Kristie Wood Wade, FNP-C

A native of Lancaster, Alex decided to put her education and energy back into her hometown and the surrounding communities. She graduated from Buford High School in 2011 and then went on to fulfill her dreams as a nurse at the University of South Carolina - Lancaster. In 2015, she graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing. She completed her precepting hours in the Intensive Care Unit at MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center. This is when she knew that she had found her home. She was an ICU nurse in that unit for the next five and a half years while she returned to graduate school to become a Nurse Practitioner. She graduated with her Master's in Nursing from the University of South Carolina in December 2018. GO COCKS! Since then, she has completed many hours of preceptorship with surrounding physicians. Her love for her hometown drives her initiative to care for the people who reside here, and she hopes to do so until she retires. In her spare time, she likes to spend time with her family. Her husband is a firefighter, so with our busy schedules, we want to spend time with our little girl. She is very excited and blessed to be able to serve this community!

Lindsey Crofford is a board-certified family nurse practitioner passionate about rural medicine and the underserved. She graduated with undergraduate degrees in Nursing and Spanish and International Health in December of 2016, where she began working with Clemson Rural Health, aiding in the planning and implementation of mobile health clinics. After moving to Charleston, she began working as a medical-surgical nurse at MUSC, specializing in neurology and neurosurgery. While working at MUSC, she was a part of shared governance, focusing on shared decision-making between nurses and leadership to improve work culture and patient outcomes. Wanting to focus her attention on prevention and a whole health model of care, she obtained her Master's in nursing from MUSC in August of 2022, with a Family Nurse Practitioner emphasis. Her special interests include pediatrics, women's health, and chronic disease management. She is dedicated to providing quality care across the lifespan while implementing evidence-based practice catered to the patient's individual needs. She is passionate about connecting with patients and their stories.