Dr. Phyllis MacGilvray was named dean of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville.
“I am honored to have the opportunity to lead our medical school into the next chapter of our very exciting journey,” MacGilvray said. “I am deeply committed to our students, faculty and staff, as we continue to address the challenges in health care and improve health and wellbeing within our community, and beyond. Driven by a hands-on, holistic, patient-centered focus, SOMG is poised to build upon our successes and continue to be an innovator in medical education — anchored right here in the Upstate.”
MacGilvray has decades of leadership and clinical experience. From 2022 to 2024, she served as senior associate dean for academic affairs at the school of medicine Greenville. During her tenure, she oversaw all aspects of undergraduate medical education, lifestyle medicine and SOMG’s new Primary Care Accelerated Track program, which is designed to help combat the nationwide physician shortage.
She has also maintained a full-scope family medicine practice for 20 years and served as department chair of Family Medicine at Prisma Heath Upstate and SOMG.
MacGilvray has held leadership roles at various research and educational institutions, including Eastern Virginia Medical School, Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune and the University of Texas at San Antonio. She holds various USC SOMG faculty awards, such as the Gold Humanism Honor Society Faculty and the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society Faculty Induction.
She is a graduate of Clemson University and the Medical University of South Carolina. She earned her certification in lifestyle medicine in 2019.
