Greenville, South Carolina – Upstate Area Health Education Center (AHEC) has achieved provider status with…
Upstate Physician Named SC AHEC Preceptor of the Year
Dr. Lindsey Clarke is a committed teacher and mentor of medical students. Not only is he an outstanding family physician at the Montgomery Center for Family Medicine at Self Regional Hospital in Greenwood, he is an outstanding teacher and professional role model for both third and fourth year students and medical residents at the Montgomery Center.
Dr. Clarke never hesitates to take a student, usually taking more than one student per rotation. Additionally, Dr. Clarke goes above and beyond to help locate and provide housing for students when housing options are scarce. Dr. Clarke’s help with housing has been essential to student success in that rural area
Dr. Clarke also serves as the board chair of the Upstate not-for-profit organization Volunteers in Medical Missions. He has served as board chairman for several years and exhibits passion and commitment for impoverished, hurting people in developing countries of the world as well as embodies a high level of ethical standards and leadership. His personal characteristics are as exemplary as his clinical knowledge. Under his mentorship, AHEC medical students are getting the best opportunity possible to develop as physicians as well as individuals. Altogether, this is why Dr. Lindsey Clarke is the embodiment of the South Carolina AHEC Preceptor of the Year.