Erik James Hansen, MD

Josef K. Eichinger, M.D. is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon with a subspecialty focus in shoulder and elbow surgery. He is a professor of orthopaedic surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He was formerly the chief of orthopaedic surgery at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington, and at Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He is a retired Colonel from the US Army Medical Corps and previously deployed to Afghanistan with the 541st Forward Surgical Team. Dr. Eichinger received his undergraduate degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point and his M.D. degree from Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at Madigan Army Medical Center and the Harvard shoulder and elbow surgery fellowship in Boston. Dr. Eichinger is a fellow in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He is on the editorial board for the Journal of Arthroscopy and Related Research and for the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery for CME and is a reviewer for the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Orthopedics, Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and American Journal of Sports Medicine. Dr. Eichinger has presented research and lectured at numerous national meetings. He has published over 60 peer-reviewed scientific articles and book chapters in such journals as the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Journal of Arthroscopy and Related Research, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and Military Medicine. Dr. Eichinger's special areas of interests include total joint replacement surgery of the shoulder and elbow; surgical and non-surgical treatment of all shoulder and elbow disorders; sports medicine for overhead and throwing athletes, including baseball, tennis, and golf; and arthroscopic surgery. He also has expertise in the treatment of failed prior shoulder and elbow surgery as well as complex clavicle (collarbone), shoulder (proximal humerus), and elbow fractures. Dr. Eichinger has completed countless areas of research including, but not limited to, Orthopaedic Application of Cryotherapy, Muscle Tendon Transfers Around the Shoulder, Scapular Fractures After Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty, and more.

Dr. Kelli Williams has joined West Ashley Primary Care providing allergy and immunology services. She earned her BA in chemistry at Colgate University, her M.D. from Tulane University School of Medicine, and her MPH in international health and development from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. She completed her residency in pediatrics at MUSC and her fellowship in allergy and immunology at the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. While in fellowship, her research focused on rare immunologic and allergic diseases in both children and adults. Dr. Williams is comfortable seeing patients of all ages. Her clinical interests include allergic rhinitis and sinus disease, asthma, anaphylaxis and mastocytosis, drug allergy, eczema and contact dermatitis, eosinophilic disease, food allergy, recurrent infection, and urticaria and angioedema. Dr. Williams has a particular interest in evaluating patients with possible immune deficiency or immune dysregulation.

Dr. Langdon Hartsock received his undergraduate degree from Davidson College and his medical degree from Duke University. He completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at Duke University with two years training in the Department of Surgery's Division of General and Thoracic Surgery and four years training in the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery. He also completed a fellowship at the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, Maryland and has trained directly with Drs. Joel Matta, Peter Matter, Harold Tscherne, and Emile Letournel, all renowned orthopaedic trauma surgeons. Dr. Hartsock is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon. He has been at MUSC for over 20 years and currently directs the orthopaedic trauma service for the Department. Dr. Hartsock is internationally known for his expertise in trauma and frequently teaches surgical techniques at national conferences and at other universities. Dr. Hartsock served in the United States Naval Reserve, and he holds an Honorable Discharge at the rank of Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps. Prior to joining the faculty in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina, he was on faculty at the University of South Alabama. He became an associate professor in 2000. He was the chairman of orthopaedic surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina from 2000 to 2013. Dr. Hartsock was promoted to professor in 2005 and was the inaugural holder of the John A. Siegling, M.D. chair in orthopaedic surgery from 2006 to 2013. He has received the Order of the Silver Crescent from former South Carolina Governor, Nikki Haley.