Roper Hospital

Dr. Conrad Williams is the medical director of the MUSC Children's Hospital interdisciplinary palliative care program, which provides palliative medicine services to patients facing life-threatening illnesses and their families. Prior to joining the faculty at MUSC, he served as medical director for the PANDA Palliative Care Team at Children's National Health System in Washington, DC. He also was the medical director for Chesapeake Kids, the pediatric team at Hospice of the Chesapeake in Maryland.A native of New Orleans, Dr. Williams received a BA in history at the University of Richmond and attended Tulane University School of Medicine. He completed pediatrics residency at MUSC and then a pediatric hospice and palliative medicine fellowship at Akron Children's Hospital in Akron, Ohio under the leadership of Dr. Sarah Friebert. His clinical interests include medical communication, home-based palliative medicine visits

Elizabeth Poth, AuD is an Instructor of Audiology at MUSC specializing in the evaluation and management of hearing loss in adults. Dr. Poth is a graduate of Miami University, with undergraduate degrees in both Zoology and Speech Pathology & Audiology. She received her MS degree in Audiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her AuD degree from A.T. Still University - Arizona School of Health Sciences. She completed a clinical fellowship at MUSC, after which she joined the faculty. Dr. Poth has an extensive background as a research audiologist with the MUSC Hearing Research Program's NIH-funded studies on age-related hearing loss. As a clinical audiologist, Dr. Poth has continued her involvement in translational research managing audiology support for clinical trials in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. She contributes to the clinical education of Audiology externs and fellows and is a team member of the MUSC Vestibular Program. Her current focus is providing adult patient evaluation of hearing and balance through behavioral and electrophysiologic testing, hearing rehabilitation through the fitting and evaluation of hearing aids and assistive listening devices, and hearing conservation through the dispensing of custom hearing protection.

Shannon D’Alton received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and a Master of Science in Nursing at The Medical University of South Carolina. She completed a post-graduate fellowship at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, focusing on neuro-oncology and pediatric hospice and palliative care. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Nursing at The Medical University of South Carolina. Mrs. D’Alton is certified by the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board and a member of the Hospice and Palliative Care Nurses Association. She specializes in the care of children with complex chronic conditions and has expertise in pediatric neurology and palliative care. Her clinical interests include recognition of the physical, social, and psychological burdens associated with chronic illness and loss. Her research interests include grief and bereavement, palliative care and understanding the impact of sibling death on surviving children and the parent-child dyad. Mrs. D’Alton currently practices perinatal palliative care as a Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in the Advanced Fetal Care Center at the Medical University of South Carolina.