Ultrasound Aids Diagnosis of Man with Knee Pain & Swelling

Prem Patel is a second-year medical student at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia. He graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Science in biomedical engineering.

Elijah Mitcham, MD, graduated from Mercer University School of Medicine, Georgia, and completed his internal medicine residency at Palmetto Health/University of South Carolina.

James W. Fant Jr., MD, completed his rheumatology fellowship at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. He is board certified in internal medicine and rheuma­tology. He is an associate professor of medicine at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and director of the Rheumatology Division at Palmetto Health USC Medical Group, Columbia, S.C.

Frank R. Voss, MD, earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School, Boston, completed a general surgery resi­dency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, and his orthopedic surgery residency at Harvard Combined Ortho­paedic Program. He completed a fellow­ship in reconstructive surgery at Rush-
Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago. He is an associate professor of orthopedic surgery, director of medical education for orthopedic surgery and the department’s vice chair at University of South Carolina School of Medicine. He is board certified in orthopedic surgery.

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