Dr. Stoney Abercrombie, Director of Medical
Education at AnMed Health, was recognized as the 2013-2014 Preceptor of the
Year by the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) Medical School for
Excellence in Student Clinical Education. VCOM Associate Dean Dr. Paul Switzer
presented the award at the annual AnMed Health medical staff dinner meeting on
October 2.
AnMed Health presently has 24 third and fourth year medical students in
clinical training. Twenty-three are from VCOM and one is from MUSC. In the
summer of 2015, the incoming third year class will have six medical students
from VCOM and six from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC).
A native of Six Mile, SC, Dr. Abercrombie is a graduate of Clemson
University, MUSC, and the Family Medicine Residency Program of the Greenville
Hospital System. He served as a flight surgeon in the United States Army for
two years and practiced for eight years in Seneca prior to entering academia. Dr.
Abercrombie has previously served as the Family Medicine Residency Training
Director at both AnMed Health and Self Regional Healthcare, as well as serving
as the Executive Director of the South Carolina AHEC.
Dr. Abercrombie has been recognized as the South Carolina Family
Physician of the Year and one of the top ten finalists for the American Family
Physician of the Year. He also helped develop the rural residency track in
Seneca.
Please join the South Carolina AHEC in congratulating Dr. Abercrombie on
his achievements!