Welcome New Faculty

Elizabeth Genovese, M.D. MS joins the Department of Surgery August 1, 2018 as Assistant Professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery. Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Genovese received her bachelor of science degree from the University of Notre Dame and her master of science and medical degrees from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Genovese completed her post graduate training in the Integrated Vascular Surgery Residency program at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where she was the Administrative Chief Resident.During medical school and residency, Dr. Genovese won numerous awards, including the Eli Goldstein award, Highest Academic Honors in the First Three years of Medical School, the Eastern Vascular Society Resident Competition Award, as well as numerous travel awards. She is a published author, with more than 15 refereed articles and 26 published abstracts and has presented at national and international conferences.

Thomas Curran, M.D., MPH joins the Department of Surgery September 1, 2018 as Assistant Professor in the Colorectal section. Originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dr. Curran received his undergraduate degree from Duke University and subsequently his medical degree from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. He completed general surgery residency and research fellowship at the Harvard affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston during which time he received a Masters of Public Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.From there he pursued fellowship training in colon and rectal surgery at the University of Minnesota before joining the faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina. His clinical interests include benign anorectal conditions, inflammatory bowel disease and colon and rectal cancer with a particular focus on minimally invasive and robotic surgical procedures. His research interests focus on comparative effectiveness and quality improvement in colon and rectal surgery.

Heather Evans, M.D., MS joins the Department of Surgery September 1, 2018 as Professor in the Division of General and Acute Care Surgery. As Vice Chair of Clinical Research and Applied Informatics, Dr. Evans will bring a research focus on the application of telehealth solutions to the unique problems faced by the surgical patient, and looks forward to building upon the established collaborations between MUSC Telehealth, the College of Nursing, the Center for Health Disparities and the Department of Surgery.Prior to joining MUSC, Dr. Evans served as Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Washington where she led a multidisciplinary research team with investigators in Biomedical Health Informatics and the School of Nursing, leveraging mobile health (mHealth) solutions to improve the early diagnosis and treatment of surgical site infections. In addition to her practice of trauma surgery and surgical critical care, she also focuses on minimally invasive general surgery including laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.