Pathologists With a Purpose

SOUTH CAROLINA SOCIETY OF PATHOLOGY OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Officers

President
Craig F. Hart, MD

Craig F. Hart, MD. obtained a BS in Biology with Honors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He completed his Medical Degree at the UNC school of Medicine and remained at UNC Hospitals for residency training in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. He followed this with a subspecialty fellowship in surgical pathology that included additional cytopathology training. His special interests include head and neck pathology and microbiology.

Immediate Past President

Amy C. Baruch, MD

Amy Baruch, MD MHCDS obtained a BS in Biology from the University of Notre Dame and her Medical Degree from the University of Arizona College of Medicine, where she also completed her residency training in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. She subsequently completed a Cytopathology fellowship at the U.T. MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, and a Masters in Healthcare Delivery Science at Dartmouth College. She is a partner in Carolinas Pathology Group, where she practices general pathology and serves as the medical director for Cytopathology at Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System and Celligent Diagnostics. Outside of work, Amy enjoys running, watching her two daughters play golf and tennis, and serving on the board of the Girls on the Run SC Upstate council.

Treasurer

Jacqueline A. Emery, MD

Dr. Jacqueline Emery graduated as an undergrad from Clemson in Microbiology. Then went on to graduate from MUSC – Charleston Pharmacy School. After that, she attended Medical School at MUSC for her first year. Dr. Emery married and transferred to the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY for 2 -4th medical school and graduated from UK with an MD. Dr. Emery wen to University of Florida Gainesville for residency in anatomic and clinical pathology and did a cytopathology fellowship at Baylor in Houston, TX. She currently works at Professional Pathology Services in Columbia since 2000. Dr. Emery is married to Dr. Daniel Brown – Pediatric Pulmonologist and they have 4 daughters. She simply loves her job and sees every day as a challenge and every day as an opportunity to help.

Secretary/President Elect
Brian C. Willis, M.D.

Brian Willis, MD is a native of northern California but has been residing in the southeast since completing his AP/CP residency at Emory University in Atlanta, GA which he followed with fellowships in gynecologic pathology at University of Virginia and dermatopathology at Emory University. He is a graduate of Loma University School of Medicine. He is currently a staff pathologist at Pathology Associates of Lexington in West Columbia, SC. His interests include bone and soft tissue pathology, ovarian sex-cord stromal tumors, and inflammatory and melanocytic dermatopathology. Outside of work he enjoys watching (and funding) his son’s go-kart racing career.

Executive Committeeperson Chair of Department of Pathology
David N. B. Lewin, MD

Director Gastrointestinal Pathology

Dr. David Lewin is a nationally recognized anatomic and clinical pathologist with subspecialty interest in gastrointestinal (including esophageal), liver and pancreatic pathology. His clinical responsibilities include analysis of gastrointestinal, liver, pancreatic and pulmonary pathology tissue biopsies and surgical resections. Dr. Lewin is the director of gastrointestinal and hepatic pathology. He participates in the thoracic, gastrointestinal and liver multidisciplinary tumor boards. He actively participates in pulmonary and gastrointestinal clinical trials.Dr. Lewin has a number of administrative roles both at MUSC and with national societies. He is the past president of the Gastrointestinal Pathology Society and is on the board of directors of the American Society of Clinical Pathology. He is one of the vice-chairs of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at MUSC. He serves on a numerous committees including the chair of the Institutional Review Board 3 (IRB 3) and the promotion and tenure committee for the university.

Board Certifications: Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology, Pathology Recertificatio