Paul Baker Pritchard, III, MD

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.

Dr. Michelle Hudspeth is a 1999 graduate of the MUSC College of Medicine and completed her residency, chief residency, and fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the National Cancer Institute. She is the division chief for pediatric hematology/oncology and is the director of the pediatric blood and marrow transplant program and the quality director for the combined adult and pediatric blood and marrow transplant program. Her main clinical focus is transplantation, including haploidentical, related and unrelated allogeneic, cord blood, and autologous donor sources. She is the institutional principal investigator for Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium trials. She is a member of the Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium GVHD committee and supportive care committee. She also serves on several working committees (GVHD, pediatric cancer, immune deficiencies/inborn errors of metabolism) for the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research. Her clinical research includes multiple aspects of transplantation, including a clinical trial incorporating pravastatin for matched related donor transplants for sickle cell disease.

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.