Career Planning

Dr. Nicole Courtois McCoy is an Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at MUSC, where she specializes in pediatric anesthesiology. She completed pediatric residency and chief residency at Carolinas Medical Center, followed by anesthesiology residency and chief residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and a fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology at the Mayo Clinic/Wolfson Children’s Hospital.

Dr. McCoy’s clinical and academic interests include pediatric liver and kidney transplantation, pediatric burn care, perioperative protocols for vulnerable pediatric populations, and innovative regional anesthesia techniques—particularly for bone marrow donors. She serves as Director of Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Anesthesia and leads multiple departmental initiatives to improve perioperative safety, efficiency, and patient outcomes. As the Director of Resident Research, she oversees research engagement within the residency program and works to strengthen scholarly activity, mentorship, and research productivity among trainees. She is also deeply committed to medical education, serving as a Careers in Medicine specialty advisor and mentoring numerous students, residents, and fellows.

An active contributor to national organizations, Dr. McCoy holds leadership roles within the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia’s Women’s Empowerment and Leadership Initiative (WELI) and is widely published in pediatric anesthesiology, transplantation, and quality improvement. Her work has been featured in national media, and she is a frequent invited speaker on topics related to pediatric anesthesia, leadership, and perioperative care.

Dr. Marc Heincelman is an associate professor of medicine at MUSC, where he serves as Director of the Division of Hospital Medicine, Co-Vice Chair for Quality Improvement in the Department of Medicine, and Associate Dean for Career Advising in the College of Medicine.

He earned his undergraduate degree in rehabilitation sciences and athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh. Following a two-year Intramural Research Training Award Fellowship at the NIH, he received his medical degree from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine in 2010. He then completed a combined internal medicine/pediatrics residency at MUSC, serving as chief resident before joining the faculty in 2015.

In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Heincelman is actively involved in both undergraduate and graduate medical education at MUSC. He previously served the College of Medicine as a Master Clinical Skills Teacher for five years and is a current member of the Academy of Medical Educators. From 2016-2024, Dr. Heincelman served as Department of Medicine Clerkship Director and Sub-internship Director. In 2024, he was appointed Assistant Dean for Career Advising within the College of Medicine, later advancing to Associate Dean in 2025. Nationally, he is a member of both the Alpha Omega Alpha and Gold Humanism Honor societies.

As core faculty for the internal medicine and med-peds residency programs, his educational focus includes clinical reasoning and career planning.

Dr. Heincelman’s success in education has been recognized through receipt of multiple Golden Apple Clinical Years Excellence in Teaching Awards through the College of Medicine, the Department of Medicine Michael E. Assay Teaching Award, and the MUSC Faculty Award Teaching Excellence Educator-Mentor Award.

From a quality improvement and research perspective, Dr. Heincelman has a master’s in public health in epidemiology. With over 30 publications, his research centers on interhospital transfers, clinical decision support tools, delirium, and tele-hospitalist support to rural hospitals with the overarching goal of improving inpatient patient care while optimizing clinician efficiency. Since 2021, he has been a co-investigator on a National Telehealth Center of Excellence grant funded by HRSA.