R Craig McClelland, MD

Dr. McClelland joined our practice in June 2000, after completing his Residency at Duke University Medical Center and serving 4 years as Chief of Obstetrics at William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX.

He specializes in minimally invasive Gynecological surgery and is currently the only gynecologist in the Charlotte area to offer Single Incision Laparoscoic Surgery (SILS) for his patients.  (Google: SILS hysterectomy)  This procedure allows the surgeon to perform all major Gynecological procedures through a 2cm incision hidden in the belly button.  Dr. McClelland trains surgeons from around the region in this innovative procedure at a monthly surgical course held at The Women's Center in Rock Hill.

Dr. McClelland is married and has three children.

I am accepting new patients.

B.A. Neuroscience : 1988
Princeton University, cum laude, Princeton, New Jersey
M.D. : 1992
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

: 1996
Dr. McClelland completed his Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

Sigma Xi
Fellow, Sigma Xi (national scientific research society)
South Carolina Obstetrical and Gynecological Society
Member
American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
Member
American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Fellow
Chief of Obstetrics : 2000

1985:  Awarded US Army Airborne (paratrooper) jump wings after completing Airborne School, Ft. Benning, GA.

2000:  Awarded Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) for outstanding leadership as Chief of Obstetrics, WBAMC.

1996-2000:  Chief of Obstetrics, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX.

                     Major, US Army - Payback for 4 year ROTC merit scholarship to Princeton University.  I was responsible for  the daily management of the obstetrics service.  I was one of 7 doctors and 4 nurse midwives providing general obstetrics, gynecology and infertility services at this US Army medical center.

                      

Diplomate : 1998
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

2000

Courtesy Staff
Carolinas Medical Center  Pineville, NC
Attending Physician
Piedmont Medical Center  Rock Hill, SC

Single Incision Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: A Review of Our First Seventy-five Patients : 2010
McClelland, R>C>; Lette, L:   Abstract submitted to the AAGL 39th Global Congress, LasVegas, NV.  November, 2010.
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis: Patients at High Risk to Fail Intermittent Pneumatic Compression : 1996

Clarke-Pearson, DL; Dodge, R; Synan, I; McCLelland, RC; Maxwell, LG

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Factors associated with failed deep venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in gynecology patients. : 1995
Presented at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.
d-Fenfluramine and Self Stimulation: Loss of Inhibitory Effect in Underweight Rats : 1991

McCLelland, RC; Hoebel, BG

Brain Research Bulletin 72: 341-345

The Appetite Suppressant d-Fenfluramine Decreases Self-Stimulation at a Feeding Site in the Lateral Hypothalmus : 1989
Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior 32: 411-414