8220 Nigels Dr., Myrtle Beach, SC, 29572
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Carolina Rheumatology and Neurology Associates
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Wendy Lee, MD
Dr. Wendy Lee, MD, founder of Carolina Rheumatology and Neurology Associates, was born in Taipei, Taiwan, and was delivered by her father who was chief resident in OBGYN at the time. She grew up in Taichung, Taiwan and emigrated to California before starting high school. She graduated from UCLA with a degree in biochemistry and earned her MD degree from the University of the East College of Medicine, in the Philippines.
Dr. Lee returned to the states for her residency in internal medicine at Brown University College of Medicine in Providence, RI, where she also completed her fellowship in rheumatology. She was inspired to become a rheumatologist while in her first-year internship. She was caring for a patient in a nursing home who was bed bound due to severe musculoskeletal deformities.
She moved to Myrtle Beach in 1997 and worked in a multi-specialty group before branching out on her own and establishing Carolina Rheumatology in 2000, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2025.
Dr. Lee’s philosophy of care is to treat patients as she would like to be treated as a patient.
Her goal is to obtain remission and prevent musculoskeletal and organ damage.
Amanda was born and raised in Charleston, SC. In 2007, she graduated from the College of Charleston where she earned her bachelor’s in biology with a minor in dance. She worked in a rheumatology practice as a medical assistant before applying to the nursing program at Trident Technical College. In 2011, she graduated with an associate’s in nursing. Following completion of her nursing program, she took a position as a rheumatology infusion nurse.
After four years of working as a registered nurse, Amanda wanted to pursue her dream of becoming a nurse practitioner. She earned her bachelor’s in nursing at the Mary Black School of Nursing at the University of South Carolina Upstate in 2016. In 2017, she was accepted into the nurse practitioner program at the Medical University of South Carolina. She completed her doctorate of nursing in adult and geriatric primary care in 2020. She then worked as a rheumatology nurse practitioner for 3 years before moving to Myrtle Beach.
In May 2024, she joined Carolina Rheumatology and Neurology Associates as a board-certified adult and geriatric nurse practitioner. She is a member of the Rheumatology Nurses Society (RNS), Infusion Nurses Society (INS), Associated of Rheumatology Health Professionals (ARHP), Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), American Women in Rheumatology (AWIR), and Sigma Theta Tau National Nursing Honor Society.
In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband, Brandon, and 2 children, Stella and Gage, along with her 3 dogs. She is very thankful for the hard work and dedication of her medical assistant, Jessica Wansha.
Kristin grew up in Springfield, Illinois. She moved to Myrtle Beach and attended Coastal Carolina University, graduating in 2005. Then, she went on to attend medical school at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine at he Georgia campus in Suwanee, GA. After graduation, she went on to complete her internal medicine residency at the University of Tennessee in Memphis, TN. In 2014, she completed her rheumatology fellowship at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, GA. She started practicing at Carolina Rheumatology and Neurology Associates in August 2014. She is board certified in rheumatology and internal medicine.