Joseph Gerald “Jerry” Reves, MD

Jerry Reves was born in Charleston, South Carolina, August 14, 1943, to George and Frances Reves. He attended Vanderbilt University (BA-65), Medical College of South Carolina (MD-69), and University of Alabama Birmingham (MS-72). Dr. Reves served a mixed internship at UAB and residency/fellowship in anesthesiology at UAB and then served in the U.S. Navy at the Bethesda Naval Hospital. He returned to UAB after the Navy until going to Duke University Medical Center (1984-2001) where he was the founding director of the Duke Heart Center while Chief of the Cardiac Anesthesia Division and later Chair of the Department. He returned to his alma mater in 2001 and served as dean and vice-president for medical affairs from 2001-2010. Dr. Reves is married to Virginia Cathcart Reves who has her MT degree from MUSC, and they have three daughters and five grandchildren. He has a book entitled South Carolina’s Indomitable College of Medicine in press.

Donna Reinbeck
Assistant Professor, College of Nursing

Dr. Donna Reinbeck serves as an Assistant Professor and a lead faculty in the MUSC College of Nursing. She received a PhD in Educational Leadership from Kean University, Union, NJ. With over 30 years of nursing experience encompassing clinical practice, leadership, and education, Dr. Reinbeck is recognized as a Certified Nurse Educator. Additionally, she maintains an Advanced Nurse Executive Certification (NEA-BC) and is a member of the American Nurses Association, the American Organization of Nurse Executives, and a board member of the Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society.

Joseph “Joe” F. John
Affiliate Professor, College of Medicine

Joseph F. John, Jr., M.D., is a medical professional with a rich and diverse background in infectious diseases. Holding the position of Affiliate Professor at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), he also serves as a Staff Physician at Lowcountry Infectious Diseases and the Charleston Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Dr. John's journey began with his education at the University of Notre Dame, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree, followed by his medical degree from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Rush-Presbyterian - St. Lukes Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, and pursued fellowship training in Infectious Diseases at institutions including Rush-Presbyterian - St. Lukes Medical Center and the University of Rochester Hospitals. Throughout his career, Dr. John has held various academic and clinical appointments, contributing significantly to medical education, research, and patient care. Notably, he served as Chief of Infectious Diseases in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, reaching the rank of Major. Dr. John is certified by multiple medical boards and has received numerous accolades for his teaching and clinical practice. With decades of experience, he continues to make invaluable contributions to the field of infectious diseases.

Kathy Béres Rogers
Professor, College of Charleston

Kathy Béres (BAY-resh) Rogers is a Professor of English at the College of Charleston; she also directs their successful Program in Medical Humanities. Her interest is in Romantic-era health, mental and physical, and disability studies. She has published interdisciplinary essays in venues like Literature and Medicine, Women's Writing, Prose Studies, and Studies in English Literature (SEL). She also published about her Illness Narratives class in Service Learning in Literary Studies. Her 2019 book, Creating Romantic Obsession: Scorpions in the Mind (Palgrave), concerned the Romantic-era pathologization of obsession and the ways that manifested in literature. Her most recent work, What does It Signify? Romantic-Era Cognitive Disability explores notions of intelligence and the way/s the construct collided with those of race, gender, and class.

Thomas Mikell Leland

Thomas Mikell Leland was born in Greenwood, South Carolina. He graduated in 1966 from Presbyterian College in Clinton, SC, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology. He then earned a Master’s Degree and a Doctor of Philosophy in Physiology from Clemson University. He received the "Outstanding Young Alumni" Award from 1980 from Presbyterian College. After service as a Captain in the US Army, he graduated with his Medical Degree from the Medical University of South Carolina. He is an ophthalmologist with a specialty interest in Balance Medicine and Fall and Fracture Prevention in Adult Seniors, practicing in Charleston, South Carolina. He is a member of First Scot's Presbyterian Church, where his fourth great grandfather, Aaron Whitney Leland, D.D. was Senior Minister when the church was built in 1816. He has served on the deaconate. He is married to Gwendolyn Brown Leland of Hampton, Virginia.

David J. Wolf

David J. Wolf, M.D., spent his professional career as a clinical hematologist and medical oncologist at The New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill College of Medicine at Cornell University. He currently serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell and Chief Hematology and Medical Oncology Consultant Emeritus at The Rogosin Institute. Since retiring from clinical practice three years ago, Dr. Wolf has expanded his interests in the history of medicine and the medical humanities. He has given talks on topics dealing with the history of medicine at Princeton University, The American Osler Society (AOS), the Southern Association for the History of Medicine, and elsewhere. Dr. Wolf has a large antiquarian medical book collection and is a member of the Grolier Club. He serves on the AOS Board of Governors and its Membership Committee and has established the David J. Wolf, M.D. Medical Archives Endowment, which sponsors the David J. Wolf, M.D. Visiting Research Scholar Program at the Medical Center Archives at Weill Cornell. Additionally, he volunteers at the Library of the New York Academy of Medicine, where he currently co-chairs a planning committee organizing a conference on the future of historical medical libraries, to be held next fall.

Rebecca Byrd
College of Medicine Class of 2025

Rebecca Byrd, a proud Charleston-native, feels fortunate to call MUSC home for four years. She obtained her B.S. in Biology from Wofford College in May 2020 and minored in History, with a particular interest in 20th-century history. Rebecca began her journey at MUSC College of Medicine in August 2021 and is planning to pursue a career in anesthesia, with expected graduation in May 2025. In her free time, Rebecca enjoys baking, traveling, going for walks outside, and exploring new coffee shops or local restaurants.

Sean P. Fitzgerald
College of Medicine Class of 2026

Sean Fitzgerald is a rising 3rd-year medical student in the College of Medicine. A native of Virginia, he attended James Madison University on an Army scholarship where he studied Economics. He served in the Army as an Officer of Artillery following college, deploying for a year to rural Iraq. After leaving active duty in 2012, Sean moved to Charleston and worked for various firms as a project manager in the tech industry before making the decision to leave and pursue Medicine. Sean is fascinated by the lives of the people who came before us and hopes to apply their life lessons to his future practice as a physician, with the goal of serving the community as a Pediatrician. In his off-time, Sean has various passions and hobbies, including performing traditional Irish dance music on the uilleann pipes around town.

Benjamin Teruel
College of Medicine Class of 2025

Benjamin Teruel was raised in Greenville, SC, along with three siblings. Throughout his childhood, he was fascinated with history and attended many historical lectures at the Greenville library. His interest in attending medical school was sparked by attending a medical history lecture. Benjamin is honored to be a part of a group that works to preserve history and educate others, and he looks forward to working with such a passionate group of people.

Kathryn “Kate” Glorioso
College of Graduate Studies

Kate Glorioso is a PhD student in the Biomedical Sciences program at MUSC. She has a deep interest in the development of pharmaceuticals by exploring the historical use of plants and is particularly keen on preserving the history of Dr. Francis Porcher’s collection of plant remedies and its connection to the Gullah Geechee people. Kate believes that everyone is a budding history buff and hopes to engage a variety of people in accessible and thoughtful conversation around our shared history at MUSC. Before starting the biomedical sciences program, Kate gathered seven years of experience working in schools and nonprofits as an educator, mentor, and volunteer coordinator. She loves opportunities to creatively connect people with similar interests and lives for networking. Kate hopes to use these skills to foster curiosity and appreciation for the history of medicine, science, and society in MUSC and Charleston. When not working in the lab, she tends to her native plant garden, feeds horses on Wadmalaw, or listens to her favorite podcast.

Hyland Gonzalez
College of Graduate Studies

Hyland Gonzalez is a second-year Biomedical PhD student in the College of Graduate Studies. Both history and science have been lifelong interests of his. He graduated from Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina with a B.S. in Biology and a B.A. in History, where he researched mutations in plant pathogens and Latin American history. After graduation, he moved to Charleston for a gap-year program at MUSC and decided to stay to pursue a PhD in Biomedical Sciences. Hyland now studies alcohol metabolism in the central nervous system but still enjoys history of all kinds and looks forward to serving on the Waring Library Society's Board of Directors.