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Founded in 1824, The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) continues the tradition of excellence in education, research and patient care. MUSC educates and trains more than 3,000 students and residents in six colleges and has nearly 13,000 employees, including approximately 1,500 faculty members. As the state’s only academic health science center and largest non-federal employer in Charleston, the university and its affiliates have collective annual budgets in excess of $2.3 billion, with an annual economic impact of nearly $4 billion and annual research funding in excess of $250 million. MUSC operates a 700-bed medical center, which includes a nationally recognized children’s hospital, the NCI-designated Hollings Cancer Center, a Level I trauma center, Institute of Psychiatry, more than 100 outreach locations across the state, and South Carolina’s only transplant center.
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Assistant Professor in Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina
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Affiliate Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina
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Professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina
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Associate Professor of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology, Medical University of South Carolina