Stephen Austin Fann, MD

Lowcountry Lung & Critical Care has been serving the people of the Lowcountry and surrounding areas for over 25 years. All six of our physicians are board certified in Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine...

Amy Williams is an Assistant Professor in the Doctorate of Nursing Practice program at The Medical University of South Carolina. She received her BSN, MSN to become a pediatric nurse practitioner, and DNP from The Medical University of South Carolina. She is a certified pediatric nurse practitioner. Dr. Williams has practiced pediatric nursing since beginning her career, first as a bedside nurse in an infant and toddler unit, then as a nurse practitioner both in pediatric pulmonology and pediatric primary care, where she still maintains an active practice. Dr. Williams is certified by the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PNCB). She currently provides primary care for pediatric patients at MUSC University Pediatrics- Northwoods in North Charleston, South Carolina. The clinic has a large Spanish-speaking population and Dr. Williams speaks Spanish in her practice. Dr. Williams serves on the board of PASOs, a statewide Latino advocacy organization. She weaves her clinical and advocacy knowledge into her teaching in the DNP program. Dr. Williams is known for being active in healthcare policy work both at the national level through her professional organization, the National Association of Nurse Practitioners and at the state level, in early childhood care. She is an appointed trustee for South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness where she fills the only healthcare provider seat, working alongside members of the South Carolina General Assembly and state agency heads to ensure all of South Carolina’s children are as prepared for Kindergarten as possible through available, evidenced-based early childhood educational programs. She is the recipient of a Duke foundation grant to promote school preparedness in the Latino community and the provider champion for Zero to Three’s Healthy Steps initiative in her clinic. She is interested in healthcare policy and advocacy, childhood obesity, childhood asthma, infant, child and adolescent development, and promoting culturally effective healthcare. She is a recipient of the DAISY award for extraordinary nurses, the Palmetto Gold Award is a JONAS scholar.

MUSC Women’s Health features comprehensive programs and services to meet the growing needs of women from the teen years through senior life. As an academic health system, our physicians are leading the advances from basic gynecology to complex care and treatment. With more than 40 physicians and researchers focused on Women’s Health who provide care in multiple locations MUSC Health is proud to have earned U.S. News & World Report 2018 through 2019 national ranking as one of the top 20 hospitals for Gynecology. The score is based on various data categories, including volume of high-risk patients, nurse staffing, and patient survival.