Kristin Merkel

An exciting new health care opportunity is coming to MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center to help local students to step into the medical field.

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October 01, 2025 About the Author Kristin Merkel Media Relations Manager Office of Communications and Marketing

Getting diagnosed with breast cancer at a young age with two kids at home is the last thing you’d ever imagine, but for 33-year-old Pamplico resident Lauren Kennedy, the unthinkable diagnosis became her reality.

Transitioning from the role of a provider to a patient is not something any MUSC employee expects.

The MUSC Health Lung Cancer Screening Program at Lancaster and Chester medical centers is redefining the standard for early detection, surpassing 3,100 screenings.

For a man who once loved to run, his latest race has rejuvenated his thought process in seeking new ways to advocate for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) awareness. As a passionate runner, 53-year-old Devon Woodard participated in many races until ALS caused him to redefine what it meant to cross the “finish line.”

Presented every year by the South Carolina Nurses Foundation , the Palmetto Gold Award highlights the top nurses from across the state who show

MUSC is bringing life-changing inpatient pediatric rehabilitation closer to home for South Carolina families, helping children to recover critical

After nearly a decade of building one of the nation's most robust biomedical innovation ecosystems, the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) has earned national recognition for its growing culture of innovation. The Cure Innovation Index evaluated universities across the country that conduct biomedical research, narrowing an initial pool of roughly 1,200 institutions down to 303 finalists based on research funding, output and 12 additional innovation-focused metrics. MUSC placed 44th overall, the highest-ranked university in the state, positioning it among the top 15% of ranked institutions nationwide.