CAMC News
CAMC Physicians Group Welcomes the Following New Physicians: Born and raised in West Virginia, Dr. Chad Lavender knows sports medicine in the Mountain State. A native of Charleston, Dr. Lavender played long snapper for the West Virginia Mountaineers during the 20002002 football seasons. After attending medical school at WVU, he completed an internship and residency in orthopedic surgery at Marshall University in Huntington, where he also helped cover football for the Thundering Herd. Dr. Lavender then completed a sports medicine fellowship at Orthopaedic Research of Virginia in Richmond, VA, where he participated in providing coverage for Virginia Tech football. Currently, he helps provide coverage for high school sports in Kanawha County as well as the University of Charleston athletics. With a strong background in regional sports medicine, Dr. Lavender is uniquely suited for serving the people of southern West Virginia. He specializes in arthroscopic knee and shoulder surgeries, including shoulder and knee reconstruction, shoulder arthritis, rotator cuff tears, cartilage injuries, meniscus tears, knee and shoulder instability, and bicep pain or injury. Dr. Lavender joins the CAMC Physicians Group Orthopedic Surgery practice and welcomes new patients at (304) 388-3580. Audrey Hunt, MD, is a general ophthalmologist licensed as a physician and surgeon. She offers medical and surgical services such as cataract surgery, LASIK, eyelid surgery, laser procedures for glaucoma and retina, and injections for treatment of agerelated macular degeneration and diabetes. Dr. Hunt completed medical school at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX. She completed her ophthalmology training at the world-renowned Loma Linda University in California with a special international rotation at the Lusaka Eye Hospital in Zambia. She also received specialized training in the latest LASIK and PRK refractive techniques at the
United States Navy Medical Center in San Diego, CA. Dr. Hunt joins the CAMC Physicians Group Ophthalmology practice and welcomes new patients at (304) 388-6620. Huseyin Kadikoy, MD, is a licensed general ophthalmologist specializing in medical and surgical services, including cataract surgery, eyelid surgery, LASIK, laser procedures for glaucoma and retina, injections for treatment of age-related macular degeneration and diabetes. Dr. Kadikoy was trained at the world-renowned Kresge Eye Institute in Detroit, MI. He also received specialized training at the Beaumont Hospital in the latest LASIK and PRK refractive techniques. Dr. Kadikoy completed his internship at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. Dr. Kadikoy joins the CAMC Physicians Group Ophthalmology practice and welcomes new patients at (304) 388-6620. Marcus Shaffer, MD, specializes in pediatric otolaryngology. Dr. Shaffer completed his general otolaryngology residency at the West Virginia University Department of Otolaryngology in Morgantown, WV. He then completed a fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Shaffer specializes in procedures related to the ears (infectious, cochlear implant), nose, sinuses, tonsils, voice box, airway, neck (masses and cysts), thyroid, parathyroids, and salivary glands (parotid, submandibular). Dr. Shaffer joins the CAMC Physicians Group Pediatric ENT practice and welcomes new patients at (304) 388-2950. Dr. Samip Borad, MD, MHA, practices general neurology with a focus in epilepsy. He earned his medical degree in neurology from Pandit Deedayal Upadhayay Medical College
(PDUMC) Saurashtra University in Rajkot, India, and completed a fellowship in clinical neurology (EEG) at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. He also earned his master’s degree in health service administration from Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, TX. Dr. Borad is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society. Dr. Borad joins the CAMC Physicians Group Neurology practice and welcomes new patients at (304) 388-6441. R. N. Haricharan, MD, MPH, specializes in both pediatric surgery and pediatric urology. Dr. Haricharan completed his general surgery residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He then completed a fellowship in pediatric surgery and received additional training in pediatric urology at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Canada. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery in pediatric surgery. Dr. Haricharan specializes in diagnosing and treating a variety of pediatric surgical and urological conditions, from the commonplace to the complex, to ensure that young patients have the best care possible. Dr. Haricharan joins the CAMC Physicians Group Pediatric Surgery practice and welcomes new patients at (304) 388-1770. Ereny M. Bishara, DO, graduated from New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of New York Institute of Technology with a specialty in orthopedic surgery. She completed a residency with Inspira Heath Network in New Jersey, and then completed a residency and internship with the Peninsula Hospital Center in Far Rockaway, NY. Dr. Bishara was a fellow at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. She joins the CAMC Physicians Group Orthopedic Trauma practice – (304) 3887700. Volume 5 - Issue 2 • 2014
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