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  Jun 19, 2025
 
2011-2012 Graduate Studies Bulletin 
  
2011-2012 Graduate Studies Bulletin [Archived Catalog]

School of Medicine


Faculty

Faculty members participating in the biomedical science graduate programs are designated by an asterisk (*).
Faculty members participating in the genetic counseling graduate program are designated by a double asterisk (**).
Faculty members participating in the rehabilitation counseling graduate program are designated by a triple asterisk (***).
Faculty members participating in the nurse anesthesia graduate program are designated by a cross (+).


Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Affiliated Biochemistry Section

James M. Sodetz, Director

Professors
John H. Dawson,* Ph.D., Stanford University, 1976
W. Stephen Kistler,* Ph.D., Harvard University, 1970
James M. Sodetz,* Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 1975
 
Associate Professor
Paul R. Thompson,* Ph.D., McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, 2000
 
Assistant Professors
Caryn E. Outten*, Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2001
F. Wayne Outten*, Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2001

Cell Biology and Anatomy

Joseph S. Janicki, Ph.D., Chair

Professors
Charles A. Blake, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1972
Joseph S. Janicki, Ph.D., University of Alabama, 1974
Martin Morad, Ph.D., State University of New York, 1965
Price, Robert,* Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, 1983
Wells, James, M.D., University of Florida Medical School, 1976

Associate Professors
Gregory L. Brower,* D.V.M., Texas A&M University, 1987, Ph.D., Auburn University, 1998
Wayne Carver,* Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1988
Lars Cleemann, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1988
John Fuseler, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1973
Edie C. Goldsmith,* Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1996
Richard Goodwin,* Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1998
Holly A. LaVoie,* Ph.D., Medical College of Virginia, 1994
Lance Paulman, Ph.D., University of South Carolina School of Medicine 1998,
Chandrashekhar Patel,* M.D., Ph.D., Karnataka State, India, 1987
Jay Potts,* Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1991
Ann Ramsdell, Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina, 1996
Scott Supowit,* Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine, 1981

Assistant Professor
Erika L. Blanck, DPT, University of South Carolina, 2005
Taixing Cui,* M.D., Ph.D., Ehime University School of Medicine, Japan, 2001
Daping, Fan,* M.D., Ph.D., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 2004
Susan M. Lessner,* Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000
Scott P. Levick, Ph.D., University of Queensland, Australia, 2005
Hong Lu, M.D., Ph.D., Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
Valarmathi M. Thiruvanamalai, M.D., Ph.D., All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, 2003


Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science

Meera Narasimhan, M.D., Interim Chair

Associate Professor
Linda Leech,*** Ph.D., Ohio University, 1998
 
Assistant Professors
Kerry R. Lachance***, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 2006
Brian Kamnetz***, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2003
Michael Walsh***, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 2009
 

Obstetrics and Gynecology

 
Janice L. Bacon, M.D., Chair, University of South Florida, 1979
 
Professors
Robert G. Best,** Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1986
Janice G. Edwards,** M.S., Sarah Lawrence College, 1981
 
Associate Professors
Paul C. Browne, M.D., Duke University School of Medicine, 1981
Judith T. Burgis, M.D., University of South Carolina School of Medicine, 1989
Anthony R. Gregg, M.D., Loyola Stritch School of Medicine, 1980
 

Assistant Professors

Katryna Bogovich, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1976
Jennifer A. Greene, M.D., Universidad Iberoamericana, (UNIBE), 2001
John M. Herbert, M.D., Medical University of South Carolina, 1976
Seema Menon, M.D., Wayne State School of Medicine, 2001

Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology

Mitzi Nagarkatti, Chair

Professors
Alvin Fox, Ph.D., University of Leeds, 1976
Mitzi Nagarkatti, Ph.D., Defense R. & D. Establishment, 1981
Prakash Nagarkatti, Ph.D., Defense R & D. Establishment, 1981
Carole Pillinger, M.D., Medical University of South Carolina, 1981
Lucia Pirisi-Creek, M.D., University of Sassari, 1983
Swapan Ray, Ph.D., University of Calcutta, 1989

Associate Professors
Ashok Chauhan, Ph.D., Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, 1996
Karen Fox, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1989
Jeffrey Patton, Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1984
Narendra Singh, Ph.D., Institute of Cytology-Academy of Sciences, 1991

Assistant Professors
Walden Ai, Ph.D., Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1995
James Catroppo, M.D., L’Universita delgi Studi “La Sapienza” di Roma, 1994
Kevin Carnevale, M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1990
Hongbing Guan, MD, Ph.D., Hunan Medical University, 1995
Venkatesh Hegde, Ph.D., University of Mysore, 2004
Carol McMahon, M.D., Howard University College of Medicine, 1980
Angela Murphy, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 2004
Jennifer Nyland, Ph.D., State University of New York, 2003
Cory Robinson, Ph.D., Miami University, 2004
Udai Singh, Ph.D., Banaras Hindu University, 1992
Ugra Singh, Ph.D., Central Drug Research Institute, Kanpur University, 1980
Juhua Zhou, Ph.D., University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 1999


Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience

Marlene A. Wilson, Chair

Professors
Alexander J. McDonald,* Ph.D., West Virginia University, 1978
Marlene A. Wilson,*+ Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1985
Steven P. Wilson,*+ Ph.D., Duke University, 1976
Norman Pedigo, Ph.D., Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1977
 
Associate Professors
James R. Augustine,* Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1973
James Buggy,*+ Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1974
Jim R. Fadel,*+ Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1998
Janet Fisher,*+ Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1994
Paul R. Housley,*+ Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1981
David D. Mott,*+ Ph.D., Duke University, 1991
Lawrence P.Reagan,*+ Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1995
Sarah M. Sweitzer,*+ Ph.D., Dartmouth Medical School, 2001
Kenneth B. Walsh,*+ Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 1986
Kristi H. Williams,+ CRNA, M.S., University of South Carolina, 1982
L. Britt Wilson,*+ Ph.D., LSU Medical Center New Orleans, 1988
 
Assistant Professors
Norma Frizzell, *+Ph.D., The Queens University of Belfast, 2004
Claudia A. Grillo, Ph.D., University of Buenos Aires, 1996
Winston King,+ CRNA, M.S., Medical University of South Carolina, 1989
Kevin J. LeBlanc, CRNA, M.S., University of South Carolina, 2005
Jay F. Muller, Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center,1987
Gerardo G. Piroli, Ph.D., University of Buenos Aires, 1994
Gilbert Ritchie, Ph.D., University of Alabama Birmingham, 1987
Richard P. Wilson, CRNA, MNA, University of South Carolina, 2006

A listing of faculty with term appointments to graduate faculty status is available at http://gradschool.sc.edu/facstaff/faculty.asp.