MUSC Children's Health Cardiology at Summey Medical Pavilion

Dr. Lanier Jackson graduated from Wake Forest University in 2004 and completed medical school at the Medical College of Georgia in 2008. He went on to complete his pediatric residency at the University of Virginia and his pediatric cardiology fellowship training at the Medical University of South Carolina. He completed sub-specialty training in pediatric electrophysiology at the Medical University of South Carolina and pursued additional training at Boston Children's Hospital. He joined the MUSC faculty in 2014. He is board certified in pediatric cardiology as well as adult congenital heart disease.

Dr. Kimberly McHugh is the medical director for outpatient services in pediatric cardiology. Her clinical interests include longitudinal care of infants, children, and young adults with congenital heart disease, education of adolescents and young adults to care for their congenital heart disease, and outpatient care for patients before and after heart surgery. Dr. McHugh's research has a focus in improving outcomes for single ventricle heart disease, examination of resource utilization in pediatric cardiology, and improving outcomes in longitudinal care of congenital heart disease. She is also an investigator with the Pediatric Heart Network and enrolls and follows patients in clinical trials.

Dr. Anthony Hlavacek is a doctor who takes care of children with heart problems. Some of these patients are born with abnormally developed hearts, while others develop heart problems later in childhood. He sees patients in our outpatient clinics and our pediatric cardiology acute care unit in the Children's Hospital. In addition, he performs pediatric echocardiography, cardiac CT, cardiac MRI, and fetal echocardiography. He is originally from Missouri, but went to college at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. He then went to Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas for medical school. He completed a residency in pediatrics at Texas Children's Hospital before coming to the Medical University of South Carolina for a fellowship in pediatric cardiology. He has advanced training in cardiac imaging and also completed a Masters in Clinical Research. He is well-respected expert in cardiac imaging and cardiac anatomy, and had been invited to speak at regional, national, and international conferences about these topics. He has authored over 80 peer-reviewed scientific articles, 11 book chapters, and co-authored a textbook.

Dr. John Rhodes is a pediatric and adult congenital invasive cardiologist. He received his medical degree from The Brody School of Medicine in Greenville, North Carolina, completed his residency in pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina, and a fellowship in cardiology at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. He also pursued additional training in pediatric and adult congenital interventional cardiac catheterization at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Rhodes has recently returned the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston as the operations director for the Congenital Heart Center and as an interventional specialist for children and adults with congenital heart disease. Prior to joining the Congenital Heart Center, Dr. Rhodes worked from 2003 to 2013 at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina as chief of the Duke Children's Heart Center, director of the Pediatric & Adult Congenital Interventional Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, and co-director of the Adult Congenital Heart Program. More recently, Dr. Rhodes worked from 2013 to 2017 at Nicklaus Children's Health System in Miami, Florida as the director of cardiology, director of adult congenital, and director of the Interventional Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory.Dr. Rhodes' clinical interests involve diagnostic and interventional catheterization procedures for adults and children with complex congenital heart disease. He has helped pioneer several techniques, including transcatheter atrial septal defect (ASD) closure with the CARDIOFORM Gore Helex™ Septal Occluder device, intracardiac echocardiographic imaging to guide catheter interventions, cutting balloon angioplasty of stenotic branch pulmonary arteries, and pulmonary vein stent angioplasty for pulmonary vein stenosis following radiofrequency ablation of atrial fibrillation. He also served as the national principal investigator for the REDUCE trial for the management of patients for stroke-related patent foramen ovale device closure and is an investigator for trials including the Edwards Lifesciences transcatheter SAPIEN pulmonary stent valve, the MELODY pulmonary stent valve post approval study, the new CARDIOFORM Gore Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Occluder device, and bare metal as well as covered stent angioplasty for coarctation of the aorta. Other clinical expertise includes congenital heart syndromes such as Marfan syndrome, Down syndrome, and Williams syndrome as well as hereditary telangiectasia (HHT) and associated pulmonary arteriovenous malformations.

Dr. Baker is a congenital cardiologist who is dual board certified in pediatric and adult congenital heart disease, as well as fellowship trained in interventional cardiology. He received his B.S. in biology from the University of Michigan, his M.D. from Albany Medical College and all his postgraduate medical training at the Medical University of South Carolina where he is an associate professor. He has authored over 40 peer-reviewed journal publication, over 50 published abstracts and holds a U.S. patent in image guided surgery. He has extensive experience in multi-institutional, translational medical research in areas such as medical device testing, multiscale modeling and image guidance system development. His current focus is in applied artificial intelligence in medicine including the application of machine learning, deep learning, computer vision and other related AI tools. He recently started the MUSC AI Hub to serve as an interest group and contact point for those interested in artificial intelligence at MUSC.In the clinical setting he enjoys taking care of kids and adults with congenital heart disease.

Dr. Nicole Cain graduated from Marshall University in 2001 and completed medical school at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University in 2005. She went on to complete both her pediatric residency and pediatric cardiology fellowship training at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. She pursued additional training in pediatric electrophysiology at the Medical University of South Carolina and joined the MUSC faculty as a pediatric electrophysiologist in 2011. Dr. Cain's academic interests include cardiac arrhythmias such as supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) and Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (WPW). As the director of pediatric electrophysiology, Dr. Cain performs electrophysiology studies and ablation procedures in patients from all over SC and implants pacemakers and defibrillators in teenage and adult patients. Dr. Cain's research interests include arrhythmias in the single ventricle population and in patients with congenital heart disease. She is an active research participant in multi-center research studies involving arrhythmias and EKG screening in the Pediatric Heart Network (PHN) and in the Pediatric and Adult Congenital EP Society (PACES).

Frances Woodard is a certified pediatric nurse practitioner specializing in pediatric cardiology. She has been involved in pediatric cardiology for over 15 years, and her main interests are infants and children with single ventricle anatomy and fetal cardiology.

Dr. Heather Henderson is a board certified pediatric cardiologist with expertise in pediatric cardiomyopathy, heart failure, and heart transplantation. She graduated from the College of Charleston and then received her medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina. She completed her pediatric internship and residency at the University of Alabama Birmingham, followed by pediatric cardiology fellowship at Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Dr. Henderson did an additional year of advanced training in pediatric heart failure and transplantation at Emory University. Her clinical interests include pediatric cardiomyopathies, especially those related to chemotherapy and neuromuscular disorders. She specializes in heart failure management from cardiomyopathy and congenital heart disease, including the use of mechanical circulatory support and ventricular assist devices when necessary, as well as the care of heart transplant recipients.