Department of Medicine News & Awards

A total of 33 abstracts were presented by junior faculty, fellows, residents, graduate, and medical students at this year’s DOM Research Symposium.

MUSC is now part of the Bronchiectasis and NTM Care Center Network, recognized for its leadership in diagnosing and treating these lung diseases.

MUSC earns national designation as a Scleroderma Research & Treatment Center, offering expert care and leading-edge research in South Carolina.

Get to know the 37 exceptional medical students who will join the MUSC Department of Medicine for residency training in 2025.

Dr. Amol Sharma, a nationally recognized leader in Neurogastroenterology & GI Motility, joins the MUSC Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology faculty.

Please join us in congratulating this year’s residents and our divisions on another successful fellowship match for appointment year 2025!

Andrew Schreiner, M.D., appointed inaugural holder of the Jay Brzezinski, M.D., General Internal Medicine Endowed Chair.

Bill Moran, M.D., Distinguished University Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine retires after 39-year career in medicine.

The Department of Medicine has named Cassandra Salgado, M.D., MS, as its inaugural Vice Chair for Wellness.

The Department of Medicine Annual Awards Ceremony recognizes outstanding trainees, faculty, and staff for their achievements over the past year.

A total of 46 abstracts were presented by junior faculty, fellows, residents, graduate, and medical students at this year’s DOM Research Symposium.

Meet the Department of Medicine Internal Residency Program Chief Residents for 2025-2026.

Marc Heincelman, M.D., has been appointed as the new Division Director for Hospital Medicine at MUSC.

Kimberly Davis, M.D., has been named the new Division Director of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care at MUSC.

Get to know the 37 exceptional medical students who will join the MUSC Department of Medicine for residency training in 2024.

The MUSC Division of Rheumatology & Immunology is advancing education by integrating point-of-care ultrasound training into its fellowship curriculum.

MUSC is proud to announce the establishment of a new Vasculitis Clinic, led by rheumatologist Kathleen Maksimowicz-McKinnon, D.O., MPH.

Please join us in congratulating this year’s residents and our divisions on another successful fellowship match for appointment year 2024!

Three distinguished faculty members were recently appointed to endowed chairs in the MUSC Department of Medicine.

Congratulations to MUSC Department of Medicine's FY24 Employee of the Quarter Winners and Nominees! Thank you for your outstanding contributions and service.

The Department of Medicine Annual Awards Ceremony recognizes outstanding trainees, faculty, and staff for their achievements over the past year.

A total of 62 abstracts were presented by junior faculty, fellows, residents, graduate, and medical students at this year’s DOM Research Symposium.

Meet the Department of Medicine Internal Residency Program Chief Residents for 2024-2025.

Get to know the 37 exceptional medical students who will join the MUSC Department of Medicine for residency training in 2023.

J. Michael Kilby, M.D., endowed chair in infectious diseases at MUSC reaches $1 million goal to make the Kilby Endowed Chair a reality.

Dr. Erin Forster has been appointed as the inaugural holder of the Marvin Jenkins Family Endowed Chair for IBD.

Please join us in congratulating this year’s residents and our divisions on another successful fellowship match for appointment year 2023!

Dr. Garth Swanson has been recruited as the new director for the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at MUSC.

MUSC Division of Nephology has been designated as a PKD Foundation Center of Excellence.

Congratulations to MUSC Department of Medicine's FY23 Employee of the Quarter Winners and Nominees! Thank you for your outstanding contributions and service.

Students and Residents Receive Awards and Recognition at the South Carolina Chapter ACP Meeting

Amanda Herbst, MSPAS, PA-C wins MUSC Health PA of the Year

Michael J. Casey, M.D., M.S., named Medical Director of MUSC Kidney Transplant Program

2022 Department of Medicine Faculty Award Recipients

Commitment, Curiosity, and a Generous Spirit Drive Fibrotic Disease Research

A total of 43 abstracts were presented by junior faculty, fellows, residents, graduate, and medical students at this year’s Research Symposium.

Congratulations to the 2022 Golden Apple Award winners from the Department of Medicine who were honored for their teaching excellence.

We are pleased to announce the members of the inaugural Department of Medicine Health Equity Council.

The Department's Annual Awards Ceremony recognizes outstanding trainees, faculty, and staff for their achievements over the past year.

The Department of Medicine is pleased to introduce the four internal medicine residents who will become chief residents in the 2023-2024 academic year.

Get to know the 36 exceptional medical students who will join the MUSC Department of Medicine for residency training in 2022.

The Department of Medicine is pleased to introduce the four internal medicine residents who will become chief residents in the 2022-2023 academic year.

It has been an unprecedented year of growth for the Kidney Transplant Program at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC).

Please join the DOM in congratulating this year's residents on another successful match and welcoming our new 2021 fellows across our divisions!

Patrick Flume, M.D., has been named associate vice president for clinical research in the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) at MUSC.

Congratulations to MUSC Department of Medicine's FY22 Employee of the Quarter Winners and Nominees! Thank you for your outstanding contributions and service.

Three Department of Medicine faculty members have received one MUSC’s highest honors as Distinguished University Professors.

Congratulations to all of our MUSC resident presenters and award winners who participated in the 2021 ACP South Carolina Chapter Meeting.

Dr. Marc Cornier has been recruited as the new director for the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolic Diseases at MUSC.

Congratulations to the Department of Medicine's Employee of the Year and Medicine Excellence Award winners for 2021.

Q&A with rheumatologist Dr. DeAnna Baker Frost on the diagnosis, treatment, and future of scleroderma at the MUSC Scleroderma Center of Excellence.

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.

Ben Clyburn, M.D., chair of the Department of Medicine, has announced the appointment of two new vice chairs in the Department of Medicine.

A total of 52 abstracts were presented by junior faculty, postdocs, residents, fellows, graduate and medical students at this year’s Research Symposium.

Dr. Ben Clyburn has been appointed as the new chair of the Department of Medicine at MUSC.

Meet the MUSC Internal Medicine Chief Residents for the 2022-2023 year

Meet the MUSC Internal Medicine Chief Residents for the 2021-2022 year.

Get to know the 31 exceptional medical students who will join the MUSC Department of Medicine for residency training in 2021.

The 2021 Department of Medicine Awards Ceremony honors outstanding achievements by medicine faculty, staff, and trainees during the past year.

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.

Dr. Dee Ford has been appointed as the new Division Director for Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine at MUSC.

A. Craig Lockhart, M.D., MHS, has been named the new Division Director of Hematology/Oncology & Associate Director for Clinical Science, Hollings Cancer Center.

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

Please join the DOM in congratulating this year's residents on another successful match and welcoming our new 2020 fellows across our divisions!

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

The Department of Medicine's Employee of the Quarter program showcases employees who have shown exemplary strides in Department and to the MUSC community.

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

New division provides comprehensive 24/7 care for acutely ill, hospitalized patients from admission through discharge.

Congratulations to the Department of Medicine's Employee of the Year and Medicine Excellence Award winners for 2020.

Welcome to the 23 faculty members who joined the MUSC Department of Medicine between July 1, 2020 and February 1, 2021.

Medical University of South Carolina Foundation proudly presented Dee W. Ford, M.D., MSCR, with the Population Health Award.

The Medical University of South Carolina Foundation presented Eric G. Meissner, M.D., Ph.D., with the Developing Scholar Award.

The Medical University of South Carolina Foundation presented Brian A. Houston, M.D., with the Teaching Excellence Award in the Developing Teacher category.

The Medical University of South Carolina Foundation honors Dr. Cassandra D. Salgado with the Distinguished Faculty Service Award.

The Department's Employee Recognition program recognized 16 Employee of the Quarter winners in FY20. Congratulations!

The 2020 Department of Medicine Awards Ceremony honors outstanding achievements by medicine faculty, staff and trainees during the past year.

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

Congratulations to the 2020 Golden Apple Award winners from the Department of Medicine who were honored for their teaching excellence.

MUSC receives $16 million in combined NIH funding to support digestive disease research.

Meet the Internal Medicine Chief Residents for the 2020-2021 Year.

MUSC Geriatrician offers suggestions for talking with older relatives at higher risk of complications from the novel coronavirus.

Spotlight on Valerie Assey, nurse administrator in Infectious Diseases, who's noted by her colleagues as an invaluable member of MUSC's Ryan White care team.

Get to know the 34 exceptional medical students who will join the MUSC Department of Medicine for residency training.

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

Your support makes it possible for MUSC to recruit and retain the highest quality faculty, who are leaders in their respective fields of medicine.

Today is National Hospitalist Day and we want to honor our hospitalists!

Congratulations to Dr. Michael Zile on his appointment effective December 13, 2019, to Distinguished University Professor.

Please join the DOM in congratulating this year’s residents on another successful match and welcoming our new fellows across 9 divisions!

MUSC primary care physician Andrew Schreiner, M.D., has been named the first recipient of the Jay Brzezinski, M.D., Clinician Educator Endowed Professorship.

On National Internal Medicine Day, MUSC recognizes internists who make a difference in the lives of their patients every day.

The Division of Endocrinology honors the memory of Maria Buse, M.D. and John Buse, Jr., M.D.

The Department's Employee Recognition program recognized 19 Employee of the Quarter winners in 2019. Congratulations!

Congratulations to the Department of Medicine's Employee of the Year and Medicine Excellence Award winners for 2019.

Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Richard Silver about Scleroderma and ongoing research related to improving treatments for this disorder.

The 2019 Clinical Educator Awards recognized our faculty and residents for their outstanding achievements in clinical care and teaching.

A total of 65 abstracts were presented by junior faculty, postdocs, residents, fellows, graduate and medical students at this year’s Research Symposium.

Get to know the 35 exceptional medical students who will join the MUSC Department of Medicine for residency training.