Katherine Elizabeth Twombley, MD

Helen F. Kulseth PA-C is a Pediatric Otolaryngology Physician Assistant. She grew up in Myrtle Beach, SC and graduated from Presbyterian College in 2005. Prior to PA school she worked as a research assistant in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry department. In 2012, she received her master's degree in physician assistant studies from MUSC. Shortly after, her family moved to Houston, TX where she worked as a Pediatric Surgical Hospitalist at Texas Children's hospital for five years. Helen returned to Charleston, SC to join the Department of Otolaryngology in 2018. Helen is the Lead Advanced Practice Provider of Otolaryngology.

Marcelo Hochman, M.D. is a facial plastic surgeon and the director of the Hemangioma and Malformation Treatment Center in Charleston, South Carolina and the founder of The Hemangioma Treatment Foundation. His center treats vascular anomalies patients from around the country and the world. He has been awarded the Order of the Palmetto, South Carolina’s highest civilian award, and the Humanitarian Award of the AAFPRS for his work with children afflicted with vascular anomalies. He is a recognized authority in the field of vascular birthmarks and is a frequent contributor to the medical literature and research.

Dr. Kristin Capone is a board certified pediatric gastroenterologist and assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology. She graduated medical school from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. She then stayed in New York to complete her pediatric residency and chief residency at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore before moving on to pediatric gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Chicago. Dr. Capone practiced pediatric gastroenterology in New Jersey for 5 years prior to moving to Charleston. Although she treats all pediatric gastrointestinal issues, her clinical interest is in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, and she works in the MUSC Pediatric IBD clinic.