Dr. Colin C Edgerton, MD

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Dr. Edgerton received his BS from Georgetown University in 1997 and graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine cum laude in 2001. He is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society. He graduated at the top of his residency class in Internal Medicine and completed his Rheumatology fellowship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 2006. Dr. Edgerton served as the Rheumatology Service Chief at Eisenhower Army Medical Center from 2006-2013, where he held faculty positions at the Medical College of Georgia and the Uniformed Services University. He is a pioneer in musculoskeletal ultrasound and established the ultrasound training program at the Medical College of Georgia. He serves on the American College of Rheumatology ultrasound task force and has published national guidelines on the use of ultrasound by Rheumatologists. Dr. Edgerton has presented research nationally and internationally and has published articles and chapters in several areas of expertise to include systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis. Dr. Edgerton joined Low Country Rheumatology in 2013 after serving for 12 years as a U.S. Army physician, where he achieved the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Dr. Edgerton is board certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology. He is a fellow in the American College of Physicians and of the American College of Rheumatology and holds national leadership positions in the American College of Rheumatology and in the American Medical Association.