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Careers in Medicine is a career planning program at MUSC designed to help choose a medical specialty and select and apply to a residency program. This four-phase process will guide you through the elements of career planning, including self-understanding, exploring a variety of medical careers, and finally choosing a specialty to meet your career objectives. People whose choice of careers matches their values, skills and interests tend to be more satisfied and successful in their working lives.

Your Careers in Medicine Team

Jeanne Hill, M.D.

Associate Dean, Career Planning & Advising – College of Medicine
Division Director, Pediatric Radiology
Director, Medical Student Education - Department of Radiology
Professor, College of Medicine

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Jeanne Griffin Hill, M.D. is professor of radiology and pediatrics, division director of pediatric radiology, and director of medical student education for the Department of Radiology and Radiologic Science at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Hill received her BA from Duke University and M.D. from MUSC. She completed her diagnostic radiology residency training, served as chief resident, and completed pediatric radiology fellowship training at MUSC. She is board-certified by the American Board of Radiology and has earned two certificates of added qualification in pediatric radiology.

Among her awards and honors are membership in AOA, the National Medical Honor Society, and MUSC Radiology Department Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching. She was also a finalist for the MUSC College of Medicine's Clinical Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Hill has also been named among The Best Doctors in America, 2001 to 2015, one of America's Top Radiologists, and Who's Who Among America's Teachers.

Dr. Hill has published articles and abstracts in a variety of journals, including the American Journal of Radiology, Radiographics, Pediatric Radiology, Clinical Radiology, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, and Academic Medicine. She has received two RSNA education grants, served as an oral board examiner for the pediatric section of the American Board of Radiology and is a member of several scholarly societies including the American College of Radiology, the Radiological Society of North America, the American Roentgen Ray Society, the Society for Pediatric Radiology, and the Association of University Radiologists.

Dr. Hill is very active in the local community where she has worked in the public and private schools mentoring middle school and high school students interested in medical careers. She has served on the PTO of Charleston Catholic School, the Ashley Hall Foundation Board, and the School Improvement Council of Wando High School. In addition, her passions include general pediatric radiology and teaching medical students and residents about diagnostic radiology and pediatric imaging.

Marc E. Heincelman, M.D., MPH

Director, Hospital Medicine
Vice Chair, Quality Improvement - Department of Medicine
Assistant Dean, Career Advising - College of Medicine

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Marc Heincelman, M.D., MPH, is an associate professor of medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina (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 to 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 MUSC College of Medicine, the Department of Medicine Michael E. Assay Teaching Award, and the MUSC Teaching Excellence Award for Educator-Mentor.

From a quality improvement and research perspective, Dr. Heincelman has his Master of 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 the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).