Medical Education

University of South Carolina School of Medicine, MD, 1999
Residencies
Palmetto Health Richland, 2002
Fellowships
Georgetown University School of Medicine, 2003
Specialties
Family Medicine

Board Certifications

American Board of Family Medicine, 2009
American Board of Family Medicine, 2002

Research Interests/Areas of Expertise

Graduate Medical Education

Cardiovascular Health

Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development

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Biography

Dr. Carter began his career in medical education with the Atlanta Medical Center Family Medicine Residency. He returned to the USC School of Medicine in 2005 as the Assistant Residency Director. He subsequently served as Residency Director from 2007 to 2017.  He then served as the first Director of the South Carolina Center for Rural and Primary Healthcare and Associate Designated Official for Graduate Medicine Education at Palmetto Health. Since 2020 he has served the department’s Vice Chair for Academics, the School of Medicine’s Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, and the GME Executive and DIO for Prisma Health Midlands.

In addition to graduate medical education, he has been involved throughout his career in peer education and professional development for Family Medicine specialists. He serves as the Chair of the Adult Medicine course for the American Academy of Family Physicians.  He’s a recipient of the SC AHEC Halford Award for Leadership in Humane Education and the School of Medicine Dean’s Leadership Award.

Publications

Neutze D, Hodge B, Steinbacher E, Carter C, Donahue K, Carek P. The Practice is the Curriculum. Fam Med 2021; 53(7):567-574. 

Mayeaux EJ, Carter C, Murphy T. Ingrown Toenail Management. Am Fam Physician; 2019; 100(3): 158-164. 

Carter C, Allen KC. Prostate Cancer. In: Usatine R (ed): Color Atlas and Synopsis of Family Medicine, 3rd edition. McGraw Hill, 2019:462-469.