Evert Eriksson, MD joined the Division of General Surgery, Section of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery in October 2009.

"I was born in Colorado but grew up in North Carolina and Florida. I returned to Colorado for college where I majored in Chemical Engineering with a Biomedical specialty. I then attended the University of Colorado for Medical School where I first became interested in Trauma and Critical Care working at Denver Health Medical Center. I completed my General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care training at Michigan State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. My clinical interests include: advanced cardiovascular and neurologic monitoring, head injury, advanced ventilatory support strategies, fat embolism, surgical education, and the effects of surgery and trauma on the endocrine system. My wife, Julie, and I are expecting our first child and are excited to explore South Carolina and the Charleston area!"

Milton Armstrong, MD joined the Division of Plastic Surgery as Division Chief in September 2009. 

Dr. Armstrong graduated from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Illinois. He completed his General Surgery training at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA. Residency in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery followed at Tulane University in New Orleans. He subsequently completed a Fellowship in Hand Surgery at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine program in Houston, Texas.  Dr. Armstrong’s first academic position was at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, where he established a curriculum for educating Plastic Surgery residents in hand surgery and developed a very busy practice in Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery. While at Ohio State, he served in the Dean’s office for four years as Dean of Student Affairs and subsequently Dean of Minority Student Affairs.  He was then recruited to the faculty at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine in 1999. He was Chief of Plastic Surgery at the Miami Veteran’s Affairs Hospital. During his tenure in Miami, a Section of Hand and Microsurgery was developed.  Dr. Armstrong is the editor of the textbook “Lower Extremity Trauma”. He has written numerous book chapters and has over 25 peer-reviewed articles. He has served as an examiner for the Oral Examination for the American Board of Plastic Surgery, and the editorial board for Annals of Plastic Surgery. He is board certified in Plastic Surgery and earned a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Hand Surgery.

“My personal future goals as the new Chief are to provide strong leadership, guidance and innovative vision to the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina. I will work to improve basic and clinical science research, enhance our clinical workload and academic productivity. Finally, a strong Hand Surgery rotation will be developed, in a collaborative manner, to benefit our resident trainees.”

Paige Teller, MD joined the Division of General Surgery, Section of Surgical Oncology in July 2009. 

"I am very excited to be starting my career in Breast Surgical Oncology at MUSC. My education and training has kept me traveling up and down the East coast. After growing up in Burlington, CT, I spent my undergraduate years in Atlanta at Emory University. My postgraduate studies took me to back north to Boston. I received a M.A. of Medical Science and conducted cardiac physiology laboratory research at Boston University. Medical school kept me in “Beantown” at Tufts University. For general surgery residency, I migrated further up the coast to Maine Medical Center. During my residency, I was fortunate to be involved in statewide cancer care initiatives. This past year, I came back down south to Emory for my breast surgical oncology fellowship. In fellowship, I developed a particular interest in hereditary breast cancer risk.My husband, Chris, and I are ready to “grow some roots” and look forward to doing so seaside in the Charleston area."

William M. Yarbrough, MD joined the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Section of Adult CT Surgery in July 2009. 

"After being away for several years, my wife, Ashley, and I couldn’t be more excited about our return to South Carolina and the Medical University. Both of us grew up in and around the Columbia, SC area and our extended families reside nearby. Ashley pursued her nursing and nurse anesthesia education at the Medical University of South and is now employed by the Medical University and works in the Ashley River Tower. I graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and then completed my training in General Surgery here at the Medical University in 2006. We moved to Palo Alto, California thereafter where Ashley was employed as a nurse anesthetist at the San Francisco General Hospital and I pursued training in cardiothoracic surgery at Stanford University. I recently joined the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Medical University and have thoroughly enjoyed my time thus far. My clinical interests include management of cardiac valve abnormalities and cardiopulmonary transplantation. I also hope to be heavily involved in cardiovascular basic science research efforts conducted at the Medical University. Our family includes a lab named Sully and our next mission outside of our career efforts is to acquire a boat with a reliable engine."

Chadrick E. Denlinger, MD joined the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Section of Thoracic Surgery in July 2009. 

"I am a native of Millersburg OH, a small town in the northwest quadrant of the state. I graduated from Eastern Mennonite University in 1996 and the Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health in 2000. I completed a combined general surgery residency and research fellowship at the University of Virginia in 2007, and I recently finished a cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis this summer. I have greatly enjoyed meeting numerous clinicians and scientists here at MUSC in the past month. My clinical interests are in thoracic malignancies and my research interest is in lung cancer metastasis. I have been married for the past 12 years to a wonderful and very tolerant woman named Jeannine, whom I met in college. For the first several years of our marriage, Jeannine taught first grade at a public elementary school, and she now remains very active participating in school related activities with our older son. Zachary had his 7th birthday this summer and will be entering the second grade in Mt. Pleasant this fall. Our younger son, Peyton, is now three years old. He is looking forward to attending kindergarten in a few years, but obviously he will need to learn how to sit in a chair for more than two consecutive minutes first. I have commented to several people recently how nice it has been to find so many open doors and people willing to help me here at MUSC. I am looking forward to starting my career here in Charleston."