Dr. Chelsea Burgin, MD
Preventative Medicine Specialist
920 E Rutherford St Landrum SC, 29356About
Our founder, board-certified family physician Chelsea Burgin, MD, created Embrace to empower individuals in her community by addressing their medical needs directly. Taking time to listen, weighing the pros and cons, and facilitating each discussion to discern the best action plan are all at the heart of Embrace. Having worked in urgent care and emergency departments in both North and South Carolina, Dr. Burgin is a testimony of caution with reference to the cookie-cutter approach of medicine.
Passionate about education, Dr. Burgin has taught at all levels: From community-based talks to children’s clubs and schools to educating interest groups in public libraries and wellness centers to local news interviews. As one of the founding faculty for the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Greenville, she cherishes memories of teaching rising physicians how to communicate with compassion. Teaching bedside ultrasound skills to medical students, emergency medicine residents, and physician colleagues solidified her delight in instruction and skill sharing. Dr. Burgin remains zealous about educating patients on the ins and outs of acute and chronic medical conditions.
Dr. Burgin leads Embrace as we enjoy being the direct patient advocate, the creative detective, an intentional assessor, a partner in decisions, and the treatment activist. Accountability and mindfulness are necessary qualities to succeed in today’s ever-changing demands on life and wellness sustainability. Dr. Burgin’s medical family, Embrace, is here to partner with you and yours.
Education and Training
Loma Linda University MD 2008
Canadian University College BSc, Psychology 2004
Board Certification
Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM
Provider Details
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Director of Urgent Care Ultrasound Prisma Health, Upstate 2018 - 2023
- Managing Physician MD360 Boiling Springs 2017 - 2020
- Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Faculty Prisma Health 2020 - 2023
- University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Faculty Greenville, SC 2013 - 2020
- Founder of Embrace Health Embrace Health, LLC, Landrum SC 2023 - Present
Awards
- Golden Peach Award 2019 University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville
- Outstanding Student Research Award 2007 Loma Linda University School of Medicine
- Richard Hunton Award for Excellence & Research 2011 Self Regional Healthcare
Professional Memberships
- American Academy of Family Physicians
Charities and Philanthropic Endeavors
- Free Medical Clinic, Greer, SC
- Greater Greenwood United Ministry, Greenwood, SC
- CKC Tutoring, San Bernadino, SC
- Alive Youth Ministries, Spartanburg, SC
- Polio Vaccination to Bushmen Children, Namibia, Africa 2000
- Orphanage Buildout Bolivia, South America 2002
- Medical & Surgical Volunteer Services, Banepa Hospital, Nepal 2008
- Primary Care & Sports Medicine Day Clinics, Andes Villages, Peru
- Physician Mentor: To eleven Medical Students, 2013-2020; To four Emergency Medicine and Family Physician Colleagues, 2009-2023
Professional Society Memberships
- FAAP,
Professional Affiliations
- Former employee of Prisma Health, Greenville Health System, Greenville Hospital System of Greenville, SCFormer contract emergency department physician at St. Luke's Hospital in Tryon, NC.
What do you attribute your success to?
- A strong sense of purpose because of my faith
Teaching and speaking
- 1) Educational lectures about the flu prevention and hole based treatments for the community at the main Spartanburg Public Library, SC2) Educational talks at the YMCA when to go to an emergency department vs an urgent care.3) Annual lectures to medical students on patient care and communication. 4) Instructional lectures (> 20) to physicians to introduce and advance bedside ultrasound skills through evidence based medicine. 5) Interactive teaching and presentations to emergency medicine residents on skin and soft tissue ultrasound.
Areas of research
Journal of Urgent Care Medicine "Spearheaded" Author introducing Point of Care Ultrasound to readership contributing five articles for the June 2020 Issue 14(9) and an additional article October 2020 Issue 15(1).
Vascular Atypia in a Cardiac Myxoma - Author for Cureus (Medical Online Journal) Issue 13(10).
Maximizing Foreign Body Detection by Ultrasound with the Water Bath Techniuque Coupled with the Focal Zone Author for Cureus (Medical Online Journal) Issue 14(11).
Clinical & Surgical Journal of Ophthalmology, co-author on Cataract surgery and medication induced complications. 2006 24(12).
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