GEORGE T. FREDRICK, MD
Office of Clinical Education
Primary Care Skills Site Director
Professor
Dr. George Fredrick was born and raised in Louisville, KY. After completing his family
medicine residency, he opened a solo family medicine practice in Cynthiana, KY. After
four years of practice, he accepted a faculty position in the family medicine residency
program at United Hospital Center in Clarksburg, WV. After three years, he was promoted
to director of the residency and served as director for nine years.
He returned to private practice in Bridgeport, WV, and, five years later, was offered
and accepted a faculty position in the family medicine residency program at West
Virginia University. He was recruited by Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany,
GA, to take the position of director of the family medicine residency program in 2008.
In 2019, he accepted a position as primary care skills site director at PCOM South
Georgia.
Education
- BA in Biology - Bellarmine University
- MD - University of Kentucky
- Family medicine residency - United Hospital Center Clarksburg, WV
- Geriatric curriculum development fellowship - Duke
Awards
- Commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel May 2, 1986
- Family Medicine Residency Teacher of the Year 2004
- Nominated as finalist for the Excellence in Student Teaching Award for 2005 at West
Virginia University.
- Nominated as finalist for the Excellence in Student Teaching Award for 2006 at West
Virginia University.
- West Virginia University Department of Family Medicine Faculty Award for Excellence
in Student Teaching 2006 – 2007
- Nominated for Distinguished Teacher Award for West Virginia University School of Medicine
2007
- Residency Teacher of the Year at Southwest Georgia Family Medicine Residency 2012
Memberships
- American Academy of Family Physicians