Ruth Wilson Nicholson, RN served in teaching and leadership roles at both Greenville Hospital System (now Prisma Health) and Greenville Technical College. She co-founded both the United Way of Greenville County and The Community Foundation of Greenville, and she served on countless boards and commissions in South Carolina.  

Ruth Alexander was born in 1918 in Pineville, N.C. Her mother taught most subjects in school. Her father was a physician who founded the Mecklenburg Medical Society and The Farmer Labor Party. He was nominated but not selected to be vice president with Al Smith in 1928. She graduated from Duke as a registered nurse and married Dr. David Wilson there. They moved to Greenville where she had four children who all went to graduate schools. She taught OB-GYN nurses at GHS nursing school and was an elder at First Presbyterian Church. When Dr. Wilson died suddenly, she remarried Thurston Nicholson a textile executive. She co-founded the Community Chest of Greater Greenville, which later expanded and became the United Way of Greenville County, co-founded The Community Foundation of Greenville, and served on countless boards and commissions in South Carolina. In 1964, she was the first Republican woman to run for the SC House. She was vice-chair of Greenville Tech and established the associate degree in nursing there. She worked at GHS for almost 30 years as director of strategic planning, medical education, and public affairs.  

Dr. Marjorie R. Jenkins serves as the dean of USC School of Medicine Greenville and as chief academic officer for Prisma Health-Upstate. 
  
Before she was named dean of School of Medicine Greenville (SOMG) in 2019, Dr. Jenkins was a professor of medicine and associate dean at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and founder and chief scientific officer of the Laura W. Bush Institute for Women's Health. By invitation of the U.S. FDA, she served from 2015 to 2019 as the director of medical and scientific initiatives for the Office of Women's Health, where she provided scientific and health policy expertise. 
  
As a well-recognized national and international expert, Dr. Jenkins launched the first annual U.S. Sex and Gender Education Summit, which continues annually. She was co-editor of a signature textbook, How Sex and Gender Impact Clinical Practice: An Evidence-Based Guide to Patient Care, published in 2020. 
  
She is co-author of Why Women Aren’t Winning at Health, published in May 2023 by WorldChangers Media. The groundbreaking book is a collaboration between Dean Jenkins, Anca Griffiths, founder and CEO of OM: a Precision Medicine Company, and Alyson J. McGregor, MD, cofounder of the Sex and Gender in Emergency Medicine Division at Brown University and Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Development at SOMG. Griffiths, McGregor and Jenkins tackle the complex issue of the women’s global health marketplace. 
 
Dr. Jenkins is the second dean of USC SOMG, which opened to its inaugural class of medical students in 2012. At SOMG, Jenkins has been instrumental in ensuring medical students are fully prepared to enter specialty training and become tomorrow’s leader physicians. With Dr. Jenkins at the helm, the school has been transforming healthcare education, one physician at a time, while helping to address an ongoing shortage of doctors in South Carolina. Dr Jenkins has had years of experience working with institutional development; philanthropy is also a large part of her role as SOMG Dean. 
Dean Jenkins also holds the position of associate provost for the University of South Carolina. She has won numerous awards, including the Top 100 Women Leaders in Medicine of 2021 by Women We Admire, and has been interviewed for media outlets such as Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Prevention and Today.com. 

Check-In
8:30 - 9 AM
Front Lobby 

Day of the Woman Welcome & Ruth Wilson Nicholson Keynote
9:15- 10 AM
Lecture Hall

Dean Marjorie Jenkins will be the Ruth Wilson Nicholson Women's Health Endowed keynote speaker. Dr. Jenkins will be speaking on "Disadvantages and Dangers of One-Size-Fits-All Medicine.” 

"Ways to Win at Health: Move into the Driver’s Seat"
10 - 11 AM
Lecture Hall

Discussion of the Optimal Patient & Physician relationship with Dr. Alyson McGregor, Dean Marjorie Jenkins, and Anca Griffiths

Breakout Session #1
11:15 AM - Noon
Learning Studios 105 & 106

Choose from one of these panel discussions:

• Busting Myths & Boosting Confidence in Breast Health
  Hear from Lisa Stevens, Gina Franco, Dr. Joe Stephenson, and Dr. Amanda Scopteuolo in this topical panel discussion as they discuss the journey of breast cancer. 
• Menopause Marvels: Navigating Change Before, During and After
  Come hear Dr. Jonathan Bailey, OB, Dr. Cassidy Hood, MD, Dr. Phyllis MacGilvray, and Dr. Alyson McGregor in this panel discussing hormone replacement therapy, menopause, and myths around aging. 

Lunch & Resource Fair
Noon - 1 PM
Rotunda

Attendees will be provided lunch and the opportunity to connect with local vendors in our beautiful Rotunda space!

Breakout Session #2
1:15 - 2 PM

Choose from one of these panel discussions:

• Busting Myths & Boosting Confidence in Breast Health
  Hear from Lisa Stevens, Gina Franco, Dr. Joe Stephenson, and Dr. Amanda Scopteuolo in this topical panel discussion as they discuss the journey of breast cancer. 
• Menopause Marvels: Navigating Change Before, During and After
  Come hear Dr. Jonathan Bailey, OB, Dr. Cassidy Hood, MD, Dr. Phyllis MacGilvray, and Dr. Alyson McGregor in this panel discussing hormone replacement therapy, menopause, and myths around aging. 

Closing Remarks & Thank You
2-2:30 PM
Lecture Hall

We will end the day with a special thank you to our community partners & announcement of our door prize winners! 

Lisa Stevens is a member of our inaugural Day of the Woman planning committee. Lisa has used her city and regional planning perspective throughout her service on various community boards and state commissions along with the founding of Langston Charter Middle School. She served on the Greenville Health System board and was Chairman of the Greenville Health Authority where she helped author the Healthy Greenville Grant. Lisa is an ardent supporter and advocate for the Medical Experience Academy (MedEx) and currently chairs the MedEx Advancement Council along with sitting on the USC School of Medicine Greenville Dean’s Council. She is married to Roger Stevens, has 2 adult children, and loves living in the heart of downtown Greenville.  

She is the co-founder and CEO of OM, a precision medicine company.

Gina is a master's-level adult nurse practitioner who has practiced in oncology for over 30 years. She has worked extensively in survivorship, cancer surveillance and medical oncology. She is an adult nurse practitioner, certified by the American Nurses Association. Gina is the director of the Center for Integrative Oncology and Survivorship (CIOS) at the GHS Cancer Institute. 

Joe J. Stephenson, MD, is the Medical Director of the Center for Integrative Oncology and Survivorship (CIOS) and the Center for Cancer Prevention and Wellness (CCPW) at Prisma Health Cancer Institute in Greenville, SC. He is also a practicing medical oncologist, board certified in hematology and oncology. Dr Stephenson is also the co-director of the Prisma Health Breast Cancer Program as well as the Breast Cancer Prevention Program at Prisma Health Cancer Institute in the Upstate. He currently is the Chair of the Prisma Health Cancer Care Committee. Dr. Stephenson was honored to serve as an advisor to the President Bush’s Cancer Panel on Translational Oncology. Dr Stephenson is passionate about delivering holistic and individualized care to each patient. He is a champion for breast cancer prevention and an advocate for improving cancer surveillance for cancer survivors and community screening. 

Amanda L Scopteuolo, MD, is the Medical Director for Breast Imaging for Prisma Health Upstate and oversees  the breast imaging for all Upstate facilities. She is a board certified radiologist who completed a fellowship in Women's Imaging. Dr Scopteuolo became interested in Breast Imaging during her residency, in part from observation of how breast cancer affected a close friend, but mostly because she wanted to continue to see patients and be involved in a multidisciplinary team, something fairly unusual in the specialty of radiology.

Jonathan Q. Bailey, MD has been with Greenville Ob/Gyn since August 2001. He is originally from Danville, Kentucky, and he attended Furman University from 1989 to 1993. He then returned to Kentucky to attend the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. He completed his residency training in Ob/Gyn at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC. He is board certified and a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has special interest in minimally invasive surgery, and both low and high-risk obstetric care. As well, Dr. Bailey has been certified as a menopausal medicine provider through the North American Menopause Society. 

Cassidy Hood, MD is a board-certified Family Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine Physician at Greenville Family Medicine. Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Dr. Hood completed her medical training at Ross University School of Medicine. She happily found Greenville while completing her residency at Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and a Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (FACLM). She is passionate about preventative medicine, women’s health, and lifestyle medicine to help achieve optimal health and well-being for her patients. In addition, she is an academic leader at the University South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville and clinical faculty of the Greer Family Medicine Residency Program and the Greer Psychiatry Residency Program.

Dr. MacGilvray is the Chair of the Department of Family Medicine and is an Associate Professor with The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville. Dr. MacGilvray enjoys practicing full-scope family medicine including pediatrics, outpatient gynecology, and prenatal care at the Center for Family Medicine-Greenville. She strongly believes in the power of patient-centered primary care.  

Alyson J. McGregor, MD, MA, FACEP, is a physician, researcher, writer and advocate. She is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and serves as Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Development at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville. Dr. McGregor was the co-founder and director for the Division of Sex and Gender in Emergency Medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University from 2010–2021, where her research on the roles sex and gender play in emergent conditions has made her a spokesperson and advocate for women around the world. Dr. McGregor currently serves as a member of the Advisory Committee Research on Women’s Health for the Office of Research on Women’s Health, National Institutes of Health. She is a co-founder of the national organization Sex and Gender Health Collaborative and serves on the Advisory Council to the Sex and Gender Health Education Summit series, which is designed to establish an integrative sex and gender curriculum for current and future health professionals. The former director for a Sex and Gender two-year fellowship program and educational electives for residents and medical students at Brown University, Dr. McGregor has published more than 80 peer-reviewed publications in sex, gender, diversity, medical education, and women’s health. Dr. McGregor’s TEDx talk, “Why Medicine Often Has Dangerous Side Effects for Women,” currently has more than 1.7 million views, and she has recently released her new book, “Sex Matters: How Male-Centric Medicine Endangers Women’s Health and What We Can Do About It,” Dr. Alyson McGregor is also a sex and gender advocate and physician featured in the award winning documentary Ms. Diagnosed.