Mary Catherine Gill, DNP, APRN

Adam Tanious, MD, MBA, MMSc is a faculty member of the MUSC Department of Surgery as an Associate Professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery. Since arriving to MUSC he has served as the associate program director of the vascular residency program and currently is the Medical Director of Vascular-Dialysis Access at MUSC Charleston.

Dr. Isis Scomacao is a plastic surgeon whose interests include state-of-the-art breast and other oncological reconstructions, surgical treatment of lymphedema, microsurgery, and general reconstruction, as well as scientific research and documentation of innovative practices and procedures that may improve patient outcomes and overall quality of life. She also loves cosmetic plastic surgery and brings her elite Brazilian training and aesthetics to every procedure. Dr. Scomacao earned her MD in Brazil in 2007, followed by a general surgery residency and then a plastic surgery residency that she completed in 2012 in Curitiba, Brazil. She received the prestigious Farid Hakme Award for placing second in the nation on the Brazilian plastic surgery board examination and was also awarded the ASAPS North American Plastic Surgery Fellowship that same year, where she was invited to study with and observe some of the United States' most recognized aesthetic plastic surgeons. Before moving to the US in 2016, Dr. Scomacao practiced in both the public and private sectors. In her public-hospital based practice, her focus was on post-cancer breast and general reconstruction while in her private practice, the majority of her cases were aesthetic and post-bariatric. Inspired by her North American Plastic Surgery Fellowship and after a few years of practice in her home country, Dr. Scomacao decided to pursue further training in the US at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, where she completed a series of fellowships in microsurgery (including supermicrosurgery), craniofacial surgery, and surgical wound care. Dr. Scomacao has produced numerous peer-reviewed publications and professional presentations and is a peer reviewer for the prestigious Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal.

Dr. Denise Gabrielle Sese is a pulmonary and critical care specialist. She sees patients both in the outpatient office as well as in the hospital and intensive care units. She has a subspecialty in pulmonary hypertension (PH) which is a cause of shortness of breath that goes undiagnosed in many patients that present with heart failure and some advanced lung and systemic diseases such as scleroderma, sarcoidosis, lung fibrosis, COPD and connective tissue diseases.Her research interests include patient centered outcomes such as looking at improving the quality of life advanced lung disease patients specifically with pulmonary hypertension. She has a special interest in palliative care and pulmonary medicine, improving systems of communication and improving access to supportive care for those with advanced lung disease. She finished her fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. She went to medical school at the University of the Philippines- Philippine General Hospital and graduated from the internal medicine program of Cleveland Clinic Akron General where she was also the chief resident for internal medicine.