About The Medical Mechanic for YOUR Body. The Hood Doc 73
Dr. Shawn Dalton-Bethea (Patients call her Dr. Bethea, Their Medical Mechanic, Their Hood Doc 73, and/or Their Queen of Pain Relief.) is the second of eight children. She is a native of Thomasville, NC. She grew up between High Point and Greensboro until 1978 when her family moved to West Virginia. She graduated as one of the four valedictorians of Scott High School in Madison, WV 1992. She moved back to her home state of NC where she completed her Bachelor’s of Science in Biology and minor in German at Guilford College, Greensboro. She studied abroad for a semester in Europe late spring and the fall of 1993. That is where she fell in love with rugby football. When she returned to the US, she played on the Guilford College women’s rugby team’s back line. as the right winger #14! They won the 1994 state championship. Also, during her time at Guilford College, she was inducted into the National Tri Beta Biology Honor Society.
She then moved to Greenville, NC in July 1997 after getting married in Greensboro, NC in June 1997. She obtained her medical degree from East Carolina University School of Medicine 2001. During her time in medical school, she had the opportunity to take up yet another exciting activity: Tae Kwon Do. In fact, she taught Tae Kwon Do classes at her medical school in her final year at ECU. Loved it!
2001-02 was a quick general surgery internship year at Upstate University Hospital, Syracuse, NY. In 2002, Dr. Bethea decided to switch tracks from surgery to physical medicine & rehabilitation (otherwise known as physiatry). She moved to yet another state-Maryland. Dr. Bethea was co- chief resident from 2004-2005 at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore in affiliation with University of Maryland. It was during this time that she was introduced to the Berks County Jazz Festival (Reading, PA). She has been attending this Jazz Festival nearly every year since 2003! Dr. Bethea loves music! Her interventional pain management rotations through residency solidified her career path.
Eight days after the delivery of her first daughter, in Baltimore, MD, she moved to Collegeville, PA. Dr. Bethea started her fellowship just under 2 months later. Dr. Bethea completed her Interventional Spine & Pain Management Fellowship through Performance Spine & Sports Physicians, PC. Dr. Bethea was the first female medical doctor to enter this fellowship. God’s grace and her solid training in Pottstown, PA, was a springboard to her future success in Greensboro.
Dr. Bethea moved back to Greensboro in August 2007, 6 weeks after the birth of her second daughter. She joined Vanguard Brain & Spine Specialists August 20th, 2007. As the first interventional physiatrist hired by Vanguard, and the first female interventional physiatrist in Greensboro, she built the Interventional Pain Management section of Vanguard from the ground up. It was successful. Patients received excellent care from Dr. Bethea.
While at Vanguard, Dr. Bethea became board certified through the board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation as well as through the board of Pain Medicine.
In late 2009, Dr. Bethea felt God’s call to open her own practice. Most people thought that she was crazy to do this especially in the down turned economy. Dr. Bethea started seeing patients through Performance Spine & Sports Specialists, PA on August 24th, 2010 in Reidsville, NC, near Annie Penn Hospital through September 26th, 2014. In July 2013, she started her journey back into the Greensboro, NC medical community, where she has not left!
Jesus brought the right individuals along Dr. Bethea’s path in late summer 2015. Jill Chmill and Bruce Bertman introduced Dr. Bethea to orthobiologic therapy for spine and joint pain relief. Her orthobiologic training has opened doors to helping many practice members, especially in the worker’s compensation community. Dr. Bethea has been blessed. She continues to witness success with orthobiologics for acute and chronic joints, nerves, and soft tissue pain since September 2015. Therapy outcome of orthobiologics is expanding. Orthobiologics are used in other areas, such hair restoration, sexual health (male & female), and female urinary incontinence!
Dr. Bethea changed her practice name to Greensboro Rejuvenation, The Center for Integrative Health and Wellness May 21st, 2016. This name change allowed Dr. Bethea to meet with practice members about non pain related complaints, such as sexual dysfunction (dyspareunia [painful intercourse] & ED [erectile dysfunction}; those with hormonal imbalances which causes decreased energy, decreased libido, menopausal symptoms, etc.; those struggling with maintaining a proper weight; and those who wish to look younger and feel better about themselves.
Dr. Bethea continues to be excited about what God has in store for Greensboro Rejuvenation Although stewarding this practice is not a “cake walk”, this practice is Dr. Bethea’s mission field.
She believes strongly in helping the less fortunate. Dr. Bethea’s church, Calvary Church, is very active with local and global missions. Missions needs are both domestic and foreign. Dr. Bethea believes that it is important to “Take care of your backyard.”- needs of the Triad (food, shelter, drug & alcohol rehabilitation, etc.). Jesus wants us to tend to the needs of those abroad too. Dr. Bethea supports organizations that fight for the rights of the oppressed. Women, children, and men of all nationalities ( We are ALL one human race.) are in modern slavery (human trafficking)…right here, under our nose in the Triad.
Triad Ladder of Hope fights against human trafficking. Get educated about what is happening in our communities.
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National Hotline: 1-888-373-7888
Other Community Affiliations:
Calvary Church
Goodwill
Salvation Army
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Habakkuk 2:3