Dr. Samuel Lucas Brashears

Sam, son of Samuel and Candra Brashears, graduated with honors and with top ten distinction from Sullivan North High School. Sam was elected to serve as HOSA president and senior class vice president. He helped to organize five school blood drives in two years, making Sullivan North the highest donating school per capita in the region. Sam competed in HOSA Bowl, placing 2nd at regional and 5th at state competition. He is a founding member of the Sullivan North Robotics Team. Sam participated in varsity basketball, track, and cross-country. He helped Sullivan North’s basketball team reach the semifinal round of the regional tournament, a feat last accomplished in 1995.

Sam earned his undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University. He worked in research with Dr. Daniel Kim-Shapiro and presented his work entitled “Evaluating the Existence of an Intermediate in the Nitrite-Hemoglobin Reaction” to the Wake Forest community. He earned his M.D. at the Quillen College of Medicine at East Tennessee State University. He is completing his residency at East Tennessee State University’s Family Medicine Center, in Johnson City, Tennessee.