Dr. George C. Haddad ’90 helps stem measles outbreak

Dr. George C. Haddad Jr., a 1990 Furman University biology alumnus and longtime pediatrician with Prisma Health Children’s Hospital-Upstate, speaks with FOX Carolina about the measles outbreak in the region. He and his colleagues help medical students at the University of South Carolina Medical School Greenville identify the disease and open dialogue with families.

Haddad talks about educating students and parents about measles during a time of increasing vaccine hesitancy across the country. “If a family doesn’t want to be vaccinated, the discussion doesn’t stop there,” he says. “We want to engage the reasons why not to vaccinate. How can we educate them?”

Haddad is chief of pediatrics for Prisma Health in the Upstate. He is chair of the Department of Pediatrics for Prisma Health/University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, and medical director for Prisma Health Children’s Hospital–Upstate.

Haddad is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. In addition to his undergraduate work at Furman University, he earned his M.D. at the Medical University of South Carolina and served a residency there in pediatrics.