Karin Miller Jenkins, MD
Fax: (803) 758-0120
About us
Karin Jenkins, MD, is a graduate of Presbyterian College, where she received bachelor's degrees in psychology and biology. She graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in 2004, completed her residency in internal medicine at Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center in 2007, and is board certified in hospice and palliative medicine.
Dr. Jenkins worked as an academic hospitalist for many years before accepting the medical director position with Prisma Health Hospice. She enjoys teaching medical students, residents and fellows on the wards and through the Hospice and Palliative Care Fellowship. She has a special interest in using meditation and positive psychology to improve her patients' quality of life.
Jenkins lives in Camden, South Carolina, with her husband, Austin, and three children, where she enjoys hiking, bicycling and gardening.
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