Fernando A. Herrera, Jr, MD

M. Lance Tavana, M.D. is a board-certified plastic surgeon with additional board certification in hand surgery. Originally from Erie, Pennsylvania, Dr. Tavana attended college at Stanford University in California, where he earned a BS in biology in 2000. Medical school brought him back east to Philadelphia, where he obtained his medical degree at Temple University in 2004. Residency sent him south to the University of South Florida, where after completing his internship in general surgery, he continued his plastic surgery residency at USF, graduating in 2011. Further fellowship training in the specialty of hand and upper extremity surgery continued in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, through the Department of Orthopedics at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.Since 2012, Dr. Tavana has served as full-time faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina as an associate professor in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He is currently the program director for the MUSC integrated plastic surgery residency and is active academically, having authored several book chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles as well as presenting on a local and national level. He previously served as the president of the South Carolina Society of Plastic Surgeons. Dr. Tavana also serves at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, taking care of our nation's veterans./pSince 2012, Dr. Tavana has served as full-time faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina as an associate professor in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He is currently the program director for the MUSC integrated plastic surgery residency and is active academically, having authored several book chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles as well as presenting on a local and national level. He previously served as the president of the South Carolina Society of Plastic Surgeons. Dr. Tavana also serves at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, taking care of our nation's veterans.Dr. Tavana specializes in hand and upper extremity surgery. He treats all conditions of the upper extremity from the elbow to fingertip, including but not limited to: carpal tunnel syndrome (treating with endoscopic carpal tunnel release); cubital tunnel syndrome; hand/wrist/elbow pain; rheumatoid arthritis; osteoarthritis; fractures; amputations; lacerations: tendon and nerve injuries; congenital conditions; Dupuytren's disease; tennis elbow; and, sports injuries.Dr. Tavana also performs reconstructive surgery for traumatic injuries, cancer reconstruction, and chronic wounds.Dr. Tavana currently sees patients in Mount Pleasant, West Ashley, and North Charleston.

Dr. Bruce Crookes grew up in northern New Jersey in the New York metropolitan area. He graduated with a degree in biophysics from the University of Michigan. He then attended the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, graduating in 1996. He then completed a residency in general surgery at Abington Memorial Hospital in Pennsylvania, where he fell in love with trauma and critical care. Dr. Crookes then attended the prestigious Ryder Trauma Center at the University of Miami, where he completed a trauma and critical care fellowship. Upon completion of his fellowship, Dr. Crookes joined the faculty at the University of Vermont College of Medicine and rose to the position of trauma medical director. In 2009, he joined the faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina in the same role.To date, he continues to be a busy intensivist, trauma surgeon, and general surgeon. He is recognized nationally as a leader in the care of the injured and is the former president of the nation's largest academic trauma society -- the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. Clinically

Steven R. Cumberledge, FNP-C, MSN, APRN, is a family nurse practitioner specializing in primary care and family medicine at MUSC Health Primary Care in North Charleston. He graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Master of Science in Nursing degree and earned his Baccalaureate of Nursing from West Virginia University in 2016. He is board certified by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.Steven's health care experience includes working as a registered nurse for more than 8 years in surgical trauma and medical-surgical intensive care units. After graduating with his MSN degree, he worked as a nurse practitioner in a walk-in medical clinic providing acute and chronic care services to patients of all ages. Steven practices patient-centered care and believes in empowering the patient to take an active role in their own health care decisions.Steven's clinical interests include preventive medicine and treating chronic health conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. His goal is to provide compassionate, current, and high-quality care using the latest evidence-based practices. Steven looks forward to forming relationships with his patients and continuing to serve the greater Charleston area. If you would like to schedule an appointment in North Charleston with Steven Cumberledge, please call (843)-876-8555.