Providers

All the physicians of Sumter Pediatrics, P.A. are Board Certified in Pediatrics and have admitting privileges to PRISMA Health Tuomey.


Dr. James M. DuRant Jr.

Born in Sumter, South Carolina, Dr. DuRant is a graduate of the Medical University of South Carolina.  His pediatric training was completed at the Medical University Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina. Special Interest: General Pediatrics

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Dr. Melissa W. Arscott

Born in Columbia, South Carolina, Dr. Arscott is a graduate of the College of Charleston and the Medical University of South Carolina. She completed her pediatric training at The Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Norfolk, Virginia. Dr. Arscott, […]

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Dr. J. Mark Mitchiner

Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Dr. Mitchiner is a graduate of Duke University and the University of Texas Medical Branch.  He completed his pediatric training at the Medical University of South Carolina and completed a fellowship in Sports Medicine at Children’s [

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Dr. Jason B. Grier

Born in Belhaven, North Carolina, Dr. Grier is a graduate of Clemson University and the University of  South Carolina School of Medicine.  He completed his pediatric training at Palmetto Health Richland/University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columb

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Dr. Michele R. Easler

Born in Augusta, Georgia, Dr. Easler, is a graduate of the University Of South Carolina and the University of South Carolina School Of Medicine.  She completed her pediatric training at Palmetto Health Richland/University of South Carolina School of Medicine in [

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Dr. J. Evans James, IV

Dr. James, born in Winnsboro, SC, moved to Sumter at age 6. Dr. James graduated from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, and his pediatric residency was completed at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Dr. James […]

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Hanna S. Rivers, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC

Mrs. Hanna S. Rivers, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, was born in Sumter, SC and grew up in Manning. Mrs. Rivers, received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Clemson University and then went on to complete her Masters of Science in […]

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Heather Blanton Burns, DNP, APRN, CPNP-BC; BSN, RN

Born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Dr. Burns, is a graduate of the College of Charleston and received her Doctor of Nursing Practice from the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Burns brings with her years of experience from her previous […]

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