A Message From Dr. Haskins
"As a family doctor, I want to support my patients at every stage of health.
Decisions regarding your health are the most personal decisions an individual will make. My office offers a safe place to work out the changes that come with the journey of life while putting the power of choice back into your hands.
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You are equipped to make informed choices, live with dignity, and experience an overall better quality of life."
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About Dr. Haskins
With almost 29 years of experience in pediatrics and adult medicine, Dr. Haskins, a Board Certified family medicine physician, provides chronic disease management, acute/urgent care, and long-term care of chronic disease, including some chronic pain management. He performs minor office surgery and procedures, with home visits on an as-needed appropriate basis.
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Dr. Haskins genuinely enjoys getting to know each and every one of his patients, and in many instances he sees and treats entire families. He believes that the quality of the patient-physician relationship is of the utmost importance and always seeks to achieve one of mutual trust and respect, while looking for shared values and perspectives regarding disease and life. He feels that in order to enhance accuracy of diagnosis as well as increase patient knowledge about diseases, spending time listening and finding out everything he can is critical. He welcomes input from family members and strongly believes that the more knowledge he has about all aspects of a patient’s life plays an important role in providing the most compassionate and best overall quality care.
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​Additionally, Dr. Haskins has a passion for serving through missions. He has traveled internationally on medical mission trips providing immediate medical and surgical care to those in under-served regions of the world who have limited access to health care services.
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He and his wife, Merri, live in West Ashley. They have four grown children (two sons and two daughters), two granddaughters, and one grandson.
Military Background and Service
Before entering the medical field, Dr. Haskins served in the United States Air Force Security Service (USAFSS) as a linguist/translator stationed in Berlin, Germany. Since 2013 he has served and is now Section Chief of the Medical Directorate of the Joint Services Detachment in the SC Military Dept.
Education
Dr. Haskins earned his M.D. from the Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. He trained in Family Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina and in General Surgery at the Medical Center of Delaware. As a resident at the Medical Center of Delaware he helped prepare a case report, “Repair of traumatic rupture of the aortic valve”, and he was a sub-investigator in the center’s Infectious Disease Research Laboratory. Dr. Haskins also earned his B.A. in Business Administration from George Washington University.
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Diplomate, American Board of Family Medicine
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Diplomate, American Academy of Family Physicians
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Diplomate, S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control
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Fellow of the South Carolina Medical Association
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Fellow of the Medical Society of South Carolina
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Fellow of the Charleston County Medical Society
Other Interests
Dr. Haskins enjoys discussing mostly anything to do with medicine, history, or the military, as well as countless other topics. He has a passion for reading, is an avid swimmer, and enjoys being outdoors, in the shooting range, and spending quality time with family and friends.
​"Every patient is valued at this office. We do not contract with insurance carriers. Our contract is with the patient: YOU."
Dr. Haskins and his wife Merri
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