Kathie Hermayer's Biography

Kathie Hermayer, Professor of Medcine, Medical University of South Carolina

Diabetes, and Medical Genetics at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, South Carolina. She is Director for the Diabetes Management Service and Medical Director of Hospital Diabetes Services at MUSC and the Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She chairs the Hospital Diabetes Task Force at MUSC and the RHJ VA Medical Center. Dr. Hermayer serves as the Chairperson for the Diabetes Initiative of South Carolina.

Dr. Hermayer completed a master’s degree in Biochemical Nutrition at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut. After receiving her Medical Degree from Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, she served an internship, a residency, and a fellowship, all at MUSC. She served a 2 year National Public Health Scholarship in Primary Care Medicine in St. George, SC from 1984-1986. She has been on faculty at MUSC since the completion of her Endocrine Fellowship in 1992.

Dr. Hermayer has received grants for research on the treatment of diabetes, bone diseases and other endocrine diseases. She has written numerous articles, chapters, and abstracts relating to diabetes, thyroid diseases, bone diseases, and other endocrine disorders.