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Confidential Resources

Students and employees who wish to obtain confidential assistance may do so by speaking with professionals who are obligated by law to maintain confidentiality. At MUSC, those individuals include mental-health counselors, hospital chaplains, social workers, psychologists, health service employees, and any other individual with a professional license whose official responsibilities include providing mental health counseling and who is functioning within the scope of the license.

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

51 Bee Street
843-792-2848

Services Provided:

  • Confidential consultations and counseling
  • Available to employees

Learn more about EAP.

Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS)

843-792-4930

Services Provided:

  • Short-term emotional support and ongoing individual counseling
  • Concerned third parties may also consult regarding how to help an MUSC student who may have experienced sexual harassment or violence.
  • Medical records are maintained in a free-standing EMR, not accessible to students or faculty
  • Available to students

Learn more about CAPS.

National Crime Victims Research & Treatment Center

67 President Street
Second Floor Institute of Psychiatry Building South
843-792-8209

Services Provided:

  • Specialized mental healthcare counseling for victims of crimes, including sexual assault
  • Available to all MUSC community members

Learn more about NCVRTC.

Faculty Ombuds

843-792-8209
univ-ombudsman@musc.edu 

Services Provided:

  • Impartial, independent, confidential and informal option for resolution of puzzling or troublesome issues
  • Available to faculty

Learn more about Faculty Ombuds.

Hospital Chaplains

843-792-2123

  • On-campus chaplains working within the scope of their ordination or licensure

Services Provided:

  • Spiritual support
  • Support through experiences of pain, suffering and loss, or change of health status
  • Available to all MUSC community members

Learn more about hospital chaplains.

Student Health Services

30-A Bee Street, First Floor
843-792-3664

Services Provided:

  • Confidential health services (Medical records are maintained in a free-standing EMR, not accessible to students or faculty)

Learn more about Student Health Services.

Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE)

Located in the Adult Emergency Department at 96 Jonathan Lucas Street
843-792-3826

Services Provided:

  • Conduct forensic examinations to collect evidence
  • Assess for injuries
  • Provide emergency contraception (if needed)
  • Provide medications for sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention

Learn more about SANE.

MUSC Advocacy Program (MAP)

Call the Hospital Operator: 843-792-2300 and ask them to page MAPS or the social worker on call. 

Services Provided:

  • Direct support and interventions to individuals when there is a suspicion of abuse of a child, vulnerable adult, intimate partner violence, and/or sexual assault
  • Education, counseling, safety plans, lethality assessments and referrals to resources

Learn more about MAP.

MUSC Resiliency Program

Located at 67 President Street
843-364-7798

Services Provided:

  • Free telehealth sessions for help with stress management and learning resiliency bolstering coping strategies
  • Living Your Best Work Life Series Workshops: Team trainings to improve individual and team resilience and optimization
  • Facilities Peer Support Sessions: Brief "check-in" during shift changes at the request of units

Learn more about the Resiliency Program.

Turning The Tide Violence Intervention Program

Contact Christa Green, Program Director 843-792-1414

Services Provided:

  • Assessment, support, case management, referrals, and long-term follow-up to individuals at risk of violence
  • Connects patients and families with MUSC & Community Resources to improve social, education, employment outcomes and prevent repeat violence

Learn more about Turning the Tide Program.

Non-Confidential Resources

MUSC also has offices where students and employees can talk about their experiences or observations, consult about the policies and procedures, and inquire about training opportunities, including self-defense course and training on being an active bystander (or upstander). Although these offices may not maintain an individual’s confidentiality if they learn about an incident of actual or suspected harassment, discrimination, or sexual violence, they will maintain the individual’s privacy to the greatest extent possible, and only report the incident to the necessary university authorities.

Department of Public Safety

101 Jonathan Lucas Street
For emergencies: 843-792-4196; any call box on campus; or the LiveSafe app

Victims Advocate:
843-792-1986

Services Provided:

  • Employs sworn officers with statewide jurisdiction and arrest powers
  • Emergency assistance
  • Receive/investigate reports of crimes
  • Safety escorts on campus and the surrounding areas
  • Victims' advocates help victims navigate the criminal investigative process, and act as liaisons between the victims and the criminal justice system, including seeking orders of protection from the courts

Learn more about the Department of Safety.

Title IX Coordinator

Basic Science Building, Suite 104
843-792-1282
titleix@musc.edu

Services Provided:

  • Provides consultations and information
  • Receives complaints
  • Educates the university community
  • Implements supportive or protective measures, including No-Contact Orders
  • Conducts investigations

Learn more about the Title IX Coordinator.

The Office of Student Engagement

45 Courtenay Drive, Suite 213
843-792-2693

Services Provided:

  • Provides referrals
  • Conducts outreach efforts
  • Offers information about how the university resolves issues of harassment and discrimination

Learn more about the Office of Student Engagement.

Behavioral Support Intervention Team

843-792-2123

Services Provided:

  • Conducts outreach and educational programming
  • Offers consultations
  • Provides assessments and referrals 

Center for Academic Excellence and Writing Center

Education Center and Library
171 Ashley Ave Rm 408
PO Box 250172
Charleston, SC 2942

Learn more about the Center for Academic Excellence and Writing Center.

College Specific Resources

While not bound by confidentiality, the following MUSC officials will maintain your privacy to the greatest extent possible, and can also provide support and resources to MUSC students:

College of Graduate Studies
Dr. Cynthia Wright
843-876-2403
wrightcf@musc.edu

College of Health Professions
Dr. Karen Wager
843-792-4492
wagerka@musc.edu

College of Dental Medicine
Dr. Tariq Javed
843-792-2344
javedt@musc.edu

Dr. Lindsey Hamil
843-792-2344
hamillm@musc.edu

College of Medicine
Dr. Myra Haney Singleton
843-792-1672
haneymk@musc.edu

College of Nursing
Ms. Carolyn Page
843-792-8515
pagecf@musc.edu

College of Pharmacy
Dr. Cathy Worrall
843-792-8451
worralcl@musc.edu

 

Community Resources