Women in Health

WOMEN IN HEALTH: Dr. Mary Decker
I first heard about Mary Decker, M.D. almost 20 years ago when she treated my husband for lung cancer. An illness as catastrophic as lung cancer brings with it a team of doctors who work hard for a cure. Even though I did not meet Dr. Decker at that time...
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WOMEN IN HEALTH: Dr. Jennifer Esse
An audiologist is a professional who assesses, diagnoses and treats hearing problems and helps prevent hearing and balance problems. An audiologist has earned a master's or doctorate in audiology from an accredited university graduate program...
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CHARLESTON WOMEN IN HEALTH: Anne-Marie Fields, MD
Working at MUSC Carolina Family Care is almost like coming home for Dr. Anne-Marie Fields, who graduated from the Medical University of South Carolina in 1995. Following her internship and residency at The University of Texas in Houston, the South Carolina native...
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CHARLESTON WOMEN IN HEALTH: Dr. Jennifer Fiorini
The first thing you notice about Dr. Jennifer Fiorini is her upbeat attitude about life and about her practice as a general surgeon. And that feeling translates to her patients, who see a compassionate woman who can excise a breast tumor or remove an appendix with great skill...
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CHARLESTON WOMEN IN HEALTH: Loren B. Frankel, MD
She is the mother of three young children and the wife of a brain surgeon. How does she find time to attend to the patients at her own obstetrics and gynecology practice? "I manipulate things to get the most," explains Loren Frankel, M.D. of Palmetto Women's Health in Mount Pleasant...
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CHARLESTON WOMEN IN HEALTH: Maria Margarita Murphy, MD
No 'butts' about it, the treatment of colon and rectal problems is something Dr. Maria Margarita Murphy takes very seriously. "People have come to me petrified but there is no reason to be scared or embarrassed," Murphy explains. "This is what I do, this is my life choice." People are often uncomfortable about seeking medical help for...
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CHARLESTON WOMEN IN HEALTH: Eleanor Oakman, MD
“I wanted to go into medicine from a very young age,” Dr. Eleanor Oakman, MD tells me, explaining that medicine runs in the family. “My grandfather and an aunt are both doctors.” She found it all very interesting and fascinating, so there was no doubt she’d follow in their footsteps. After attending George Washington University...
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CHARLESTON WOMEN IN HEALTH: Maria Sreck, MD
It's easy to see that Dr. Maria Streck loves her job. As the only allergy/immunology specialist at MUSC Carolina Family Care, she has the chance to make a difference for her patients every day. "It's a great field," Dr. Steck says. "You can make a difference because there is a lot of change, a lot of research..."
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CHARLESTON WOMEN IN HEALTH: Melanie B. Thomas, MD
The baggage that surrounds this disease is enough to make most people turn in the other direction but not Dr. Melanie Thomas of the Medical University of South Carolina's Hollings Cancer Center...
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