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When David Perry, MD, PhD, mused on what his specialty would be as a physician, he was able to take more time than most. The owner and founder of West Ashley’s Perry Dermatology began his journey by enrolling as a PhD student at the Medical University of South Carolina after earning a biochemistry degree at … Read more

Diabetes affects African Americans more than whites — Dr. Thaddeus Bell aims to change that. While studying at the Medical University of South Carolina from 1972 to 1976, Thaddeus Bell, MD, noticed that the complication rate of diabetes was disproportionately higher for Blacks than for whites. A recent article published by The State Media Company … Read more

Apart from serving 20 years in the Navy as a credentialed emergency room trauma support doctor with two deployments to Afghanistan, Charleston native William Melvin Brown III, MD, has spent his career as a board-certified emergency room specialist. During the COVID pandemic, however, he reached a breaking point, frustrated about how values-driven medicine had seemingly … Read more

For people living with chronic anxiety, every day can feel like a battle. Medications and therapy help many but not all. However, IV ketamine therapy has risen in popularity as a promising option for people with anxiety who feel like they have run out of choices. Unlike traditional antidepressants, ketamine is known for its rapid … Read more

Challenges in Modern Health Care Delivery As patients, we often step into our doctors’ offices unaware of the challenges that affect their ability to deliver the best possible care. We have no reason to wonder if we are seeing the best version of our doctor, the person who can put us first with efficiency, accuracy … Read more