Jay Rivers grew up in West Columbia, SC and later joined the Navy where he served as a Hospital Corpsman providing direct medical support to United States Marine Corps Infantry. After more than a decade of enlisted service, he attended the University of South Carolina where he earned his Bachelor of Nursing Degree and continued service as a nurse in the Navy until he retired in 2020.

Jay has practiced nursing in orthopedics, general surgery, emergency trauma and primary care. He is board certified in Ambulatory Care and Emergency Nursing, bringing 30 years of clinical and 12 years practice management experience to The Men’s Center. 

 

He and his wife Shelly of 31 years reside in rural WIlliamsburg county where they hobby farm and enjoy the outdoors. They have three daughters: Michelle, Autumn and Julia as well as one granddaughter, Riley.