January News Round Up

January 29, 2020
Jan. Roundup

Retail therapy meets health care in a first for Citadel Mall, MUSC Health

MUSC Catalyst News

Patients are buying into the idea of the first MUSC Health site inside a shopping mall. The MUSC Health West Ashley Medical Pavilion opened Dec. 30 in the former J.C. Penney store in Citadel Mall. Less than two weeks later, more than 2,000 appointments have been completed there.


Health Focus with Bobbi Connor: Prediabetes with Dr. Elisha Brownfield

SC Public Radio-Health Focus

Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Elisha Brownfield about prediabetes and the steps that can be taken to help delay or prevent the development of diabetes. Dr. Brownfield is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at MUSC.


Health Focus with Bobbi Connor: Sepsis Research with Dr. Andrew Goodwin

SC Public Radio-Health Focus

Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Andrew Goodwin about severe sepsis, and research underway to develop new treatments for this condition. Dr. Goodwin is an Associate Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and he’s the Medical Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit at MUSC.

Health Focus with Bobbi Connor: Tips for Getting a Good Night’s Sleep with Dr. Andrea Rinn

SC Public Radio-Health Focus

Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Andrea Rinn about healthy sleep habits and routines for adults. Dr. Rinn is a physician in the Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at MUSC.


InDepth Pharmaceuticals moves ahead with diagnostic to predict kidney transplant success

EurekAlerts!

InDepth Pharmaceuticals, founded by Deepak Nihalani, Ph.D., the SmartState Endowed Chair in Renal Disease Biomarkers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), has taken a vital step toward commercializing an innovative diagnostic technique that could better predict kidney transplant success in patients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), a kidney disease that often leads to end-stage renal failure. 


Telehealth to make follow-up care easier for transplant patients

MUSC Catalyst News

Transplant patients and living donors in South Carolina are getting more options for follow-up care closer to home.

Once a patient undergoes transplant surgery at MUSC Health, the organ recipient needs to visit the doctor every month for the first year. That’s a lot of visits for someone who doesn’t live in the Charleston area or near an MUSC Health regional hospital. Thus, transplant nephrologist Karim Soliman, M.D., is excited about the expanding telehealth options for kidney and pancreas transplant patients.

MUSC Health is partnering with Columbia Nephrology to allow patients who live in the Midlands to go to their monthly check-ins with their MUSC Health doctors via a telehealth linkup at the practice’s office in Columbia. The telehealth option should make life a lot easier for patients who now drive for hours to get to a Charleston appointment, Soliman said.