Happy New Year! We hope that you had a peaceful and healthy holiday season and were able to celebrate your beliefs and traditions with your family and loved ones.
2022 was another year of innovation and growth for MUSC Children’s Health. In addition to opening new locations, expanding services at existing clinics, and receiving numerous accreditations and quality awards, we onboarded new faculty and care team members in multiple specialties. The highly qualified candidates interested in our opportunities are a testament to the national reputation we have and continue to build.
A few of our notable hires were:
Nursing Leadership
- Kiersten Lebar, Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Children’s, Women’s and Institute of Psychiatry
Providers
- Benjamin Kuhn, D.O. – Division Chief, Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Rohit Mittal, M.D. – Shriners Children’s Endowed Professor in Pediatric Burn Care, Medical Director of the Pediatric Burn Unit
- John Pastore, M.D. – Division Chief for Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine
- Christina Abrahms, M.D. – Sickle Cell
- Rustin Meister, M.D. – Critical Care
- Salvatore Rametta, M.D. – Neurology
- Christopher Stem, M.D. – Emergency Medicine
- Kathryn Taylor, D.O. – Neurology
- Stephen Thacker, M.D. – Infectious Disease
- Emily Vara, M.D. – Rheumatology
We will continue to recruit more expert care team members to join our growing pediatric health network in 2023. In the coming months, we will share more about MUSC Health’s new affiliations, accreditations and innovations.
We thank you for your commitment to our mission and your support of pediatric health care. Here’s to 2023!
Mark Scheurer, M.D., and Andrew Atz, M.D.
MUSC Children’s Health
Andrew M. Atz
Chair, Department of Pediatrics Professor, Pediatric Cardiology L. Lyndon Key, Jr. Endowed Chair Director, Pediatric Clinical Trials Network Chair, NHLBI Sponsored PHN
Undergraduate: University of Florida
Medical School: University of Florida
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital
Fellowship: Boston Children's Hospital
Specialty: Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care
Mark A. Scheurer
ICCE Chief, Children's Hospital & Women's Services Professor, College of Medicine - Pediatric Cardiology
Mark Scheurer, M.D., MSC serves as Chief of Children's Hospital & Women's Health Integrated Center of Clinical Excellence (ICCE) for MUSC Health.
Dr. Scheurer has formally trained in internal medicine, pediatrics, pediatric cardiology, and pediatric cardiac intensive care to serve as a cardiologist and intensivist for children and adults with acquired and congenital heart disease. He enjoys engaging with families and patients during periods of critical illnesses so that the best decisions can be collaboratively reached.
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