Amanda Thurber Harridge, PA-C

Amanda, originally from Peachtree City, Georgia joined the team at Southeastern Spine in 2008 as a surgical physician assistant and truly enjoys providing quality patient care primarily now in the clinical setting a few days a week. Over the years with the practice, she has built a broad skill set in spine medicine learning from the best in the operating room, on the clinical side and in pain management.

She completed her physician assistant studies at the Medical University of South Carolina in 2008 where she graduated with honors and was involved with medical missions. Prior to attending MUSC, she completed her undergraduate degree in Exercise Science at the University of South Carolina in 2006 graduating summa cum laude. Athletics brought Amanda to the Carolinas where she had the privilege to captain the South Carolina Women’s soccer team. She was awarded both the USC Co-Scholar Female Athlete of the Year and the USC Exercise Science Academic Student of the year in her senior reign.

 2006-2008 Masters of Physician Assistant Studies

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina

Magna Cum Laude

2002-2006 Bachelor of Exercise Science

University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

Summa Cum Laude

1999-2002 High School Diploma

Starr’s Mill High School, Fayetteville, Georgia

VP of Class of 2002

North Spring Family Medicine and Urgent Care
September 2013-Jan 2014 Colorado Springs, Colorado
Part time urgent care physician assistant

• 32 hour/week acute and family medicine clinical care.

Emergency Medical Specialists
August 2013-October 2013 Colorado Springs, Colorado
Part time ER physician assistant

• 50 hours/month emergency room assessment and treatment.

SAR Corp
January 2013-August 2013 Peterson AFB, Colorado
Acute Care/Family Medicine Physician Assistant

• Daily acute care and management for an empanelment of 2500 patients.

GPP Staffing
October 2012- January 2013 Peterson AFB, Colorado
Flight Medicine Physician Assistant

• Daily acute and routine clinical care for pilots and their dependents.

Southeastern Spine Institute
July 2008-Present
Charleston, South Carolina

Clinical provider and surgical first assist for the adult spine patient with primary responsibilities including:

• Daily clinical care: This involves seeing and treating new patients, follow-ups, and surgical consultations in a busy, quick paced 30-50 patient morning clinic alongside surgeon. I run my own afternoon clinic seeing and treating most pre and post-operative patients, follow-ups and necessary emergent work-ins.
• Prescriptive authority: I have my own DEA number allowing me to treat my own patients and prescribe the necessary medications within my scope of practice.
• MRI/xray/CT scan interpretation: this entails ordering, interpreting, reviewing in the office or over the phone with patients
• Office medicine call or surgery calls: clinical based to answer all patient questions or concerns with adjusting treatment, medication, surgery, and/or MRI results
• In patient rounding with daily call for one surgeon and weekend call rotation for all 8 physicians and entire practice
• Pre-surgical and/or hospital history and physicals and discharge summaries on inpatients
• First assist and knowledge in MIS surgery including degenerative scoliosis multi-level fusion procedures (XLIF), lumbar and cervical fusion and/or Artificial Disc replacement, microdisectomy, interspinous distraction placement and plating, kyphoplasty/vertebroplasty

• Colorado State license: #3553 (inactive)
• South Carolina State license: #1363 (active)
• DEA licensure (active)
• ACLS
• BLS
• American Academy of Physician Assistants
• South Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants
• South Carolina Spine Society

• 2 Time Captain of Division I University of South Carolina Women’s Soccer Team 2004-2006
• 4 year Division I Student-Athlete and letter winner in women’s soccer 2002-2006
• USC Co-Scholar Female Athlete of the Year 2005-2006
• USC Exercise Science Academic Student of the Year 2005-2006