Curry, Hiram B. (1927), was born in Midville, Georgia on September 19, 1927, but spent his youth in Jasper, Florida. He earned a B.S. with Medicine Degree from the College of Charleston in 1946 and received his M.D. from the Medical College of South Carolina (MCSC) in 1950. He spent the next thirteen years completing internships and residencies at the Philadelphia General Hospital, Virginia Hospital (Chief Hospital), Medical College Hospital (Neurology), University of Lund (Research Fellow), Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School (Teaching Fellowship). Dr. Curry spent seven years in his hometown of Jasper as a general practitioner. After bringing in several partners to the business he left to pursue a teaching career, eventually joining the Neurology Faculty of the Medical College of South Carolina in 1963. He established a laboratory for studying cortical and cerebral blood flow, centering on cerebrovascular disease and headache, while simultaneously holding a position as a teacher of family medicine. In 1969 Dr. Curry helped to design a family practice academic program at MUSC to prepare physicians for a career as a family doctor. This was only the third department of its kind in the United States. The program was expanded to the rest of South Carolina with seven affiliated Family Resident Programs. Curry held his position of Professor and Chairman of the Department of Family Practice until his death in 1989. Dr. Curry held membership in fifteen professional organizations on the local, state, national, and international level, including the American Medical Association, South Carolina Medical Association, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, and the International Center for Family Medicine. In honor of his contributions to family practice Dr. Curry was awarded the Outstanding Medical Educator Award by the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Meritorious Service Medal by the U.S. Army Reserves Medical Corps, and the Certificate for Excellence by the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine.
From the description of Hiram B. Curry, M.D Papers 1961-1988. (Medical University of South Carolina Library). WorldCat record id: 688134935
