Happy New Year

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