Meet our faculty
Jennifer Bailey, DO
Joshua Ennis, DO
Chelsea Feger, DO
Abigail Frank, DO
Abigail Frank, DO, is a 2010 West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) graduate. She completed a Family Medicine Residency at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center (GVMC) in Ronceverte, WV, in 2013. She is currently a family physician at the Robert C. Byrd Clinic in Lewisburg, WV. Dr. Frank is an Associate Professor for the clinical sciences department, the Assistant Dean of Graduate Medical Education at WVSOM, the Executive Director of the Mountain State Osteopathic Postdoctoral Training Institution, as well as the Director of Medical Education for CAMC Greenbrier Valley Medical Center.
John Garlitz, DO
Isaac Hurst, MD
Christopher Kennedy, DO
Christopher Kennedy, DO, is a graduate of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) Class of 2017. After completing medical school, he went on to complete his Family Medicine residency at United Hospital Center in Bridgeport, WV, where he was Chief Resident in his third year. Dr. Kennedy is board certified in Family Medicine and OMT through the AOBFP and is board certified in Family Medicine through the ABFM. He is an Assistant Professor in Clinical Sciences at WVSOM, where he teaches and precepts medical students across all four years of their education. In addition, he was core faculty member for the Greenbrier Valley Medical Center Family Medicine residency program for four years before taking on the position of Program Director. He maintains a busy clinical practice at the Robert C. Byrd Clinic, a federally designated Rural Health Clinic in Lewisburg, WV. One of his passions is the care and service of underserved populations in rural areas, particularly completing home visits and community outreach.
Dr. Kennedy chose rural family practice as his career because he felt that this is where he cane make the most impact for those that sometimes get left behind in society. The patient population in West Virginia struggles with many healthcare disparities, lack of access to care and significant chronic disease burden. Many of his patients have a low socioeconomic status and low health literacy with very limited income resources and health insurance options, if any. He considers it an honor and privilege to serve those patients and mentor students and residents to also have compassion for them and go the extra mile to make a difference. He loves doing home visits and regularly incorporates them into his practice, even doing OMT in the homes. He also has a passion for international mission work, most recently traveling to Peru and the Dominican Republic with medical school's chapter of DOCare and CMDA, providing general medical care, joint injection and OMT for chronic musculoskeletal pain in patient populations near the Amazon River in Peru and a mobile clinic based out of a community school in the Dominican Republic. Even though it is hard work, and dealing with the limitations of various health systems and barriers to patient care can be frustrating, it never stops him from trying. He feels like he is living his dream career and hopes to impart his passions on the next generation of practitioners.
He and his wife live in the Lewisburg, WV, area with their three children. They love to spend time with family and be involved in community events and projects. He loves playing soccer, reading books, playing outside with his kids and volunteering in community organizations in town or through their church.
Janet Kowalsky, DO
Kathleen Martin, MD
Aaron McGuffin, MD
Theresa Mellette, DO
Lauren Miller, DO
C. Bridgett Morrison, DO
Mark Waddell, DO
Mark Waddell, DO is a 1990 alumnus of the WV School of Osteopathic Medicine and holds board certification in Family Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine. He is a past president of the WVSOM Alumni Board. Currently, he is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at WVSOM and Assistant Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center. He also serves as an ER physician at CAMC Greenbrier Valley Medical Center. Previously, he served as an Emergency Department Medical Director for both Team Health and WVU Medicine and has amassed over 25 years of experience providing emergency medical care in rural Appalachia. Over the last 30 years Dr. Waddell has been a Family physician, hospitalist as well as an ER physician. He is an ACLS instructor, ATLS instructor, long time member of the International Wilderness Medicine Society and a frequent lecturer on Wilderness Survival to healthcare providers and lay persons. He also served on the Physician Advisory Council for HealthNet Aeromedical Services and has provided survival training to the medical crews of both HealthNet and Air Evac Lifeteam. He is an avid scuba diver, kayaker and backpacker. He and his wife Rebecca, share a passion for their family and international short term medical missions.
