Faculty and Staff
Jessica E Hobbs, DO. MBA, FACEP
| Title: | Clinical Assistant Professor |
| Emergency Medicine | |
| School of Medicine Greenville | |
| E-mail: | jessica.hobbs@prismahealth.org |
| Phone: | 864-455-7000 |
| Office: | 701 Grove Road-Department of Emergency Medicine Greenville SC 29605 |
Bio
| Background: | Dr. Jessica Hobbs practices clinical emergency medicine and serves as the Associate Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs and Operations at Prisma Health Upstate as well as Medical Director of Adult and Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina, a level one trauma and tertiary care center. She holds an appointment as Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of South Carolina, School of Medicine—Greenville and works as clinical faculty with the Greenville Emergency Medicine Residency Program, which she helped establish as founding faculty in 2017, developing and directing the immersive Resident Orientation Program. Dr. Hobbs joined Greenville Health System in 2015 and has served as Medical Director of Disaster Preparedness as well as currently serves as Medical Director of the GHS Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner Program. Dr. Hobbs joined Prisma Health in 2015 and has served as the Medical Director of the Prisma Health Upstate Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner Program for the last five years. She became involved in forensic medicine when she identified a gap in patient care and helped create a Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner program that was granted over $1 million in funds to create a multi-disciplinary forensic medicine program for comprehensive patient care. She also has the privilege of serving as Alternate Councilor for the Forensic Medicine Section of ACEP. Dr. Hobbs's interests include responding to endless minor pediatric medical emergencies (aka parenting a toddler), healthcare policy, forensic emergency medicine and healthcare systems development. Dr. Hobbs completed medical school at Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Emergency Medicine Residency at Ohio University/Kettering Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, where she served as Chief Resident. She completed her MBA in Entrepreneurship and Innovation from Clemson University in 2022 with a special focus on healthcare and digital transformation. |
| Teaching Interest(s): | Dr. Hobbs's teaching interests include systems-level and integrated, multidisciplinary education development and implementation, healthcare policy, forensic emergency medicine, and healthcare systems development. |
| Research Interest(s): | Sexual Assault and Forensic Patient Care, Forensic Multidisciplinary Education, System Operations and Throughput, and the intersectinon of Emergency Department Care and AIDS/HIV, PEP and PREP, Opiate Use Disorder. |
| Honors & Awards: | NSUCOM Sigma Sigma Phi Honor Society Gradview Hospital Emergency Medicine Resident of the Year NSU Student Achievement Award (STUEY) for the College of Osteopathic Medicine NSUCOM Dean’s Organizational Award NSUCOM Excellence in Leadership Award NSUCOM Student D.O. of the Year NSUCOM Class of 2010 Student of the Year Girl Scout Gold Award |
| Professional Affiliations: | American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL) South Carolina College of Emergency Physicians (SCCEP) American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) International Association of Forensic Nurse Examiners—Affiliate Member (IAFN) Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) Emergency Medicine Resident Association (EMRA) |