LEADERSHIP
Unity Health on Main Leadership Biographies
Norma Jean Suarez
Executive Director
Norma Jean Suarez joined the staff at Unity Health on Main, December 2016. In her role
she is responsible for implementing the strategic goals and objectives of Unity Health on Main, whose mission is to continuously improve the overall health and well-being of the medically under resourced populations we serve by expanding access to quality healthcare through community partnerships.
Prior to Unity Health on Main, Norma Jean served as General Manager for Holiday Retirement a Senior Independent Living Community in Greenville, SC. Originally from Texas, Norma served as Director of Operations for Bexar Management Development Corporation, where her team was responsible for the development and growth of new business and programs. As well as Vice President of Programs for SAMMinistries and was responsible for the clinical, fiscal and program management of multiple homeless services including a 850 bed emergency shelter, 160 bed transitional living facility, 25 scattered site houses, 80 scattered site apartments, rapid re-housing and prevention services, and Education and Employment Development. Additionally, Norma Jean served as Clinical Data Program Manager with First Nations Community Healthsource a Federally Qualified Health Center in Albuquerque, NM. While with First Nations, she provided management and direction to programs and operations to include budget preparation, staffing, strategic planning and marketing, program development, quality improvement, and compliance and with all pertinent government regulations and standards.
Norma Jean earned a Master Degree in Business Administration and her Masters Degree in Counseling from Webster University. Norma Jean is also a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), a graduate of Leadership Greenville, and selected as an inaugural fellow for MDC’s Investing in Leaders of Color (ILOC) fellowship.
Joseph P. Grant, MD
Medical Director
Dr. Joseph Grant has been with Unity Health since 2019 and became the Medical Director of Unity Health on Main in January 2020.
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Joseph Grant is a physician in Laurens and Greenville, SC. He has wanted to be a doctor since he was a child. He has been a physician for 35 years. He graduated from Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Mexico where he received his medical degree. He completed an internal medicine practice residency at Harbor Hospital Center (formerly South Baltimore General Hospital) in Baltimore, Maryland. Since that time, he has worked predominantly with the underserved population. He derives great satisfaction from developing strong doctor patient relationships and helping people live healthy lives. He encourages patients to embrace preventative medicine by recommending a healthy lifestyle (eating healthy, getting plenty of exercise, getting plenty of sleep, meditation), as well as getting the preventative screenings recommended by the US preventative Task Force and American College of Family Physicians.
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Dr. Grant specializes in Primary Care, Internal Medicine, and Emergency Medicine. He is a member of the American College of Physicians and the American Medical Association. His hobbies include spending time with his family and friends, tennis, the theatre, and commemorative coin collecting.