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Payne joins anesthesia group by Cindy A. Abole Public Relations   Kim Payne, M.D., has joined MUSC as an assistant professor within the Department of  Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine.       A 1994 graduate of the University of Kansas Medical School in Kansas City,  Payne completed her anesthesiology residency at the Kansas University Medical Center.            She comes to MUSC following her completion of a one-year cardiothor-acic and anesthesiology fellowship in 1999.           Trained in both adult and pediatric cardiac anesthesiology, Payne will also provide assistance part-time to heart cases at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Hospital. Payne will help train residents in anesthesiology and cardiac anesthesia, her sub-specialty. She will also be involved in clinical cardiothoracic research.    “Kim is a very welcome addition to our anesthesiology team,” said Hugh B. Dorman, M.D.,  professor and director of cardiothoracic anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine. “She is very well qualified and extremely proficient in some of the newest heart procedures including transesophageal echocardiograms, a diagnostic tool which examines the heart using ultrasound.   “I hope to bring a different perspective in teaching residents, having just completed my training,” said Payne, who is originally from Wichita.   Apart from her work, Payne enjoys playing golf and cooking as part-time hobbies. She is married to K. Mark Payne, M.D., associate professor of medicine and chief of GI medicine and endoscopy with MUSC's Digestive Disease Center. The couple is expecting their first child this fall.