University Internal Medicine

University Internal Medicine is a full service, state of the art, Internal Medicine practice that strives to provide the best in comprehensive, continuous, coordinated and rapidly accessible care for adults.  UIM is located at MUSC’s downtown campus on the 8th floor of Rutledge Tower.  UIM includes the Internal Medicine resident continuity/teaching practice and the Internal Medicine Faculty practice as well as the Rapid Access Center.

The sixteen exceptional General Internal Medicine faculty members staffing UIM are a diverse group of clinicians with training and experience in geriatrics, endocrinology, neurology, and health services research, and include nationally recognized clinician educators such as the MUSC Internal Medicine residency program director.  Many of these physicians have been recognized with awards such as “Best Doctors in America”, Golden Apple Teaching Awards, General Internal Medicine/Geriatrics has been named Division of the Year for exceptional teaching by the residents for the last three years in a row.

Location:
135 Rutledge Avenue (Rutledge Tower)
8th Floor
Charleston, SC
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Phone:
843-876-0888

Office Hours:
Monday - Friday
8 am - 5 pm
A faculty member is on call evenings and weekends for UIM patients

Providers:
Sarah Allen, M.D. 
Elisha Brownfield, M.D. 
Walter J. Brzezinski, M.D. 
E. Benjamin Clyburn, M.D. 
Kimberly S. Davis, M.D. 
Brent Egan, M.D. 
Leonard Egede, M.D. 
Donald L. Fox, M.D. 
Brad Keith, M.D. 
Leonard Lichtenstein, M.D. 
Cara Litvin, M.D. 
Cheryl Lynch, M.D. 
William P. Moran, M.D. 
Dolores Y. Tetreault, M.D. 
James Thomas, M.D. 
M. Kathleen Wiley, M.D. 
Tamara Wolfman, M.D. 

Rapid Access Center
The Rapid Access Center provides same day access for adult acute care needs especially MUSC employees, spouses and adult children.

MUSC Cholesterol Center
The MUSC Cholesterol Center was started in 1992 by Dr. James C. Thomas and Dr. Maria Lopes-Virella as co-directors. The center provides comprehensive treatment of cholesterol problems and other cardiovascular risk factors for the prevention and management of atherosclerosis. The program offers consultation for difficult to treat lipid problems for physicians throughout South Carolina. The center conducts research in cholesterol, atherosclerosis, diabetes, and strokes.

Dr. Thomas and Dr. Lopes-Virella are founding members of the Southeast Lipid Association and the National Lipid Association. The MUSC Cholesterol Center is located on the 8th floor Rutledge Tower and the phone number is 843-876-0888.