Faculty and Staff
Karen Isaacs, MD, MPH
| Title: | Clinical Associate Professor |
| Family Medicine | |
| School of Medicine Greenville | |
| E-mail: | karen.isaacs@prismahealth.org |
Bio
| Background: | I was first introduced to public health during two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in southern Tanzania, where I saw how education, economic conditions, and civic infrastructure all shape community health. Graduate studies deepened this interest and led me to medical school, where family medicine was a natural fit. I trained at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, NC, then practiced full-spectrum as a faculty member and also worked as a medical director for a community nonprofit called Wilmington Health Access for Teens. Since 2018, I have been a full-time residency faculty member, with an interest in exploring how to best care for vulnerable populations. I joined the residency program in Greer, SC, after two years in rural western NC. |
| Teaching Interest(s): | health equity, harm reduction |
| Research Interest(s): | medical education, population health |
| Honors & Awards: | Faculty Preceptor of the Year Fellow of AAFP Visiting Junior Professor Program Excellence in Family Medicine Award Family Medicine Resident Award for Scholarship Resident Teacher Award STFM Resident Teacher Award Outstanding Resident Award Intern Travel Award Weinberg Scholarship, Wake Forest University SOM Robert P Vidinghoff Memorial Award for Family Medicine Schweitzer Fellowship: Counseling for Health Behavior Change Becton-Tannenbaum International Travel Fund Award “Healthcare for Underserved Populations” Best Paper / Best Presentation James R Briley Scholarship Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health, Theta chapter Leslie Pate Whitehead Public Health Scholarship |
| Professional Affiliations: | Council of Science Editors Member South Carolina Academy of Family Physicians Member Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors Member Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Member American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology Member American Academy of Family Physicians Fellow North Carolina Medical Society Member North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians Member New Hanover-Pender County Medical Society Member Society of Adolescent Health and Medicine Member |