SPARTANBURG, SC--Mary Black Health System-Spartanburg (MBHS-S) will host a Walk With a Doc on Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 10am. The community is invited to join medical professionals from Mary Black Physicians Group for a walk on the Mary Black Nature Trail located on the hospital campus.
Participating providers at this event include Dennis Mayer, M.D., general surgeon, MBPG Surgical Specialties; Jessica Reynolds, M.D., internal medicine, MBPG Family and Internal Medicine West; Heather Lawter, FNP-C, family medicine, MBPG Primary Care Cedar Springs; Amanda Rogers, DNP, ANP-C, internal medicine, MBPG Family and Internal Medicine West; and Brittany Saleeby, NP-C, family medicine, MBPG Carolina Family Physicians.
This is a free event so bring the whole family for fun exercise, healthy snacks, music, line-dancing and more! Leashed dogs are welcome.
The Mary Black Nature Trail is located on the hospital campus at 1700 Skylyn Drive, Spartanburg, SC. To register, call (864) 573-3921 or visit MaryBlackHealthSystem.com/events.
About Walk With a Doc
Walk with a Doc was started in 2005 by Dr. David Sabgir, a cardiologist in Columbus, Ohio. Frustrated with his inability to affect behavior change in the clinical setting, Dr. Sabgir invited his patients to go for a walk with him in a local park on a spring Saturday morning. To his surprise, over 100 people showed up, energized and ready to move.
Since that first event in 2005, Walk with a Doc has grown as a grassroots effort, with a model based on sustainability and simplicity. A doctor(s) leads participants on a walk at their own pace. The Walk added an Executive Director in 2009 and focused on building a program that could easily be implemented by interested doctors in other cities around the country. As a result of these efforts, the reach of Walk with a Doc now extends all around the globe with over 300 chapters worldwide.