Jack Eliot Dobkin, DO

At Laurens Family Medicine, our goal has been to provide comprehensive and compassionate care for each patient we see - the kind of care we want our own families to receive.

William Childers, MD, is a native of Blacksburg and joined the practice in 1988. He is a graduate of Clemson University and the Greenville Hospital System Family Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Childers is active in the community and is the past chair of the County Medical Society and past Chief of Staff of the Laurens County Hospital. He has served on the Laurens Family YMCA Board and is a former board member of the Good Shepherd Free Medical Clinic. He c serves as active elder at First Presbyterian Church Laurens. He served as the Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs for the Department of Family Medicine for seven years and is currently the Practice Chief for Laurens Family Medicine. He is married with two children and two grandchildren. He enjoys running, golfing, yardwork, and Clemson athletics.

Dr. Patterson is a native of Columbia and is also a founding member of the practice. He is a graduate of the Greenville Hospital Residency Program. Dr. Patterson served on the Executive Committee with the Blue Ridge Council of Boy Scouts of America. He is a past member of the Laurens County Healthcare System Board. He is married with two children and five grandchildren.