Dr. Joseph T. Garand has been practicing Family Medicine with a sub-specialty in Geriatrics, for over 32 years. Dr. Garand has long maintained the core values of the Family Physician by providing comprehensive and continued health care for individuals and families of all ages. After 28 years of practicing Family Medicine at Piedmont Family practice, Dr. Garand was presented with the opportunity to oversee the development of a Family Practice Residency Program. For many years while precepting medical students, he noticed that many of the students were opting to go into different specialties, as opposed to Family Medicine.

It was Dr. Garand’s hope that he could make an impact through teaching and helping to provide state of the art learning tools to encourage the next generation of physicians to consider the field of Family Medicine.  During his four years as Medical Director and educator at the Prisma Center for Family Medicine, a Family Practice residency program was established. The residency program will have its first graduating class of Family Physicians in June of 2023.