: 864-560-1900

James E. Stephenson

GHS Cancer Institute

890 W Faris Rd, Ste 320

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-455-1200

J. Erik Busby

GHS University Medical Group

Regional Urology

15 Park Creek Dr

Greenville, SC  29605

Phone: 864-797-7450

Clifton Lide Williams, Jr.

Urology Center of Spartanburg

391 Serpentine Dr, Ste 500

Spartanburg, SC  29303

Phone: 864-585-8221

Mark R. Jackson

Bon Secours Vascular Surgery

317 St Francis Dr, Ste 340

Greenville, SC  29601

Phone: 864-255-1834

Eugene M. Langan III

GHS University Medical Group

Vascular Health Alliance

Medical Office Bldg C, Ste 300

200 Patewood Dr

Greenville, SC  29615

Phone: 864-454-8272