Joshua Edison Payne, MD, MPH

Tara Grahovac, M.D. is a board-certified breast surgeon, also known as a breast surgical oncologist specializing in diagnosing, staging, and removing cancerous growths in the breast. Dr. Grahovac provides comprehensive and compassionate patient care to improve the health and wellness of women in the Beaufort and Bluffton communities. A fellowship-trained surgical oncologist, she is an expert in the medical treatment and surveillance programs for women with breast cancer and those at high risk for the disease. At MUSC Health, she joins the Breast Care & Surgery Program at Beaufort Memorial Hospital, where she leads the surgical effort. The Beaufort Memorial Breast Care & Surgery Program offers expert, comprehensive breast care for a full range of diseases, from benign breast conditions to breast cancer. The program is one of several cancer care initiatives between Beaufort Memorial and MUSC Health. Through the affiliation, patients at Beaufort Memorial also have access to promising clinical trials and subspecialists experienced in treating rare or complex cancers. Located in Beaufort Memorial's nationally accredited Breast Health Center in Okatie, the program provides a full complement of screening and diagnostic services, as well as genetics testing and high risk assessment for early identification and surveillance of genetic cancers.  Before joining MUSC, Dr. Grahovac was the first specialty-trained breast surgeon within St. Clair Health, an independent tertiary care center in Pittsburgh, PA. There she had a leadership role in expanding their breast oncology services, working closely with the physical therapy and occupational therapy departments to expand lymphedema clinic services. She was also instrumental in developing a multidisciplinary clinic and breast cancer conference, an annual survivorship Saturday event, and a high-risk breast screening program. Dr. Grahovac earned her medical degree at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio, and finished her residency in general surgery at Allegheny General Hospital. She then completed a fellowship in breast surgical oncology at the Magee Women's Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Jennifer Beall is a pediatric nurse practitioner in the Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Department at MUSC. She earned her master's degree in Pediatric Primary Care at MUSC's College of Nursing in 1998. She is board certified as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Jennifer has worked in the pediatric GI division since September of 2012 and is a member of the Association of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Nurses. Jennifer takes care children with a variety of general gastrointestinal disorders including celiac disease, chronic abdominal pain, constipation, encopresis, GERD, Eosinophilic Esophagitis, and failure to thrive. She has a special clinical interest in the area of bowel management.

Dr. Barry Gibney is an assistant professor of surgery in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at MUSC. He completed his general surgery training at Penn State Hershey, and his thoracic surgery training at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston. Dr. Gibney takes care of patients with lung and esophageal cancer, mesothelioma, mediastinal and chest wall tumors, and benign esophageal diseases such as reflux, achalasia, and paraesophageal hernias. Additionally, he cares for end-stage lung disease in a multidisciplinary lung transplant team. He has special interests in esophageal cancer and minimally invasive thoracic surgery. His published research can be found on the National Institutes of Health PubMed website.