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Bethany A Powers, DO

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Bethany Powers, DO
Discipline Chair for OMM
Department/Disciplines: Family Medicine, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine - OMM
Campus: Carolinas
Office: 246
Fax: 864-804-6991
Email: Contact

I grew up in a small town in North Eastern North Carolina, with a population of <5,000 people. Ever since I can remember, I wanted to go into medicine. I left home early to go to NCSSM for high school and onto Emory for College. In college, I fell in love with teaching while working as a SCUBA instructor. Finding out about Osteopathic Medicine when I started applying, I couldn't have dreamed up a better fit. At GA-PCOM I quickly gravitated toward the OMM department and started running after hours review sessions. Coming to Spartanburg on a random rotation, by the end of my second day I knew it was where I wanted to do residency. I was so impressed with the caliber of training and expectations held by this community of physicians. As a resident, I moonlighted at VCOM as a clinical instructor in the OMM department. After completing my FM training, but wanting more, I went on to a Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine +1 residency in Orlando. Marrying the love of my life brought me back to the upstate, rejoining the physicians I so loved working with. I am now so happy to be doing what I have been so passionate about all along, practicing medicine and teaching the next generations of physicians.

Education

Year University Degree
2015 Florida Hospital East Orlando Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine +1 Residency
2014 Spartanburg Regional Health System Family Practice Residency
2011 Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine DO
2007 Emory University BA - Sociology

Awards

  • Rubel award for outstanding performance on the OB-GYN service.
  • OMT award for most treatments performed during residency.

Activities

  • AAFP - American Academy of Family Physicians
  • AAO - American Academy of Osteopathy
  • ACOFP - American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians
  • AOA - American Osteopathic Association
  • SCAFP - South Carolina Academy of Family Physicians
  • SCOMS - South Carolina Osteopathic Medical Society
  • The Cranial Academy

Selected Publications

Year Faculty Citation PMID
2020 Bethany Powers

Schranz K*, Meitz D*, Powers B, Ables A. Treating Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Using Counterstrain: A Novel Approach. Cureus. 2020 Oct 14;12(10). PMID: 33072444.

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