Department of Medicine News & Awards

It has been a privilege to serve as interim chair for these past 12 months and I am absolutely delighted and honored to be the department’s new chair.

Isabel Driggers, D.M.D., lost her father to COVID-19, but she and her family have created a lasting legacy by giving back.

A longtime MUSC employee has established a legacy to honor her late husband, former director of cardiology, Michael E. Assey, M.D.

Over the past 12 months, I have been inspired daily by my team’s ingenuity, creativity, and commitment to excellence in the face of this pandemic.

MUSC lost a valued colleague, researcher, and mentor on Jan. 9 with the death of Donald O. Castell, M.D., emeritus professor of medicine.

Dr. Jim Oates has been appointed as the inaugural holder of the Richard M. Silver, M.D., Endowed Chair in Rheumatology & Immunology.

As we reflect on the past academic year, we would like to share with you some of our accomplishments and thank you for your financial support.

A recent gift towards research in the form of a new, widely used lab instrument is helping to advance kidney disease research and new approaches to care at MUSC

Meet a few of our health care heroes who have been working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic at MUSC.

After Louise Burns and Earle Rowland lost their mother to scleroderma, they wanted to create a lasting legacy in her memory.