GHS Faculty

Kerry Sease, M.D.
Pediatrics Program Director
Dr. Sease received her medical degree from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in 1998. She then completed her Pediatric residency at the Greenville Hospital System in 2001.  After residency, Dr. Sease completed a General Academic Pediatric Fellowship with the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, finishing in 2003. Dr. Sease returned to the Greenville Hospital System as faculty with the Department of Pediatrics in July 2003. She received the outstanding faculty teaching award her first year on faculty and served as Associate Program Director for the Pediatric training program from 2005-2006 until she took over as the program director in 2006. Dr. Sease’s academic interests include resident education, advocacy and obesity.

Michael Fuller, M.D.
Internal Medicine Program Director
Vice Chairman for Faculty Development and Education-Department of Medicine
Dr. Fuller received his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, VA where he graduated in 1990. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN in 1993.  After residency, he completed fellowships in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Alabama-Birmingham in 1996. From 1996-2004, Dr. Fuller practiced in Georgia and North Carolina.  In 2004, he joined the Internal Medicine teaching faculty at the Greenville Hospital System. He has served as an Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency since 2007, and will be taking over as Program Director in October of 2011.   In January, 2008 Dr. Fuller was appointed Vice Chairman for Faculty Development and Education for the Department of Medicine. Dr. Fuller’s academic interests include resident and student educational innovations, history of medicine, and faculty development.

Jon F. Lucas, MD
Pediatric Cardiology
Associate Program Director, Pediatric Residency 
Director, Congenital Cardiac Imaging
Medical Director, Pediatric Echocardiography
Dr. Lucas received his medical degree from Albanay Medical College. He completed his pediatric residency at Medical University of South Carolina and pediatric cardiology fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC. In 2005, Dr. Lucas joined the faculty in the GHS Department of Pediatrics and was appointed Associate Director for the Pediatric Residency Program in 2010. He received the Residents Teaching Award in 2006. Dr. Lucas' major clinical interests and responsibilities include Cardiac MRI, Cardiac CT, Echocardiography, Fetal Echocardiography, and General Pediatric Cardiology.

Jennifer A. Hudson, M.D.
Pediatrics Associate Program Director
Dr. Hudson received her medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina in 1997, where she graduated a member of AOA Honor Medical Society.  She completed her Pediatric residency with Greenville Hospital System, receiving the Jackson Award as an intern and the Miracle Maker Award as a senior resident.  Dr. Hudson then served as Chief Resident for the program and joined faculty as Medical Director of the Newborn Nursery in 2000.  She was honored with the Matthews Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award in 2005.  She has served as the Associate Program Director for the Pediatric residency at GHS since 2006.  Dr. Hudson’s special academic interests include breastfeeding, environmental health, and residency curriculum design.

William F. Schmidt, M.D., Ph.D.
Chairman, Department of Pediatrics
Medical Director, Children’s Hospital
Dr. Schmidt received his PhD in 1975 from the Duke University Department of Physiology and Pharmacology and his medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine in 1976. He completed his Pediatric Residency with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.  After residency, Dr. Schmidt finished a Pediatric Hematology Fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania. In 1994, he completed the University of North Carolina Comphealth/Kron Scholars Program on Management in Health Care for Physician Executives.  Since 1990, Dr. Schmidt has served as Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics, as well as the Medical Director for Children’s Hospital at Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center. Dr. Schmidt is a practicing pediatric hematologist-oncologist. 

 
Jerry Youkey, M.D.
Vice President for Medical Services and Dean of Academic Services
Dr. Youkey joined the system in 1998. Previously, he served as Chief, Department of Surgery, and Director, Peripheral Vascular Fellowship program, at Geisinger Medical Center. Dr. Youkey earned a medical degree from Marquette University Medical School and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University. He completed a General Surgery residency at William Beaumont Army Medical Center and a fellowship in Peripheral Vascular Surgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He also served in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged in 1984 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, Medical Corps. Certified by the American Board of Surgery in General Surgery and General Vascular Surgery, he is a member of numerous professional societies and is widely published in the field of general vascular surgery. Dr. Youkey holds the academic appointment of Professor and Associate Dean at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and the Medical University of South Carolina.  Dr. Youkey has been instrumental in establishing and supporting the Med-Peds program at the Greenville Health System.

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