Melissa Campbell Evans, MD, FAAP

Dr. Graham is the Children’s Heart Program Chair in Pediatric Cardiac and Congenital Heart Disease and Professor of Pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina where he serves as the Chief of Pediatric Cardiology. Dr. Graham previously served as the Director of the Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Training Program and the Director of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at MUSC. He received his undergraduate degree from Indiana University and medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine. Dr. Graham completed pediatric residency, pediatric cardiology fellowship, and pediatric cardiac critical care fellowship training at the Medical University of South Carolina. He joined the faculty at MUSC in 2005. Dr. Graham has expertise in pediatric cardiac critical care with special interest in single ventricle physiology and the perioperative management of neonates. Dr. Graham’s research, supported by NIH R01 funding, focuses on improving outcomes for children undergoing cardiac operations, perioperative pharmacologic therapies, and elucidating the inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass and he has authored almost 100 publications in this area. He serves as the co-PI for MUSC’s participation as a Pediatric Heart Network core site. He participates in many multi-institutional clinical trials, has presented his work at national and international meetings, and has been the recipient of numerous awards for his research. Dr. Graham also serves as the Chair of the Early Career and Mentoring Committee for the American Heart Association’s Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young and as a member of the Cardiology sub-board of the American Board of Pediatrics.

Nagraj Kasi, MBBS, MD is a highly skilled physician specializing in Pediatric Gastroenterology in Charleston, SC. With expertise in acute and chronic liver disease as well as pediatric liver transplant, Dr. Kasi provides comprehensive care to his patients. Dr. Kasi received his medical education and training from prestigious institutions such as Columbia University Medical Center and the University of Alabama School of Medicine. He is dedicated to delivering exceptional healthcare and is fluent in English.Generated from the website

Krishna G. Patel, M.D., Ph.D. joined the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery in August 2008. She is a native of Athens, Georgia and attended Columbia University in New York City for her undergraduate education. She then earned M.D. and Ph.D. degrees through the combined program at the Medical College of Georgia, where she was awarded the Excellence in Research Award. Dr. Patel completed a residency in otolaryngology &- head and neck surgery at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Following residency, she pursued fellowship training in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University of California, Davis. During both her residency and fellowship training, Dr. Patel participated in volunteer medical trips to other countries to provide care to the medically underserved. Her recent trips to Ecuador and El Salvador involved surgically repairing children with cleft lips, cleft palates, and ear deformities. She is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology and by the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. As a member of the MUSC faculty, Dr. Patel's focus is in the areas of aesthetic facial plastic surgery, such as rhinoplasties, Botox, and blepharoplasties. Her practice also includes facial reconstructive surgery, facial trauma surgery, and reconstruction of Mohs defects. She is the director of the Craniofacial Anomalies and Cleft Palate Center and participates in the repair of cleft lips and palates. She also serves on the Executive Board of Directors for the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Dr. Patel sees patients in Rutledge Tower on the main campus of MUSC, as well as at off-site locations in Mount Pleasant.