Faculty and Staff
Meredith G. Eicken
| Title: | Assistant Professor |
| Medicine | |
| School of Medicine Greenville | |
| E-mail: | meredith.eicken@prismahealth.org |
| Office: | 876 W Faris Rd Greenville SC 29605 |
Bio
| Background: | Dr. Eicken was raised in Atlanta, GA, and attended Washington University in St. Louis for her undergraduate studies where she double majored in Spanish and Biology. She received her medical degree from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, where she was selected for the Alpha Omega Alpha and the Gold Humanism Honor Societies. She completed her residency in Med-Peds at the Massachusetts General Hospital where she served as Chief Resident in her fourth year. She then completed the Kraft Fellowship in Community Health Leadership and earned her MPH in health policy from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She has been recognized for her teaching, clinical care, and mentorship. She joined the GHS (now Prisma Health) team in 2017 working in primary care at the Internal Medicine Clinic and Center for Pediatric Medicine-West. She was the Associate Program Director for the Med-Peds residency program from 2018-2020 and the Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Training Program from 2020-2024. Her interests are in medical education and community and population health, specifically clinical-community linkages to address the social determinants of health in at-risk populations. |
| Honors & Awards: | Primary Care Excellence in Teaching Award John J.W. Fangman Med-Peds Mentorship Award Massachusetts General Hospital for Children Senior Teaching Award Swartz Initiative Humanism in Medicine Award Howard King Award, Outstanding Compassionate Patient Care at Newton-Wellesley President’s Prize for Value-Based Healthcare Delivery, Massachusetts General Hospital Alpha Omega Alpha Canby Robinson Society Ideal Physician Award Dean's Award Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award Victor H. Farwell Excellence in Progressive Leadership Award |
| Professional Affiliations: | American College of Physicians Fellow |