Russ Carl Kolarik, MD

Dr. Krom went to middle school and high school in the Upstate, graduating from Southside Christian School in 2005. He completed medical school from Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine - Virginia Campus, and returned to Greenville for his Pediatric Residency, which he finished in 2016. He now works as teaching faculty as a general pediatrician in the Children's Hospital, newborn nursery, and at the Center for Pediatric Medicine.

Julie M. Linton, MD is a primary care pediatrician and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville and Prisma Health Children’s Hospital Upstate. Dr. Linton’s professional work focuses on optimal clinical care, community engagement, and advocacy for policy-level action regarding children in immigrant families, with a framework of health equity. Dr. Linton is an alumna of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Culture of Health Leaders Program, the Past Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Council on Immigrant Child and Family Health, a member of the AAP Committee on Federal Government Affairs, and a current consultant for the Urban Institute-Georgetown Law Project on Health Equity and the Law. Dr. Linton is currently pursuing her master’s degree in global health policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. After graduating with a B.S. in psychology from Duke University, Dr. Linton spent 9 months in Panama as part of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, in partnership with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Dr. Linton earned her medical doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, followed by pediatric residency at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.