2022 Alumni Reunion

Published on April 19, 2022

We recently held our 2022 Alumni Reunion in Columbia, SC from April 8-10. Many thanks to Heather Brown, Chris Gainey, and Sherry for putting this together!

On Friday night we had a Farm to Table Dinner experience at City Roots Farms.

On Saturday evening we had a reception dinner hosted by the Alumni Association at C2.

This was a wonderful time to reconnect, catch up with our faculty and staff and reconnect with our classmates and friends! We were able to give out some alumni swag as well as present the Jon Steward Award.

John McMahon, Jr., MD is the 2019 recipient of the N. John Steward Award. He is a graduate of the class of 1982 of the (then) Richland Memorial Hospital Emergency Medicine residency program. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama School of Medicine, and served as the Program Director of the residency program at Richland Memorial Hospital. During his career, Dr. McMahon has served in the U.S. Army and has been active on the boards of both the SCCEP and Alabama ACEP. He has been instrumental in advancing the field of EMS, particularly in the state of Alabama, through legislative efforts, the creation of Alabama's Disaster Medical Assistance Team, service on the state's medical control committee, and his multiple deployments with major disaster response efforts. Dr. McMahon's record of leadership, education, contributions to improving prehospital care, and community service have served as a shining example of selflessness to generations of physicians and other medical professionals. Congratulations Dr. John McMahon!

The N. John Stewart Award is given annually by the alumni association in recognition of an exceptional graduate member of the PHR-EM Residency for their selfless work in academic achievement, community involvement, leadership, and/or contribution to the specialty. The award is given in honor of Dr. Stewart who graduated from the Palmetto Health EM residency program in 1984 and selflessly served as faculty in the program for over 30 years with many contributions to the residency program and Palmetto Health.