Claudio J Schonholz, MD

Leslie E. Hirsig, M.D. is an assistant professor of radiology at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Hirsig received her bachelor of science at Emory University and medical degree at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, Florida. She completed her intern year in internal medicine at Carney Hospital in Dorchester, Massachusetts (an affiliate of Tufts University School of Medicine). She then returned to Gainesville for diagnostic radiology residency at the University of Florida. Her additional fellowship training in pediatric radiology was obtained at Texas Children's Hospital with Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Hirsig is currently board eligible for the American Board of Radiology in Diagnostic Radiology.Dr. Hirsig's primary clinical interests include pediatric body imaging, ultrasound, and fetal MRI.

Dag Pavic MD is affiliated with MUSC Health, a comprehensive healthcare provider in Charleston, SC, dedicated to delivering a wide array of medical services to South Carolinians. The organization emphasizes patient-centered care, offering facilities such as hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and a variety of specialty services, all supported by a network of healthcare professionals. MUSC Health is recognized for its commitment to advanced medical practices, including evidence-based care and innovative therapies, ensuring patients receive the right care at the right time. Through initiatives like Arts in Healing and community training programs, the institution fosters a holistic approach to health and wellness, enhancing the overall patient experience. Generated from the website

Dr. Marcelo Guimarães started his six years of medical training at the School of Medicine at the Federal University of Rio Grande Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil. During his time in medical school he volunteered at the Hospital Santa Casa, the Hospital de Clinicas and the Hospital Santa Casa, all located in Porto Alegre. At these hospitals he spent time in intensive care, gastroenterology, internal medicine, general surgery, trauma surgery and radiology. He also taught human anatomy, clinical biochemistry, clinical pathology and clinical epidemiology. In 1994, during his third year of medical school, Dr. Guimarães traveled to Oxford Medical University (John Radcliffe Hospital) in England for two months where he had his first exposure to minimally invasive procedures performed under image guidance. Upon his return to Brazil after finishing medical school, he had post-graduate training that included a general surgery residency, a general and interventional radiology residency (Hospital de Clínicas in Porto Alegre and in Recife, Brazil, respectively) and a two year fellowship at the interventional radiology division at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina.After 12 years of medical education in Brazil and in United States, Dr. Guimarães developed successful academic (Hospital de Clinicas) and private (Hospital Moinhos de Vento) practices in Porto Alegre, Brazil where more than 2,000 different interventional radiology procedures were performed from 2005 to 2007. The lack of time to work simultaneously in clinical practice and research made the invitation to return to work at MUSC very attractive.Dr. Guimarães began working as an assistant professor at the division of vascular and interventional radiology at the Medical University of South Carolina in January 2008. Since then, he has worked on research projects and has been invited to present lectures in several relevant national and international meetings in his field of work. He is deeply interested in peripheral vascular disease and in oncology procedures. Dr. Guimarães' strongest interests are in the development of new interventional radiology techniques and devices that can increase procedure safety and in providing superior care to his patients.