G. Badger Humphries, Jr. M.D., was appointed to the Providence medical staff in 1977 and specialized in Radiology. Dr. Humphries was a well-respected physician who performed the first peripheral balloon angioplasty in Columbia. Until his retirement in 1993 for medical reasons, Dr. Humphries was known as a perfectionist with a keen intellect and an uncompromising commitment to medicine. Colleagues regarded Dr. Humphries as a brilliant, innovative and tenacious physician with a legendary drive to do the very best for his patients.