Brain Stimulation for Depression Treatment with Baron Short, MD
Depression is a leading cause of disability worldwide. For some who live with this clinical disorder, traditional drug or talk therapy treatments may not be effective in relieving their symptoms. Today's guest, Dr. Baron Short, Medical Director of MUSC Health's Brain Stimulation Service, looks to provide alternative treatments for patients suffering from depression, including brain stimulation techniques that are providing life-changing relief for some patients.
3 Maj 202219min
Excellent Nursing Care Close to Home with Camille Filoromo, BSN, M.E.d., Ph.D., RN, NEA-BC
MUSC Health patients who call the Lancaster and Chester county areas of South Carolina home don’t have to go far from where they live and work to receive higher levels of care. There are excellent MUSC Health primary care physicians and specialists across these two counties and about 400 nurses between the Lancaster and Chester hospitals. Camille Filoromo is the chief nursing officer at MUSC Health’s Lancaster and Chester hospitals. In this episode of Advance with MUSC Health, she talks about this special community of talented nurses and how patients benefit from receiving nursing close to home.
26 Apr 202215min
Healthy Me – Healthy SC with David Sudduth and Kapri Kreps Rhodes
Improving health care access and rural and underserved populations across South Carolina is a priority of MUSC Health. A new program called Healthy Me – Healthy SC launched in 2019 to address these issues and has already succeeded in bringing health care services to more South Carolinians. Healthy Me – Healthy SC is now planning to extend its reach even further. On this episode of Advance with MUSC Health, Kapri Kreps Rhodes and David Sudduth, director and executive director of Healthy Me – Healthy SC, join the show to discuss these new developments and share a bit more about this innovative program.
12 Apr 202217min
Sports Medicine for All Athletes with Harris Slone, MD and Mike Barr
The MUSC Health Sports Medicine Team provides leading edge care for athletes and weekend warriors of all ages and abilities. The program is also the official sports medicine provider for several professional and high school sports teams. In this episode hear more details about MUSC health sports medicine from Dr. Harris Sloan and Mike Barr.
5 Apr 202218min
Women and Colon Cancer with Colleen Donahue, MD
Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Although risk of the disease is similar in both men and women, the myth that colon cancer is primarily a male disease seems to persist. As a result, studies have found that women are less likely to undergo preventative screenings for colon cancer. In this episode of Advance with MUSC Health, Colleen Donahue, MD, discusses prevention, diagnosis and treatment options for colorectal health in women.
22 Mars 202217min
Women and Minimally Invasive Hernia Repair with Heather Evans, MD
Surgery is the only method that can effectively treat a groin hernia, and there are more than one million hernia repairs performed in the U.S. every year. But not all hernia surgeries are the same, and there are different considerations when it comes to treating men and women with this condition. Heather Evans, MD, is a professor of general and acute care surgery at MUSC Health and discusses her work and research in the area of minimally invasive general surgery, including laparoscopic hernia repair and how it pertains to women's health.
15 Mars 202219min
MUSC Health Expands to More South Carolinians with Patrick Cawley, MD
An important part of MUSC Health’s mission to improve the lives of all South Carolinians. More people in South Carolina now have access to MUSC Health than ever before thanks to recent expansions and partnerships that touch every county in the state. In this episode, Patrick Cawley, MD, CEO of MUSC Health and Vice President for Health Affairs of the Medical University of South Carolina, shares exciting updates and goals for 2022 and beyond.
8 Mars 202221min
Keeping High School Athletes Safe and Healthy with Matthew Geswell, MD
A new partnership between MUSC Health Lancaster Division and Lancaster County and Chester County school districts offers efficient, open-access healthcare for young athletes and their sport-related injuries. In this episode of Advance with MUSC Health, Matthew Geswell, MD, an orthopedic surgeon practicing at MUSC Health Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Lancaster, shares details on the benefits of these partnerships. Geswell offers his expertise on the most common sports injuries in youth sports today, prevention of such injuries, as well as treatment and recovery strategies.
1 Mars 202216min
