Faculty and Staff
Elaine M Apperson
Title: | Clinical Associate Professor |
Pediatrics | |
School of Medicine Greenville | |
E-mail: | elaine.apperson@prismahealth.org |
Phone: | 864-454-5100 |
Office: | 200 Patewood Drive, Suite 320A Greenville SC 29615 |
Bio
Background: | Dr. Elaine Apperson is a Pediatric Endocrinologist for Prisma Health System and an Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. Dr. Apperson completed her fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital and conducted research at the Joslin Diabetes Center. She has served as an Instructor at Harvard Medical School and also practiced as an Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama School of Medicine at the Children’s Hospital of Alabama. She joined the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology at USCSOMG in 2009. In 2019, she became the Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology for Prisma Children's Hospital. |
Teaching Interest(s): | Growth disorders, PCOS, Type 1 diabetes |
Research Interest(s): | Prevention strategies for T1DM, New treatments for T2DM in youth |
Honors & Awards: | NIH Loan Repayment Program (LRP) Awardee Genentech Travel Grant Lilly Fellowship for Clinical Research Funding Endocrine Fellows Foundation Preceptorship Grant, CHLA Genentech Travel Grant Preceptorship Grant at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles International Medicine Grant Letters of Commendation International Medicine Scholarship Mental Health Coalition Grant Undergraduate Research Grant Alabama’s Young Woman of the Year Deans Honor List National Merit Scholar |
Professional Affiliations: | American Diabetes Association Member Pediatric Endocrine Society Member American Academy of Pediatrics |