Marissa Helen Kemp, MSN, DNP

Dr. Sylvia Szentpetery recently joined the MUSC family as director of the Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Center. She received her medical degree from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. She went on to complete her pediatric residency at the University of Virginia and her pulmonology fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. She is skilled in flexible bronchoscopy as well as evaluation through pulmonary function testing, which both aid in the diagnosis of lung disease. At MUSC, Dr. Szentpetery sees patients with any and all respiratory problems, including cystic fibrosis, asthma, chronic cough, chronic lung disease of prematurity, and recurrent pneumonia. She is excited to join MUSC and is committed to helping the region's children and their families breathe and live better.

Andrea P. Stress, DNP, APRN, AGNP-C is an adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner at MUSC University Internal Medicine Rutledge Tower. A native of Philadelphia, PA, Andrea earned her Bachelor of Science degree from The College of New Jersey in 2011. She worked as a nurse in the inpatient and outpatient settings (medical-surgical, telemetry, neurosurgical critical care, and clinical research) for 10 years before becoming a nurse practitioner. Andrea graduated from the Medical University of South Carolina in 2021 with her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree. She is board-certified by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Caring for the elderly is Andrea’s passion. She enjoys managing the many medical complexities faced by the geriatric population and working with families and caregivers to optimize each older adult’s quality of life.

Dr. Kirsten Meenan is a fellowship-trained laryngologist who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of voice, swallowing, and airway disorders. Her expertise lies in the management of airway and breathing disorders, such as tracheal, subglottic, and posterior glottic scarring or narrowing. Dr. Meenan is also highly trained in the management of voice conditions, such as vocal fold paralysis, vocal fold polyps and cysts, early voice box cancers, recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, and spasmodic dysphonia. She performs laryngeal reinnervation surgery when indicated for vocal fold paralysis and selective laryngeal adductor denervation-reinnervation (SLED-R) surgery for spasmodic dysphonia, the latter pioneered by her mentor at UCLA. Dr. Meenan also treats swallowing disorders such as Zenker’s diverticulum and is trained in transnasal esophagoscopy. Dr. Meenan received her medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine and completed her residency at the University of Maryland. Her laryngology fellowship was completed at University of California, Los Angeles. She is a board-certified otolaryngologist and member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.