South Carolina Academy of Family Physicians

10/29/2025

Lori Carnsew MD shares her journey as a family physician in founding Verity Primary Medicine & Lifestyle, a DPC practice centered on prevention and healthy living.

10/17/2025

A mobile health unit will be in Spartanburg County this week to provide MMR vaccines. Check out this post for locations and dates.

In response to the ongoing measles outbreak in the Upstate that is centered around Spartanburg County, DPH has activated its Mobile Health Unit to deploy to the following locations this week and next to offer measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccinations to the public at no cost.

-Thursday, Oct. 16: 2-6 p.m. at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, 445 S. Church St., Spartanburg, S.C. 29306

-Friday, Oct. 17: 1-4 p.m. at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, 445 S. Church St., Spartanburg, S.C. 29306

- Monday, Oct. 20: 2-6 p.m. at Boiling Springs Library, 871 Double Bridge Rd., Boiling Springs, S.C. 29316

- Wednesday, Oct. 22: 2-6 p.m. at Wellford Baptist Church, 235 Syphrit Rd., Wellford, S.C., 29385

- Thursday, Oct. 23: 2-6 p.m. at Dr. T. K. Gregg Community Center, 650 Howard St., Spartanburg, S.C., 29303

Read more: https://dph.sc.gov/news/dph-announces-locations-mobile-measles-vaccination-unit-spartanburg-county

10/14/2025

Celebrating Dr. Ada Stewart as the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation's Philanthropist of the Year!

10/14/2025

Congratulations to SCAFP members, Drs. Shen-Wagner, Joel Amidon and Stephen Carek, on their AFP Article of the Year Award!

10/05/2025

The AAFP Congress of Delegates is in full swing in Anaheim, CA, with your South Carolina delegation actively engaged in the proceedings.

09/22/2025

08/16/2025

The Southeastern Family Medicine Forum in Charleston, SC was a resounding success! 🌟 The SC Chapter hosted 11 other participating chapters. Dr. Sarah Nosal, AAFP President-elect, addressed the group alongside other distinguished speakers. Here's to advancing family medicine together!

07/04/2025

The South Carolina Office of Rural Health (SCORH) is deeply concerned about the nearly one trillion dollars in cuts to Medicaid included in the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the potential consequences for rural health care providers. Medicaid is a critical lifeline for rural communities, supporting access to essential health services and sustaining the financial viability of rural hospitals, clinics, and providers. While the funding through the Rural Health Transformation Program will provide some relief, it will not offset the overall cuts to the program.

If a rural community is fortunate enough to have a hospital, it is often the largest employer in the county. If it closes, the ripple effects impact employment, emergency responses, and community health. Cuts to Medicaid don’t just hurt healthcare, they hurt the economic viability of entire rural towns.

SCORH will continue to work with policymakers to carefully consider the impact these changes will have on rural communities and to protect and strengthen Medicaid as a vital tool for improving health outcomes in South Carolina and across the nation.

SCORH remains committed to offer training, education and technical assistance to rural providers and empower rural communities to address their unique challenges on the local level. With 32 percent of our state’s residents living in rural areas, we need to continue to close the gap in health status between rural and urban communities.

06/11/2025

Our patients and staff already know we have the best doctors — and now it’s official! Dr. Lori Carnsew has been honored by her peers as the South Carolina Family Physician of the Year. Congratulations, Dr. Carnsew! 🎉

06/11/2025

Dr. Keith Shealy, SCAFP Board Chair, presents Lori Carnsew MD of Easley, SC with the Family Physician of the Year award at the recent Annual Assembly.

06/10/2025

Check out this funding opportunity for rural health providers!

The South Carolina Office of Rural Health has partnered with the SC Center for Rural and Primary Healthcare to provide a funding opportunity for rural health providers to advance their practices, which includes, but is not limited to, modern technology and learning, computers, information technology (IT) updates, continuing education, and training, and/or portable medical devices.

To find out more about the grant and to apply click the link below!
https://scorh.net/fundingopportunities/