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Med staff news MIDLANDS GI practice has new location, infusion center and doctor. Palmetto Health-USC Pediatric Gastroenterology, part of Prisma Health, has moved to 14 Richland Medical Park Dr., Ste. 310, Columbia, SC 29203. Hours are Monday– Thursday, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., and Fridays, 9 a.m–noon. Pediatric GI services are also being offered once a month in Sumter and Fort Mill to better serve patients and their families. The practice’s new infusion center provides in-office Infusions every weekday. To schedule pediatric patients for an infusion, please call 803-434-8450 and ask for Jennifer. The center will send blank written orders for your convenience. In the Upstate, pediatric infusion services are available at 57 Cross Part Ct., Greenville, SC 29605. To refer a patient there, call 864-220-2009. Narendra Yallanki, MD, has joined Prisma Health as a pediatric gastroenterologist. Dr. Yallanki received his medical degree from Siddhartha Medical College in Vijayawada, India. He completed both a residency in Pediatrics and a fellowship at SUNY Downstate Medical Center/State University of New York in Brooklyn, New York. Board certified in General Pediatrics, he is a clinical assistant professor of Pediatrics at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia. He can be reached at 803-434-8450.
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Welcome to these new physicians in the Midlands and Upstate. All are or are in the process of being approved as clinical assistant professors at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia or Greenville, depending on their location.
MIDLANDS Inpatient Pediatrics Scott Carney, MD, received his medical degree from the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences. Following a residency in Pediatrics at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia, he completed a fellowship in Primary Care at Michigan State University. He can be reached at 803-434-6155.
Pediatric Neurology Mary Gregory, MD, earned her medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Following a residency in Pediatrics at Baystate Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine, she completed fellowships in Neurodevelopmental Medicine and Epilepsy, both at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Gregory can be reached at 803-434-7961.
UPSTATE Child Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Casey Berson, MD, completed medical school at St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies. Dr. Berson then completed a combined fellowshipresidency through the Triple Board program at the University of Kentucky in Lexington and is board certified in Pediatrics, Adult Psychiatry and Child Psychiatry. She can be reached at 864-454-5612.
