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John Robert Absher, M.D.

Title: Professor
Medicine  
School of Medicine Greenville
E-mail: john.absher@prismahealth.org
Phone: 864-454-4500
   
Office: 200 Patewood Dr. Suite B350
GREENVILLE SC 29615
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Bio

Background: I hold a BS with Honors in Chemistry and Biology from Radford University, an MD from Virginia Commonwealth University, completed an internship at the University of Maryland, a neurology residency at the University of Iowa, and a neurobehavior fellowship at UCLA. As an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Wake Forest University, I received a career development award (GCRC-CAP), obtained subspecialty certifications in neurosonology and neuroimaging (MRI and CT), gained significant experience in clinical and neuroimaging research, co-directed the stroke research fellowship, mentored graduate students and fellows, co-founded and co-directed the dementia and neurobehavior multidisciplinary subspecialty clinics, and held joint appointments in Physiology/Pharmacology and Psychiatry. Upon relocating to Greenville, I established Absher Neurology, P.A., and the Alliance for Neuro Research, LLC. I was awarded a faculty position at the Clemson University School of Health Research (CUSHR), joined the Clemson University School of Public Health Sciences as a graduate faculty member, and was promoted to Clinical Professor at USCSOM-Greenville. In addition to working full-time as a neurohospitalist, I direct the Dementia and Neurobehavior Assessment Clinic, am active in clinical research, and serve as Medical Director for the USC Brain Health Network.
Teaching Interest(s): General Neurology, behavioral neurology, dementia, brain health, stroke, neuroimaging, research methods, evidence-based medicine, and quality measurement.
Research Interest(s): Brain morphometry in health and disease, as measured by neuroimaging
Brain imaging and clinical data repository development
Neurodegenerative diseases and head trauma
Cerebrovascular diseases and the relationship of focal brain damage to network dysfunction
Neuropsychothalamology
Honors & Awards: Dean's Award
Psychiatry Resident Teaching Award
Mentor, Donald M. Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum
Awardee, Donald M. Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum
FAAN
Medical Foundation Teaching Scholar Award
Medical Foundation Teaching Scholar Award
Faculty Foreign Travel Award
Lawrence C. McHenry Award
Neurology Resident's Day Award
Alpha Sigma Chi (Leadership)
Virginia Academy of Family Physicians Merit Award
Student Honors Day Award
American Chemical Society James Lewis Howe Award
Omicron Delta Kappa (Leadership)
Radford University Outstanding Student Award (Academic)
National Science Foundation Research Scholarship
Phi Kappa Phi (Academic)
Professional Affiliations: Organization for Human Brain Mapping
Member
Association for Computing Machinery
Member
International Network for the Science of Team Science
Member
American Society of Neuroimaging
Member
American Academy of Neurology
Member
Alpha Sigma Chi
Member
Omicron Delta Kappa
Member
Phi Kappa Phi
Other -
Neurocritical Care Society
Member
American Academy of Physicians and Surgeons
Member
Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers
Member
American Medical Association
Association of Clinical Research Professionals
Member
Greenville County Medical Society
Member
Medical Group Management Association
Member
South Carolina Medical Association
Member
American Neuropsychiatric Association
Member
Behavioral Neurology Society
Member
Society for Neuroscience
Member
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Member
International Society for Neuroimaging in Psychiatry
Member
Society for Medical Decision Making
Member
American College of Physicians
Member
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
Physicians for Social Responsibility
American Medical Student Association
American Chemical Society

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