2025 SCMA ANNUAL MEETING - COLUMBIA, SC

INTRODUCING HENRY F. "FRITZ" BUTEHORN III, MD, as the 164th SCMA President! Dr. Butehorn is joined by a dedicated group of physician leaders who will serve as Officers, Trustees, and AMA Delegates.
MEET YOUR 2025-2026 LEADERSHIP TEAM!

CONGRATULATIONS 2025 AWARD WINNERS

Physician of the Year
H. Timberlake "Tim" Pearce, MD 

Healthy Children in Our Communities Award
Charleston County Medical Society

Service to the Community Award for a County Medical Society
Charleston County Medical Society

Continuing Medical Education Award
Gregory Squires, MD

Leadership Distinction Award (access criteria on the SCMA website)

• Jeffrey Cashman, DO
• Laurie Theriot Roley, MD
• Hannah Pressler, Medical Student (MUSC)
• Gabrielle Aluisio, Medical Student (VCOM)

CONGRATULATIONS WINNERS OF THE 2025 RESIDENT, FELLOW, AND MEDICAL STUDENT POSTER PRESENTATION  

• 1st Place: "Laser Speckle Imaging of an Atypical Junctional Melanocytic Proliferation: A Case Report" – Shelby Smith – University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia
• 2nd Place: "Decreasing 72-Hour Readmission Rates in Sepsis and Pyelonephritis Patients" – Rowan Burns – University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville
• 3rd Place: "HIV PrEP Awareness and Barriers to Uptake: Insights from College Campuses Across South Carolina, 2024" – William Capell, MD – Prisma Health/University of South Carolina School of Medicine

CME PRESENTATION LINKS

SCMA BIOETHICS COMMITTEE

• AI in Burnout: Cause or Cure
  Sewell Kahn, MD, Chair, SCMA Bioethics Committee
• Anchoring Contemporary Debate About the Ethics of AI and Big Data in a Historical Context
  George Khusf, Ph.D., Professor, Director, Center for Bioethics, University of South Carolina
• Personhood and Reproductive Health Care
  Joy Blanton Scurry, MD, Family Medicine, Amwell Medical Group Urgent Care and Nancy Zisk, JD, Professor of Law, Charleston School of Law

THE PRESIDENT'S SESSION

• The Evolving Healthcare Landscape: Challenges, Trends, and the Concierge Medicine Opportunity
  Terry Bauer, Chief Executive Officer, Specialdocs Consultants

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TRAINING

• We Still Need to Talk About Pain Meds?: The Opioid Epidemic and Substance Use Disorder
  Kevin B. Walker, MD, FASA, Medical Director Division of Pain Medicine, Prisma Health

MEETING EXHIBITOR BOOTHS SOLD OUT!

We want to extend our gratitude to our generous 2025 Annual Meeting Sponsors and Exhibitors, without whom we could not host such meaningful gatherings.
REVIEW A LIST OF 2025 SPONSORS AND EXHIBITORS