Contact
Positions
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Program Director, Eastern Internal Medicine Residency Program
- Organization:
- West Virginia University Eastern Campus
- Department:
- Eastern Division
- Classification:
- Faculty
Education
- MD, WVU School of Medicine, 2002
Publications
KevinMD.com, “A doctor’s pandemic playlist, October 2024.
https://www.kevinmd.com/2024/10/a-doctors-pandemic-playlist.html
https://www.kevinmd.com/2024/10/a-doctors-pandemic-playlist.html
KevinMD.com, “When a doctor acts like one of the kids, September 2024.
https://www.kevinmd.com/2024/09/when-a-doctor-acts-like-one-of-the-kids.html
https://www.kevinmd.com/2024/09/when-a-doctor-acts-like-one-of-the-kids.html
100 Days in Appalachia, “Healthcare is Human: A Therapist’s Journey in Compassion and Recovery Support,” August 2024
https://www.100daysinappalachia.com/2024/08/healthcare-is-human-a-therapists-journey-in-compassion-and-recovery-support/
https://www.100daysinappalachia.com/2024/08/healthcare-is-human-a-therapists-journey-in-compassion-and-recovery-support/
KevinMD.com, “Am I an internist, or a milkman?” August 2024.
https://www.kevinmd.com/2024/08/am-i-an-internist-or-a-milkman.html
https://www.kevinmd.com/2024/08/am-i-an-internist-or-a-milkman.html
100 Days in Appalachia, “Meet a Doctor Inside a WV Crisis Support Center Who Relies on Hope in Recovery,” July 2024.
https://www.100daysinappalachia.com/2024/07/meet-a-doctor-inside-a-w-va-crisis-support-center-who-relies-on-hope-in-recovery/
https://www.100daysinappalachia.com/2024/07/meet-a-doctor-inside-a-w-va-crisis-support-center-who-relies-on-hope-in-recovery/
WV Gazette Mail, 100 Days in Appalachia, “Healthcare is Human: A Nurse on the Frontlines of an Addiction Crisis,” July 2024.
100 Days in Appalachia, “Finding Solace in Stories: how Narrative Medicine Transformed an Appalachian Doctor’s Practice,” June 2024.
https://www.100daysinappalachia.com/2024/06/finding-solace-in-stories-how-narrative-medicine-transformed-an-appalachian-doctors-practice/
https://www.100daysinappalachia.com/2024/06/finding-solace-in-stories-how-narrative-medicine-transformed-an-appalachian-doctors-practice/
KevinMD.com, “This doctor sometimes listens to pirates,” June 2024.
https://www.kevinmd.com/2024/06/this-doctor-sometimes-listens-to-pirates.html
https://www.kevinmd.com/2024/06/this-doctor-sometimes-listens-to-pirates.html
KevinMD.com, “When a doctor’s heart falls: Witnessing raw emotion in medicine,” June 2024.
https://www.kevinmd.com/2024/06/when-a-doctors-heart-falls-witnessing-raw-emotion-in-medicine.html
https://www.kevinmd.com/2024/06/when-a-doctors-heart-falls-witnessing-raw-emotion-in-medicine.html
KevinMD.com, “A Doctor Appreciates a Patients Name,” April 2024.
https://www.kevinmd.com/2024/05/an-internal-medicine-doctors-appreciation-of-a-patients-name.html
https://www.kevinmd.com/2024/05/an-internal-medicine-doctors-appreciation-of-a-patients-name.html
KevinMD.com, “When the doctor’s office becomes a confession booth,” March 2024.
https://www.kevinmd.com/2024/03/when-the-doctors-office-becomes-a-confession-booth.html
https://www.kevinmd.com/2024/03/when-the-doctors-office-becomes-a-confession-booth.html
KevinMD.com, “When this doctor gets zero stars,” March 2024.
https://www.kevinmd.com/2024/03/when-this-doctor-gets-a-zero-star-rating.html
https://www.kevinmd.com/2024/03/when-this-doctor-gets-a-zero-star-rating.html
KevinMD.com, “A Surprising Resolution in Primary Care,” February 2024.
https://www.kevinmd.com/2024/02/a-surprising-resolution-in-primary-care.html
https://www.kevinmd.com/2024/02/a-surprising-resolution-in-primary-care.html
Book chapter, "The Interdisciplinarity of Health Humanities," Edward Elgar Handbook of Interdisciplinary Teaching and Administration. Editor Rick Szostak, PhD. With Renée K. Nicholson MFA and Andrea Labus MD, 2024.
KevinMD.com, “The Beautiful Exhaustion of Primary Care,” January 2024.
https://www.kevinmd.com/2024/01/the-beautiful-exhaustion-of-primary-care.html
https://www.kevinmd.com/2024/01/the-beautiful-exhaustion-of-primary-care.html
KevinMD.com, “A Doctor Struggles to Provide Mental Health in Appalachia,” December 2023.
https://www.kevinmd.com/2023/12/a-doctor-struggles-to-provide-mental-health-care-in-appalachia.html
https://www.kevinmd.com/2023/12/a-doctor-struggles-to-provide-mental-health-care-in-appalachia.html
Gold Foundation, “The White Coat: scientist’s uniform, spiritual garment, symbol of care and great responsibility,” October 2023.
KevinMD.com, “COVID vaccines and weight loss medications: a tale of two needles,” October 2023.
https://www.kevinmd.com/2023/10/covid-vaccines-and-weight-loss-medications-a-tale-of-2-needles.html
https://www.kevinmd.com/2023/10/covid-vaccines-and-weight-loss-medications-a-tale-of-2-needles.html
KevinMD.com, “The Struggles of a Computer-Based Doctor,” August 2023.
https://www.kevinmd.com/2023/08/the-struggle-of-a-computer-based-doctor.html
https://www.kevinmd.com/2023/08/the-struggle-of-a-computer-based-doctor.html
KevinMD.com, “From Grief to Gratitude, How Writing Saved My Life,” March 2023.
https://www.kevinmd.com/2023/03/from-grief-to-gratitude-how-writing-changed-my-life.html
https://www.kevinmd.com/2023/03/from-grief-to-gratitude-how-writing-changed-my-life.html
Martinsburg Journal, National Hospice Month feature article, November 2022.
https://www.journal-news.net/journal-news/thank-you-hospice-of-the-panhandle-saluting-hospice-workers-everywhere-during-national-hospice-month/article_9ec17ce8-ae21-5d85-8adf-fdfa79a411a8.html
https://www.journal-news.net/journal-news/thank-you-hospice-of-the-panhandle-saluting-hospice-workers-everywhere-during-national-hospice-month/article_9ec17ce8-ae21-5d85-8adf-fdfa79a411a8.html
100 Days in Appalachia, “Healthcare is Human: When Your Work is Hands-On and In-Person, One PT says COVID Was a Huge Challenge,” Ryan McCarthy, Molly Humphreys, September 2021.
https://www.100daysinappalachia.com/2021/09/when-your-work-is-hands-on-and-in-person-one-pt-says-covid-was-a-huge-challenge/
https://www.100daysinappalachia.com/2021/09/when-your-work-is-hands-on-and-in-person-one-pt-says-covid-was-a-huge-challenge/
100 Days in Appalachia, “Healthcare is Human: The Hospice Worker Balancing the Pulls of Home and Help During a Pandemic," Ryan McCarthy and Molly Humphreys, May 2021.
https://www.100daysinappalachia.com/2021/05/healthcare-is-human-the-hospice-worker-balancing-the-pulls-of-home-and-help-during-a-pandemic/
https://www.100daysinappalachia.com/2021/05/healthcare-is-human-the-hospice-worker-balancing-the-pulls-of-home-and-help-during-a-pandemic/
100 Days in Appalachia, “Healthcare is Human: Meet the Security Guard Who is Steady Presence in a Chaotic Pandemic,” Ryan McCarthy and Molly Humphreys, April 2021.
https://www.100daysinappalachia.com/2021/04/healthcare-is-human-the-security-guard-whos-a-steady-presence-in-a-chaotic-pandemic/
https://www.100daysinappalachia.com/2021/04/healthcare-is-human-the-security-guard-whos-a-steady-presence-in-a-chaotic-pandemic/
100 Days in Appalachia, “Healthcare is Human: Meet the Brave Nurse Looking for a Comfortable Face Mask,” Ryan McCarthy and Molly Humphreys, March 2021.
https://www.100daysinappalachia.com/2021/03/healthcare-is-human-meet-the-brave-nurse-looking-for-a-comfortable-face-mask/
https://www.100daysinappalachia.com/2021/03/healthcare-is-human-meet-the-brave-nurse-looking-for-a-comfortable-face-mask/
100 Days in Appalachia, “Healthcare is Human: Meet the W.Va. Hospital Custodian Committed to ‘HOPE’ During a Pandemic,” Ryan McCarthy and Molly Humphreys, March 2021.
Synapses, “This Computer” poem, West Virginia University, November 2020.
American Journal of Hematology Volume 95: Abstracts from the 2020 Lymphoma, Leukemia and Myeloma Congress October 21–24, 2020, “B-Cell Lymphoma Manifesting as Nephrotic Syndrome,” Lillian Paige Harry DO, Ryan McCarthy MD, October 2020.
Marshall University Journal of Medicine, “Acute Diagnosis of Wilson’s Disease in a Teenage Patient,” Sarah Irvin BS, Ryan McCarthy MD, November 2019.
https://mds.marshall.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1242&context=mjm
https://mds.marshall.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1242&context=mjm
Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics, “Grocery Store Hug.” Johns Hopkins University Press, Summer 2019.
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/731745
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/731745
Patient Care Information
Medical Specialties
- Internal Medicine
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Special Training
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Residency, Internal Medicine / Pediatrics
WVU School of Medicine - Ruby Memorial Hospital, 2006