our staff
Recovery Concepts, LLC’s' staff of caring professionals provides our
clients with the most sophisticated treatment technology available.
Physicians, addiction professionals, therapists & counselors; Nurse
& Pharmacist who understand the process of recovery combine to
provide the most effective treatment possible, and do so in a caring
and nurturing manner.
Our treatment team understands how difficult it is to come to terms
with chemical dependency and other addictive disorders. Our staff is
committed in their efforts to help our clients learn how to live
outside the treatment center with freedom, dignity and a healthy,
balanced life-style that matches their individual goals and objectives.
Our staff of caring, licensed, credentialed experienced professionals
is as state of the art as our program. Our Medical Director,
Pharmacist, Program Director and Counselors have a total of over 45
years experience, and proven leadership in the field of addiction
treatment.
Jeffrey Craddock, M.D.
Program Sponsor &
Medical Director
Dr. Craddock is a psychiatrist specializing in the treatment of addiction. He has worked in a number of treatment settings: inpatient, outpatient, residential, state & agency, adult and adolescent services. He is medical director, co-owner, and program sponsor for Recovery Concepts, LLC a licensed OTP in South Carolina.
Dr. Craddock has been involved in national buprenorphine research. He has developed formularies and guidelines for medication-assisted recovery programs for state and private programs. He has served on advisory boards for non-profit treatment centers, presented at the buprenorphine summit in Washington, DC, and served on the model of care expert panel.
He acts as an advocate at the state level for recovering medical and legal professionals and speaks on various topics, including addiction medicine. He has served as president of the South Carolina Society of Addiction Medicine. He is currently a board member of the Centers for Drug and Alcohol Programs of the Medical University of So. Carolina in Charleston. He is involved with local community 12 step and self-help programs.
2006-present, Recovery Concepts of the Carolina Upstate
2002-present, Chairman, Dept. of Psychiatry, Bon Secours Saint Francis
Hospitals
1997-present, private psychiatric practice, Hillcrest Behavioral
Medicine, PA
2004-2006, Medical Staff, University Medical Center, Greenville
Hospital System
2004-2006, Staff Psychiatrist, Patrick B. Harris Hospital
2001-2004, Staff Psychiatrist & Medical Director, SpringBrook
Behavioral Health
2000-2001, Medical Director, Centers for Behavioral Health, Laurens
County Hospital
1997-2000, Staff Psychiatrist, Carolina Center for Behavioral Health /
Charter Hospital of Greenville
1993-1996, Staff Psychiatrist, Guilford County Mental Health Center,
Greensboro, NC
1993-1996, Staff Psychiatrist, Forsyth-Stokes Mental Health Center,
Winston-Salem, NC
1993-1996, Staff Psychiatrist, Davis Community Hospital, Statesville, NC
1992-1996, Residency in General Adult Psychiatry, Bowman Gray School of
Medicine & Wake Forest University, North Carolina Baptist
Hospitals, Winston-Salem, NC
1988-1992, Medical degree MD from Medical University of So. Carolina,
Charleston
1984-1988, B.S. degree from Clemson University
Gajendra Bafna, RPh
Program Co-sponsor & Pharmacist-in-Charge
2007 – present, Recovery Concepts of the Carolina Upstate, LLC ,
Easley, S.C.
2000-2006, Pharmacist-in-Charge, Piedmont Treatment Center, Greenville,
SC
2005 - present, Corporate Pharmacist, Recovery Concepts, LLC,
Ridgeland, S.C.
Wayne Britton, CAC-II
Program Director
2009 - present; Program Director, Recovery Concepts of the Carolina
Upstate
2008-2009; Clinical Supervisor, Southwest Carolina Treatment Center,
Anderson, SC
2003-2008; Outpatient Program Director, Substance Abuse Solutions,
Asheville, NC
2002-2008; Substance Abuse Counselor/Senior Clinician, Western Carolina
Treatment Center, Asheville, NC
2002-2003; Substance Abuse Counselor, Piedmont Treatment Center,
Greenville, SC
2001-2002; Substance Abuse Counselor, DM &ADR, Athens, GA
1999-2001; Substance Abuse Counselor & Residential Site Manager,
Advantage Behavioral, Athens, GA
Laura DeVito
Front Office Administrator
2008 – present, Recovery Concepts of the Carolina Upstate, LLC ,
Easley, S.C.
2006-2007, Gettys Middle School, Easley, S.C.
Rev. Jarvis Brown, BS, CAC-P
Substance Abuse Counselor
2010- present, Substance Abuse Counselor, Recovery Concepts of the
Carolina Upstate, Easley, SC
2007-2009, Substance Abuse Counselor, Southwest Carolina Treatment
Center, Anderson, SC
2007-present, Pastor, Agape Outreach Church, Anderson, SC
2004-2007, Pastor, Springfield Baptist Church, Levelland, SC
Brian Roberts, LPN
Medication Nurse
2010-present Recovery Concepts of the Upstate
2009-2010 New Horizons Family Health Services
2007-2009 Rolling Green Village
2006-2007 Crossroads Family Practice and Urgent Care
2004-2006 Hospice of the Upstate
J.D. Dalton, BA, APS, CAC-P
Substance Abuse Counselor
2010-present Recovery Concepts of the Upstate
2007 crisis counselor Mental Health America, Greenville, SC
2002-2005 Director, National Men's Health Clinic, Greenville, SC
Stacey Vega, LPN
Program Nurse
2011 Addiction Nurse, Recovery Concepts of the Upstate
2010-2011, Addiction Nurse, Woodlands Treatment Center
2009-2011, Psychiatric Nurse, Hampton PRTF, Pickens, SC
2007-2009 Staff Nurse, New Horizon Family Health Services, Travelers Rest, SC
Ruth Taylor, CAC
Substance Abuse Counselor
2011-present, Substance Abuse Counselor, Recovery Concepts of the
Upstate
2007-2010, Substance Abuse Counselor, Pickens Behavioral Health Services, Pickens, SC