David Prior, MD

At Prisma Health Cardiology, our cardiologists and care teams are dedicated to providing you with high-quality, compassionate care. Through preventive care, education and expert treatment of conditions including heart valve disorders, peripheral vascular disease and atrial fibrillation, we are helping patients lead longer, healthier lives. Prisma Health Cardiology is part of the state's largest health care system that also includes Prisma Health Heart Hospital – South Carolina's only freestanding hospital dedicated solely to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease.

Mark A. Stellingworth, MD, is a cardiologist with Prisma Health Cardiology and a clinical assistant professor at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. Dr. Stellingworth received his medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. He completed his residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at LSU Medical Center, also in New Orleans. Dr. Stellingworth is board certified in cardiovascular disease, heart failure and transplant as well as adult echocardiography. He currently serves as medical director for both Echocardiography and Cardiac Rehabilitation at Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center in Hartsville, South Carolina.

Richard A. Edelson, MD, PhD, FACC, is a cardiologist with Prisma Health Cardiology and a clinical assistant professor at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. He earned his bachelor's degree in chemistry at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, and his PhD in biological chemistry at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He earned his medical degree at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, where he also served his internship and residency in internal medicine and completed a fellowship in cardiology. Dr. Edelson is board certified in cardiovascular disease and currently serves at the medical director of Nuclear Medicine at Prisma Health–Midlands.