Dr. Goins obtained his medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C., where he also received his surgical training.  He completed a Trauma - Critical Care Fellowship at University of Maryland's Shock-Trauma Center in Baltimore.  He served as Chief of Trauma-Surgical Critical Care and Chief of the Howard University Surgical Service at the District of Columbia General Hospital in Washington, D.C.  He was also an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Howard University and authored or co-authored medical articles, chapters in medical books, and made presentations at national medical meetings.  He has been in private practice in the Carolinas since 1996 when he founded Mid-Carolina Surgery Specialists with two locations in Lancaster, SC and at Blakeney in Charlotte, NC.  The Consumers Research Council, an independent Washington, DC organization selected Dr. Goins as one of America’s Top Surgeons for 2008 and 2009.  Their criteria for his selection included experience, training, education, professional associations, and board certifications.  He currently serves as Chief of Surgery at Springs Memorial Hospital in Lancaster, SC. 

Dr. Goins is double Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care/Trauma, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and is Board Certified by the American Board of Phlebology.  He is an Associate of the American College of Cosmetic Surgery and the International Society Cosmetologynecology and additionally, an ARDMS Registered Vascular Technician.

Membership:          American College of Surgeons

                             Society of Critical Care Medicine

                             American Society for Laser Medicine & Surgery

                             American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery

                             American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine

                             American Society of Lipo-Suction Surgery

                             Vascular Access Society of the Americas

                             American Hernia Society

                             Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES).

Lesslie is a certified Physician Assistant (PA) specializing in Laser and General Surgery at Mid-Carolina Surgery, Vein, and Aesthetics.  She received her Bachelors Degree from Davidson College with undergraduate studies at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England.  She received her Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies from the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.

She has practiced as a Physician Assistant in a clinical setting seeing patients independently as well as First Assistant Surgeon in the hospital setting.  She assists Dr. Goins in Laser Vein Surgery, Laser Lipolysis, and consulting and treating our general surgery patients in both the Lancaster and Blakeney offices.  She has completed training and certifications in aesthetic medicine to perform skin consultations and laser skin procedures, as well as our injectables: Botox, Radiesse, and Juvederm.  Through her multi-disciplinary education and training, she is able to evaluate and treat patients in all areas that we specialize in at Mid-Carolina Surgery.

Tim is a graduate of Temple University and licensed as a Registered Vascular Technologist (RVT) by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medicine Sonographers (ARDMS).