Twelve physicians and five nurse practitioners from CMA will be part of the practice with the new name Medical Group of the Carolinas – Medical Affiliates – North Grove. The address and phone number of the practice will remain the same.
Medical Group of the Carolinas has more than 300 physicians across 22 specialties, ranging from primary care to oncology, general to cardiothoracic surgery and everything in-between. MGC physicians serve patients in 11 counties across the Carolinas and make up almost half the medical staff at Spartanburg Medical Center, which was voted the number one regional hospital in South Carolina by U.S. News and World Report.
The physicians practicing at the MGC – Medical Affiliates – North Grove include:
Annette Bennett-Burnett, M.D. – received her medical degree from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia. Bennett-Burnett is board-certified in internal medicine.
Jeffrey Clary, M.D. – received his medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Wake Forest University, Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. Clary is board-certified in internal medicine. Clary has special interests in lipid/cholesterol disorders, sleep disorders, diabetes mellitus and connective tissue diseases.
Chris Cutshall, M.D. – received his medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Greenville Health System in Greenville. Cutshall is board-certified in internal medicine.
Coy Eaton, M.D. – received his medical degree from the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Ky. He completed his residency in internal medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Eaton is board-certified in internal medicine.
James Halla, M.D. – received his medical degree from the University of Texas in Galveston, Texas. He completed his residency at Ohio State University Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Halla also completed a fellowship in clinical immunology and rheumatology at the University of Alabama in Birmingham School of Medicine. He is board-certified in rheumatology.
Yoganand Hiremath, M.D. – received his medical degree from the University of Missouri in Kansas City, Mo. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Hiremath also completed a fellowship in cardiology, including an additional year of training in interventional cardiology, at Washington University, Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. He is board-certified in cardiology and interventional cardiology.
Robin Go, M.D. – received his medical degree from the University of the Philippines and completed his residency training at Wake Forest University, Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, N.C. Go pursued an allergy and immunology fellowship at Harvard Medical School Children’s Hospital and Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston. He completed further training in clinical laboratory immunology at the University of California in Irvine, Calif. Go is board-certified in allergy, asthma and immunology.
Robert Macdonald, M.D. – received his medical degree from Dalhousie University in Canada. He completed his residency in internal medicine and cardiology at Dalhousie University. Macdonald completed a research fellowship at the Canadian Heart Foundation at the University of Florida. He also completed a clinical and research fellowship in interventional cardiology at the University of Florida. Macdonald is board-certified in cardiology and interventional cardiology.
Doug Rieth, M.D. – received his medical degree from Vanderbilt University Medical School in Nashville, Tenn. He completed his residency in internal medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Rieth is board-certified in internal medicine. He has special interest and training in osteoporosis management, including a Clinical Densitometrist certification.
Henry Shugart, M.D. – received his medical degree from Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. He completed his residency in internal medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Shugart is board-certified in internal medicine.
Greg Valainis, M.D. – received his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia. He completed his residency in internal medicine while serving as chief resident at the University of Florida Health Science Center in Jacksonville, Fla. Valainis completed a fellowship in infectious disease at Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation in New Orleans. He is board-certified in internal medicine and infectious disease.
Mark Ward, M.D. – received his medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He also completed his residency in internal medicine the Medical University of South Carolina. Ward completed a fellowship in allergy and immunology at Wake Forest University, Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. He is board-certified in allergy and immunology and internal medicine.