Orthopedics:
Location:
Times:
Attending
Supervision:
Contact:
1 st Floor Subspecialty Clinic and 3 rd Floor Surgical Suite
Monday 7am-12pm; 1pm-4pm
Thursday 7am-12pm; 1pm-4pm
Dr. DeTorre, Dr. Martel
Dr. James DeTorre (James.Detorre@va.gov , or call 843-422-0563)
From 7-8am, screen inpatient consultations (3 rd Floor surgical suite)
In Clinic, you are responsible for seeing new consults and general orthopedic patients [you are not responsible for preoperative history and physical or postoperative follow-up] (1 st floor Subspecialty clinic)
Responsibilities: Orthopedics Clinic typically sees 60 patients in clinic per day
Please be mindful that surgeons have a different mindset and they do not intend to be gruff – it is simply a different environment.
**In return for the orthopedic clinic hosting us, we should be teaching them something about medicine (medicine reconciliation, chronic disease conditions, etc.)
You are invited to review Radiology imaging (plain films, MRI primarily) with the surgeons Mondays and Thursday during the lunch hour in the 3 rd floor conference room if you wish.
GYN:
Location:
Times:
Cannon Street (from our Bee street garage, walk past the President street garage, then some apartments and a bus stop, then there is a stone building called cannon place that you go into). Take elevator to 2nd floor and go to suite 201 on the left.
Monday 8am-12pm (Fylstra); Wednesday 8am – 12pm (Lazenby); Friday
1pm – 5pm (Carter)
Attending
Supervision: as above
Contacts:
Responsibilities:
Dr. Carlton Schwab (Chief), Amanda Joley RN – Clinical Nurse Manager
876-6327 (Julie Colna RN – backup); Dr. Ashlyn Savage (Faculty)
You will be responsible for seeing 4-6 new and/or return general GYN patients each half-day session. Each patient much be checked out to the attending. You will be working alongside GYN residents, but you will have your own panel to see – it is imperative that you contact our IM Chief
Resident as soon as possible if you have an emergency which prevents you from going to clinic on your appointed day.
The GYN clinic is hosting us – we expect you to be a flexible team player during this rotation. Offer to help!
Psychiatry:
Location: IOP – 1 South near drink machines (enter from Doughty St)
Times:
Attending
Supervision:
Contacts:
Tues 1pm – 5pm; Thursday 8am – 12pm
Dr. Temeia Martin
Dr. Temeia Martin
Responsibilities:
You will be evaluating and treating patients with chronic pain, mood disorders, and substance abuse disorders alongside Dr. Martin and her team.
As this is a new experience, please be flexible and work together for the benefit of the patients.
Allergy:
Location:
Times:
Attending
Supervision:
Contacts:
North Charleston Specialty Clinic MUSC 8992 University Blvd., Suite 200
The clinic will be on the left side of the road
Wed 8:30am-12pm; Thur 8:30am- 12 pm
Sonia Bains, MD
Page Dr. Bains, or call the clinic 876-2722
Responsibilities:
You will assist in the evaluation and treatment of patients with a wide variety allergic disorders and asthma.
Pharmacotherapeutics:
Location: UIM 8 th
floor RT
Times:
Attending
Supervision:
Contacts:
Thur 1pm-5pm
Amy Thompson, PharmD
Amy Thompson, PharmD
Responsibilities:
The resident will assist in the management of patients on chronic anticoagulants, diabetes and polypharmacy. They will also counsel patients on smoking cessation and inhaler use.
Preop clinic:
Location: RT 1 st
Floor
Times:
Attending
Supervision:
Contacts:
Thur 8:30am – 12pm
Fletcher Penney, MD
Fletcher Penney, MD
Responsibilities:
You will be evaluating patients prior to surgery to determine perioperative cardiac risk, medication needs the day of surgery and other recommendations for the surgeon (including DVT prophylaxis).
VA Dermatology clinic:
Location:
VA – 2 nd floor near call room. Go through the creepy door to the conference room
Fri 1pm – 5pm Times:
Attending
Supervision:
Contacts:
Richard Marchell, MD
Richard Marchell, MD
Responsibilities: You will be evaluating patients with a variety of Dermatologic complaints.
ENT:
Location:
Times:
Tues AM (Halstead) & Thurs AM 2 nd Floor RT;
Tues PM (Waters) 1600 Midtown Ave, Mt Pleasant 3 rd floor
Tues AM (Schlosser) Sinus Center ( RT Room 191) across from the café,
Tues AM – Halstead voice; Schlosser sinus
Tues PM – Waters General ENT
He has no Tues PM clinic on the 1 st Tuesday of each month
He has Tues PM clinic in East Cooper on the 2 nd , 3 rd , 4 th , and 5 th Tuesday of each month.
Thur AM – Gen ENT
Attending
Supervision:
Dr. Lucinda Halstead
Contact:
Responsibilities:
Dr. Lucinda Halstead
Anita Cheslek
You will be assisting in the evaluation and management of patients with ENT and voice complaints.
VA Sleep Clinic:
Location: 1 st Floor Subspecialty Clinic VA
Times:
Attending
Supervision:
Contact:
Friday 1pm – 4:30pm
Dr. Fitzgerald Drummond
Dr. Drummond fitzgerald.drummond@va.gov
Responsibilities:
You will be evaluating patients with fatigue or sleep complaints and helping with the interpretation of sleep studies.