Faculty and Staff
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 |
Bio
| Background: | My training includes a BS with Honors from Radford University (Chemistry and Biology), an MD from Virginia Commonwealth University, internship at the University of Maryland, neurology residency at the University of Iowa, and neurobehavior fellowship at UCLA. As Assistant Professor of Neurology at Wake Forest University, I completed a career development award (GCRC-CAP), gained subspecialty certifications in neurosonology and neuroimaging (MRI and CT), accumulated extensive 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. After moving to Greenville, I started Absher Neurology, P.A. and the Alliance for Neuro Research, LLC. I maintained faculty appointments at USCSOM-Columbia, VCOM, and USCSOM-Greenville, until I formally joined the full-time faculty at USCSOM-Greenville, and was advised to drop my USCSOM-Columbia and VCOM appointments. Since then, I have been granted a Clemson faculty position in the Clemson University School of Health Research (CUSHR), and earned a position on the Clemson University School of Public Health Sciences as a member of the graduate faculty. I have been promoted to Associate Professor at the USCSOM-Greenville, and now seek promotion to the rank of Professor. |
| Teaching Interest(s): | General Neurology, behavioral neurology and dementia, 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 Neurocritical Care Society Member American Academy of Physicians and Surgeons Member American Society of Neuroimaging Member American Academy of Neurology Member Alpha Sigma Chi Member Omicron Delta Kappa Member Phi Kappa Phi Other - 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 |