New specialty office opens in N.
Charleston
MUSC
specialists are among the best in the country, and now most people can
benefit from their expertise without ever entering the Charleston city
limits. 
Medical office
assistants Michele Owens, right, and Jennifer Skelton read the flowcast
system at the new MUSC Specialty Care North facility that opened in
North Charleston Jan. 16.With the opening of a new office in North Charleston, patients can access the latest technologies and quality patient care at five area locations, including North Charleston, Goose Creek, Mount Pleasant, James Island, and West Ashley. The new location at University Place, 8992 University Blvd., in North Charleston offers these specialties: ENT (ear, nose and throat), cardiology, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, maternal-fetal medicine, pulmonary disorders, radiology, rheumatology, speech pathology, and vascular surgery. Behavioral health services in the North Area are housed in a different location.
Registered vascular
technologist Michael Gyampoh observes an image on an echocardiogram.
Gyampoh can perform all ultrasound studies on the ultrasound machine.
The clinic will host a community open house Feb. 24. “We receive more than 200 referrals a week from those local primary care physicians now (in North Charleston) and those patients make the long drive to downtown Charleston,” said Bruce Quinlan, MUSC University Medical Associates (UMA) CEO. “We know, however, that patients prefer to receive even specialty services in their local community so we are at risk of losing a majority of these referrals if we do not plan for and put into operation multi-specialty clinics that are more conducive to meeting our patients overall needs… We are simply there to meet the specialty care needs of those patients, and the primary care physicians who need more specialists to provide care locally to their patients.”
Locations are also available in Beaufort, Georgetown and throughout the state. Call 792-1414 or visit http://www.MUSCHealth.com/specialtycare for more information.
Registered nurse
Sherry Hawley sets up a rhinoscope for rhinoscopy in one of the new ENT
(ear, nose and throat) rooms at the MUSC Specialty Care North facility.“One of MUSC’s key missions is the provision of state of the art medical care to all our patients,” said UMA President J.R. Feussner, M.D. “This involves not just MUSC’s traditional best quality medical care, but also enhancements in service and convenience for our patients and for the physicians who refer their patients to us; that is what motivates us as we expand the specialized medical care we deliver to the communities where our patients live.”
Visit one of the following MUSC locations
Goose Creek
MUSC Specialty Care Associates, Endocrinology, Nephrology, Pulmonology, Travel Medicine, MUSC Storm Eye Institute
James Island
Physical/Occupational Therapy
Mount Pleasant
MUSC Behavioral Health East Cooper, MUSC Cardiology Associates, MUSC East Cooper Women’s Center, MUSC ENT Associates, MUSC Hollings Cancer Center, Radiation Oncology, MUSC Magill Laser Center, MUSC Medicine Specialty Associates, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Medical Oncology (including infusion therapy), Pulmonology, Rheumatology, Travel Medicine, MUSC Neurology Associates, MUSC Pathology and Laboratory Services, MUSC Storm Eye Institute, MUSC Urology Associates, North Charleston, MUSC Behavioral Health (separate location), ENT, Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Pulmonary disorders, Radiology, Rheumatology, Speech Pathology, and Vascular Surgery
West Ashley
MUSC Physical/Occupational Ther-apy, MUSC Bone & Joint Center, Endocrinology, Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, MUSC Behavioral Health, and MUSC Cardiology Associates
To make an appointment, call 792-1414
Friday, Jan. 19, 2007
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