MEDICAL STAFF SPOTLIGHT Children’s Hospital of Greenville Health System (GHS) welcomes one new physician and announces three new medical directors.
Meet Our New Physicians General Pediatrics Sarah B. G. Hinton, MD, earned her medical degree from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia. She completed her residency training in internal medicine-pediatrics at GHS, where she served as chief resident in 2013-14. Dr. Hinton is working at the Center for Pediatric Medicine. She can be reached at (864) 220-7270.
New Community Pediatricians We welcome the addition of three pediatricians to GHS-owned practices.
Dr. Bragg
Dr. Hefty
New Medical Directors R. Austin Raunikar, MD, was named senior medical director for Subspecialty Pediatrics, and Carley Howard, MD, was named senior medical director for Primary Care Pediatrics in November 2015. Dr. Raunikar has served as a physician with the Division of Pediatric Cardiology since 1994. He recently served as chief of the GHS Medical Staff. Dr. Howard completed her pediatrics residency at Children’s Hospital in 2008. She started the GHS Pediatric Inpatient/ Nursery service and helped coordinate a pediatric urgent care clinic at AnMed Health’s Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Anderson, S.C. Dr. Howard also helped develop the new Delivery Buddy telehealth solution for neonatal resuscitation and PICU transfers (see p. 5).
Dr. Raunikar
Dr. Howard
Dr. Thomas
K. Leigh Bragg, MD, has joined Pediatric Associates–Easley. She can be reached at (864) 855-0001. Cary A. Hefty, MD, has joined GHS Pediatrics & Internal Medicine–Wade Hampton. She is trained in MedicinePediatrics. She can be reached at (864) 522-5000. Jenny Thomas, MD, has joined Pediatric Associates– Spartanburg. She can be reached at (864) 582-8135.
Psychologist Joins Supportive Care Team Julie S. Jones, PsyD, has joined Children’s Hospital’s Supportive Care Team. Dr. Jones earned a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond. She completed a psychology residency at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Jones earned her Doctor of Psychology from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University in Atlanta, where she majored in child psychology. She can be reached at (864) 455-5129.
Joshua Brownlee, MD, assumed the role of medical director for the Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease. Dr. Brownlee has been part of this division since 2012 and has served as medical student (M3) clerkship director.
Dr. Brownlee
Dr. Kolarik Appointed As Reviewer Russ Kolarik, MD, director of GHS’ Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program, has been selected to be a reviewer for the Journal of Graduate Medical Education. The peer-reviewed journal works to inform and engage the graduate medical education community to improve the quality of graduate medical education. Dr. Kolarik has been actively involved with the Association for Program Directors in Internal Medicine. He served as president of the Med-Peds Program Directors Association in 2013-14. 7