Return to Main Menu	MUSC Board of Trustees names chair, vice-chair  The MUSC Board of Trustees elected Charles B. Thomas Jr., M.D., as chairman, and Thomas L. Stephenson, J.D., as vice-chairman.   Charles B. Thomas Thomas, a Greenville native, has been a board member since 1996, having served as vice-chairman from 1998 to 2002. Elected as the medical professions representative from Congressional District 4 in 1996, Thomas practices orthopaedic surgery in Greenville. After graduating from the University of South Carolina in 1973 with a Bachelor of Science in psychology, he went on to obtain his bachelor's degree in pharmacy from MUSC in 1978 and his medical degree from MUSC in 1984. Thomas is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery and a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. In addition to his published and presented works, Thomas holds a U.S. patent for “Apparatus and Method for Implanting Distal Screws in Intramedullary Rod.” He and his wife, Tricia, have three children.   Thomas Stephenson Stephenson, a Greenville attorney, has served on the board since 1998. A lay representative from Congressional District 4, Stephenson received both bachelor's and law degrees from the University of South Carolina. He specializes in various types of employment-related and commercial litigation as a partner with Nexsen Pruet Adams & Kleemeier LLC. Stephenson is a certified specialist in employment and labor law. He has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America in 2005 and 2006. He and his wife, Dianne, have two children.     Friday, Aug. 25, 2006 Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Island Publications at 849-1778, ext. 201.