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Terry Day, MD, Otolaryngology (ENT), Charleston, SC, HCA South Atlantic - Trident Medical Center

TerryDayMD

Otolaryngology (ENT) • Charleston, SC

Head & Neck Oncologic Surgery, Head & Neck Plastic Surgery

National Director, Head and Neck Oncology, Sarah Cannon

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Overview of Dr. Day

Dr. Terry Day is currently Director of Head and Neck Oncology, Sarah Cannon National Group and his clinical practice is with Head and Neck Specialists in Charleston, SC. Dr Day received his medical degree from the University of Oklahoma. He completed his residency at Louisiana State University before pursuing a fellowship in head and neck oncologic surgery at the University of California, Davis and in craniomaxillofacial surgery at Inselspital-Bern in Bern, Switzerland. Following fellowship, he joined the faculty in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee and then served as the Wendy and Keith Wellin Endowed Chair of Head and Neck Oncology and developed and directed the Head and Neck Tumor Center at Hollings Cancer Center and professor, vice chair and director of the Division of Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.

Dr. Day is currently on the American Joint Committee on Cancer Education Committee and served as president of the American Head and Neck Society and on the inaugural council of the International Academy of Oral Oncology. He completed a four-year term on the board of directors of the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. He has served as a senior examiner with the American Board of Otolaryngology. Dr. Day volunteers his time as president of the Head and Neck Cancer Alliance, Inc., and in 1998 started the inaugural international Oral and Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week (OHANCAW).

Since completion of his fellowship, Dr. Day has limited his clinical practice to patients with tumors of the head and neck region, including robotic surgery, oropharyngeal, skull base, thyroid, skin cancer, melanoma and salivary gland.

Education & Training

  • Louisiana State University School of Medicine
    Louisiana State University School of MedicineResidency, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1990 - 1995
  • Louisiana State University School of Medicine
    Louisiana State University School of MedicineInternship, Transitional Year, 1989 - 1990
  • University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
    University of Oklahoma College of MedicineClass of 1989

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1995 - Present
  • SC State Medical License
    SC State Medical License 1999 - 2025
  • GA State Medical License
    GA State Medical License 2022 - 2024
  • TN State Medical License
    TN State Medical License 1996 - 2001
  • LA State Medical License
    LA State Medical License 1990 - 1996
  • American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Otolaryngology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2008-2014
  • America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2006-2013
  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

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Insurance Accepted

  • Aetna Choice POS II
    BCBS Blue Card PPO
    BCBS California PPO
    BCBS Illinois PPO
    CIGNA HMO
    CIGNA Open Access
    CIGNA PPO
    First Health PPO
    Multiplan PPO
    MVP Healthcare PPO
    United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
    United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
    WEA Trust Preferred Provider Plan - Trust Pref
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