 | | Teresa Kelechi, PhD, GCNS-BC, CWCN
Associate Professor
99 Jonathan Lucas Street
MSC 160
Charleston, SC 29425-1600
Telephone: (843) 792-4602
Fax: (843) 792-2099
kelechtj@musc.edu
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Dr. Teresa J. Kelechi is an Associate Professor of Nursing at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). She received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree from Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, a Master of Science Degree in Gerontological Nursing from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, and a Doctoral Degree in Nursing from the University of South Carolina/Medical University of South Carolina. She is board certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist and by the Wound Ostomy Continence Nurses Society as a Certified Wound Care Nurse. Dr. Kelechi has been employed at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) since 1987 as a geriatric and wound care provider until 2001 when she joined the College of Nursing. Her primary focus as a clinical researcher is venous leg ulcer prevention. She also studies self-monitoring methods using infrared thermometry technology to detect subclinical evidence of ulcer development. She is currently funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research to study the impact of cryotherapy on the development of leg ulcers and is also funded by Marine Polymer Technologies to study an ulcer healing device. She has been funded by multiple intramural and extramual grants, including the American Nurses Foundation to advance ulcer prevention innovations. Dr. Kelechi teaches in the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs at the College of Nursing. For her performance as educator, Dr. Kelechi was awarded the U.S Professor of Year by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and has received the Outstanding PhD Faculty Award, several Golden Lamp Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Education, and the Teaching Excellence Award from the Health Sciences Foundation (MUSC), among others. Dr. Kelechi is the Director of Recruitment, SUCCESS Center, of the Clinical & Translational Science Award (CTSA), MUSC. She practices in a residential care facility, where she provides foot care and geriatric consultation. She is a frequently sought-after lecturer on topics related to aging, foot care, and wound prevention and an active member of the Wound Ostomy Continence Nurses Society, Sigma Theta Tau International, Southern Nurses Research Society, Society for Vascular Nursing, and the American Nurses Association.
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About the College
Effective November 1, Teresa Kelechi will assume the role of Department Chair. Employed at MUSC for 22 years, Teresa joined the College of Nursing faculty in 2001. She is a board certified gerontological clinical nurse specialist and a certified wound care nurse. Teresa takes over the reins of Department Chair from Elizabeth Erkel who will retire at the end of the year.
