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About The South Carolina Academy

The 2009-10 SCAFP Board of Directors

The South Carolina Academy of Family Physicians is the state's largest primary care medical specialty society. Family physicians are unique because they are trained and qualified to treat up to 90 percent of all conditions and care for all family members: men, women, the elderly, and children of all ages.

SCAFP Executive Officers 2009/10

President

Walter Connor, MD

Walter Conner, MD

Walter E. Connor, MD is a native of South Carolina and was born and raised in Sumter , SC. He attented the University of South Carolina for undergraduate and graduated from the 4th Class out of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in 1984. After completing residency at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Gadsden Alabama, Dr. Connor entered private practice in Orangeburg, SC. Practacing for 10 1/2 years. He then joined the faculty at McLeod Family Medcine Residency Program in Florence, SC in January of 1998.

Dr. Connor has taught at McLeod for 10 years and serves as the Associate Director for Technology and Patient Care Services. Dr. Connor has special interests in procedural medicine and spends much of his time teaching Family Medcine Residents to do upper and lower endoscopic procedures at McLeod.

He is married to Derinda A. Connor, RN and has 2 children Ryan Connor who is a senior at the University of South Carolina and a daughter Amanda Connor who is a freshman in the nursing program at Florence-Darlington Technical College.


President-Elect

Fran Mixson Kunda, MD

Fran Mixson Kunda, MD

Dr. Kunda is a native of South Carolina and was born and raised in Orangeburg, SC. She graduated from the College of Charleston and the Medical University of South Carolina and completed her Family Medicine Residency at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center

After Private Practice in Spartanburg, SC, she is currently practicing at Boiling Springs Family Medicine.

She and her husband Dean and children Josh, Ashlyn, Derek, and Ryan live in Boiling Springs, SC. Dr. Kunda enjoys going to Honduras on medical mission trips and working at St. Luke's Free Medical Clinic in Spartanburg.


Vice President

Darron J. Molter, MD

Darron Molter, MD

Dr. Molter is a graduate of Rutgers University and the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). He completed his family medicine residency at UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School's Family Medicine Residency Program at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ. He practices with North Myrtle Beach Family Practice in North Myrtle Beach, SC. He and wife Debbie have 2 children, Katie and Brian.


Secretary/Treasurer

Jony Bolinger, MD

Jony Bolinger, MD

A native of Gaffney, South Carolina, Dr. Bolinger is a graduate of Wofford College and the Medical University of South Carolina.

She completed her residency in Family Medicine at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. She practices with the Baptist Upstate Physicians at the Medical Center in Easley, SC. Married to fellow Wofford alumni, Steve, they have one gregarious son, Stephen.


Immediate Past President & Board Chair

H. Griffin Cupstid, MD

H. Griffin Cupstid, MD

Dr. Cupstid was born in Columbia, SC. He graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in 1983, and completed a residency in family medicine at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center in 1986, serving as Chief Resident. Dr. Cupstid has practiced in Cowpens, SC since 1988. His practice is affiliated with Mary Black Health System, and he currently serves on its Board of Trustees and as a representative to the Triad National Physician Leadership Group. Dr. Cupstid and his wife Betty reside in Spartanburg. They have three children.


SCAFP Board Directors & Representatives - 2007/08
District ILori Carnsew, MDLiberty, SC
District II Jack Brunson, MDGreer, SC
District IIICarla F. Gentry, MD Spartanburg, SC
District IVGary A. Goforth, MD Greenwood, SC
District VBrandon Sick, MDRock Hill, SC
District VIScott Dacus, MDLexington, SC
District VIIPatricia Witherspoon, MDColumbia, SC
District VIIIR. Dale Padgett, MDBamberg, SC
District IXDavid Rodgers, MDBonneau, SC
District XGerald Congdon, MDPawleys Island, SC
District XIB. Wade Lamb, MDFlorence, SC
District XIIChad Huberty, MDMyrtle Beach, SC
District XIIIVanessa A. Diaz, MDCharleston, SC
Member-at-LargeChad Huberty, MDMyrtle Beach, SC
Member-at-LargeHugh Durrence, MDCharleston, SC
New PhysiciansAda Stewart, MDLiberty, SC
AAFP Delegates
David Keisler, MD
Stoney Abercrombie, MD
Ralph Riley, MD
Gilbert, SC
Anderson, SC
Columbia, SC
AAFP Alternate
Delegates
Tan J. Platt, MD
W. Hugh Morgan, MD
Columbia, SC
Johnston, SC
SCMA DelegateNeal Shealy, MDVarnville, SC
SCMA Alternate DelegateH. Griffin Cupstid, MDCowpens, SC
Resident Board Member
   (Ex-Officio)
Christy Cavanaugh, MD

Greenwood, SC

FMIG Presidents


Callie Carroll
Caitlin M. Kibbey
Columbia, SC
Charleston, SC

Legislative CoordinatorSally Rogers, Esq.Columbia, SC
Executive Vice PresidentPaquita TurnerLaurens, SC
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