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    Last Updated: 10/30/2025

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    MediFind found 197 doctor with experience in Empyema near West Columbia, SC. Of these, 175 are Experienced, 18 are Advanced and 4 are Distinguished.

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    197 providers found
      Distinguished in Empyema
      Pulmonary Medicine
      Distinguished in Empyema
      Pulmonary Medicine

      Prisma Health Medical Group-Midlands

      1333 Taylor St, Suite 6f, 
      Columbia, SC 
       (2.5 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Mark Mayson is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Mayson is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Asthma, Bronchiectasis, Lung Metastases, Neurosarcoidosis, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Mayson is currently accepting new patients.

      Experienced in Empyema
      Family Medicine
      Experienced in Empyema
      Family Medicine

      Prisma Health Medical Group-Midlands

      1301 Taylor St, Suite 8a, 
      Columbia, SC 
       (2.5 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients
      Offers Telehealth

      Achu Mofor is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Mofor is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Familial Hypertension, Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young. Dr. Mofor is currently accepting new patients.

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      Experienced in Empyema
      Urology | General Surgery
      Experienced in Empyema
      Urology | General Surgery

      Prisma Health Medical Group-Midlands

      1301 Taylor St, Suite 1a, 
      Columbia, SC 
       (2.5 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English, Spanish
      Accepting New Patients

      Raul Parra is an Urologist and a General Surgeon in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Parra is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Prostatectomy, and Nephrectomy. Dr. Parra is currently accepting new patients.

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      Experienced in Empyema
      Otolaryngology
      Experienced in Empyema
      Otolaryngology

      Lexington Health Inc

      146 E Hospital Dr, Suite 200, 
      West Columbia, SC 
       (2.5 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      William Greene is an Otolaryngologist in West Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Greene is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP), Empyema, Ethmoiditis, and Sinusitis. Dr. Greene is currently accepting new patients.

      Experienced in Empyema
      Experienced in Empyema

      Prisma Health Medical Group-Midlands

      2 Medical Park Rd, Suite 300, 
      Columbia, SC 
       (3.2 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Michael Moran is an Urologist in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Moran is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Urothelial Cancer, and Ureteroscopy. Dr. Moran is currently accepting new patients.

      Experienced in Empyema
      Experienced in Empyema

      Prisma Health Medical Group-Midlands

      3 Richland Medical Park Dr, Suite 330, 
      Columbia, SC 
       (3.4 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Timothy Averch is an Urologist in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Averch is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Kidney Stones, Perirenal Abscess, Boils, Ureteroscopy, and Lithotripsy.

      Experienced in Empyema
      Experienced in Empyema

      Carolina Urology Partners

      111 W Hospital Drive, 
      West Columbia, SC 
       (1.4 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Keith Brightbill is an Urologist in West Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Brightbill is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Urinary Tract Infection in Children, Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, Ureteroscopy, and Prostatectomy. Dr. Brightbill is currently accepting new patients.

      Experienced in Empyema
      Experienced in Empyema

      Carolina Urology Partners

      111 W Hospital Drive, 
      West Columbia, SC 
       (1.4 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Griffin Morrisson is an Urologist in West Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Morrisson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Urinary Tract Infection in Children, Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, Ureteroscopy, and Reconstructive Urology Surgery. Dr. Morrisson is currently accepting new patients.

      Advanced in Empyema
      Advanced in Empyema

      Lexington Health Inc

      222 E Medical Ln, Suite 101, 
      West Columbia, SC 
       (2.4 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Kelly Maloney is an Urologist in West Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Maloney is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. Her top areas of expertise are Loin Pain Hematuria Syndrome, UPJ Obstruction, Urinary Tract Infection in Children, Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), and Ureteroscopy. Dr. Maloney is currently accepting new patients.

      Advanced in Empyema
      Advanced in Empyema

      Lexington Health Inc

      222 E Medical Ln, Suite 101, 
      West Columbia, SC 
       (2.4 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      David Lamb is an Urologist in West Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Lamb is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Familial Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Urinary Tract Infection in Children, UPJ Obstruction, and Ureteroscopy. Dr. Lamb is currently accepting new patients.

      Advanced in Empyema
      Family Medicine
      Advanced in Empyema
      Family Medicine

      Novant Health Urgent Cares LLC

      2836 Augusta Rd, 
      West Columbia, SC 
       (2.4 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients
      Offers Telehealth

      Elizabeth Darragh is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in West Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Darragh is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. Her top areas of expertise are Sinusitis, Empyema, Asthma in Children, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy. Dr. Darragh is currently accepting new patients.

      Advanced in Empyema
      Advanced in Empyema

      Lexington Health Inc

      2720 Sunset Blvd, 
      West Columbia, SC 
       (2.5 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Terence Chapman is an Urologist in West Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Chapman is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Familial Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Congenital Mesoblastic Nephroma, Reconstructive Urology Surgery, and Nephrectomy. Dr. Chapman is currently accepting new patients.

      Advanced in Empyema
      Otolaryngology | Plastic Surgery
      Advanced in Empyema
      Otolaryngology | Plastic Surgery

      Lexington Health Inc

      146 E Hospital Dr, Suite 240, 
      West Columbia, SC 
       (2.5 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Brian Heaberlin is an Otolaryngologist and a Plastic Surgeon in West Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Heaberlin is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Thyroid Nodule, Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP), Trachoma, Empyema, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Heaberlin is currently accepting new patients.

      Advanced in Empyema
      Otolaryngology
      Advanced in Empyema
      Otolaryngology

      Carolina Eye And Ear Associates LLC

      2016 Sumter St, 
      Columbia, SC 
       (2.5 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Scott Thompson is an Otolaryngologist in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Thompson is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Infant Hearing Loss, Jones Syndrome, DFNB1, and Grass Allergy. Dr. Thompson is currently accepting new patients.

      Advanced in Empyema
      Internal Medicine
      Advanced in Empyema
      Internal Medicine

      Prisma Health Medical Group-Midlands

      1801 Sunset Dr, 
      Columbia, SC 
       (3.5 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients
      Offers Telehealth

      Lori Cook is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Cook is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. Her top areas of expertise are Tracheitis, Cellulitis, Sinusitis, and Empyema. Dr. Cook is currently accepting new patients.

      Matthew B. Johnson
      Experienced in Empyema
      Family Medicine
      Experienced in Empyema
      Family Medicine
      3209 Colonial Drive, Family Medicine Center, 
      Columbia, SC 
       (3.6 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Matthew Johnson is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Johnson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, Familial Hypertension, and Type 2 Diabetes (T2D).

      Gerald E. Harmon
      Experienced in Empyema
      Family Medicine
      Experienced in Empyema
      Family Medicine

      Prisma Health Medical Group-Midlands

      3209 Colonial Dr, 
      Columbia, SC 
       (3.6 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients
      Offers Telehealth

      Gerald Harmon is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Harmon is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Asthma in Children, Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), Juvenile Temporal Arteritis, and Temporal Arteritis. Dr. Harmon is currently accepting new patients.

      Distinguished in Empyema
      Plastic Surgery | Otolaryngology
      Distinguished in Empyema
      Plastic Surgery | Otolaryngology
      4711 Sunset Blvd, 
      Lexington, SC 
       (5.7 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      William Wells is a Plastic Surgeon and an Otolaryngologist in Lexington, South Carolina. Dr. Wells is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Empyema, Sinusitis, Allergic Rhinitis, and Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP). Dr. Wells is currently accepting new patients.

      Distinguished in Empyema
      Otolaryngology
      Distinguished in Empyema
      Otolaryngology

      South Carolina Ent Allergy And Sleep Medicine PA

      690 Columbiana Dr, Suite B, 
      Columbia, SC 
       (8.7 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Janaki Emani is an Otolaryngologist in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Emani is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. Her top areas of expertise are Empyema, Sinusitis, Allergic Rhinitis, Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder, and Adenoidectomy. Dr. Emani is currently accepting new patients.

      Experienced in Empyema
      Family Medicine | General Practice
      Experienced in Empyema
      Family Medicine | General Practice

      Sc House Calls Inc

      1053 Ctr St, 
      West Columbia, SC 
       (0.4 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients
      Offers Telehealth

      William Davis is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine and General Practice in West Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Davis is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are High Cholesterol, Osmotic Diuresis, Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), and Hypertension. Dr. Davis is currently accepting new patients.

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      Last Updated: 10/30/2025

      What is the definition of Empyema?

      Empyema is a collection of pus in the space between the lung and the inner surface of the chest wall (pleural space).

      When should I see an Empyema doctor near West Columbia, SC?

      There are various reasons why you may want to see a specialist, such as: 

      • Your primary care provider recommends it. 
      • Your condition requires expert knowledge and specialized care. 
      • Your symptoms persist or worsen despite treatment. 
      • You need specialized testing or procedures. 
      • You want a second opinion.  

      What should I consider when choosing an Empyema doctor near West Columbia, SC?

      It’s important to see a provider with expertise in your specific condition. Each provider profile in MediFind’s doctor database includes information on which conditions they treat, years of experience, research contributions, languages spoken, insurance plans accepted, and more.  

      How does MediFind rank Empyema doctors near West Columbia, SC?

      MediFind’s rankings are based on a variety of data sources, such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials and industry conferences, as well as the number of patients that provider sees for a given condition. Note that MediFind’s provider database is not based on user reviews, and providers do not pay to be included in the database. 

      What types of insurance are accepted by Empyema doctors near West Columbia, SC?

      Most profiles in MediFind’s doctor database include a list of insurance plans accepted by that provider. However, it’s a good idea to contact the provider’s office to make sure they still accept your insurance, then doublecheck by contacting your insurance plan to confirm they’re in network. 

      How can I book an appointment online with an Empyema doctor near West Columbia, SC?

      MediFind offers direct scheduling for certain providers using the “Request Appointment” button on that provider’s profile. If the schedule option is not available for a provider, tap the red “Show Phone Number” button on their profile to get their contact information. If you prefer to find providers who offer online scheduling, select “Schedules online” under the “Availability” category of the filter feature on the left side of the Empyema doctor search results page. 

      Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Empyema doctor?

      Second opinions are an opportunity to confirm a diagnosis and its root cause, learn about alternative treatment options, or simply gain peace of mind. Many people, especially those with serious diagnoses, get second opinions so they can understand all their options and make informed decisions, so don’t hesitate to get one if you have any doubts or need more information or clarification regarding your care. Note that some insurance plans require second opinions, while others don’t cover second opinions, so be sure to confirm with your insurance provider first.   

      How can I prepare for my appointment with an Empyema doctor near West Columbia, SC?

      Prepare for your appointment by gathering the following items: 

      • Copies of medical records (dating back at least one year) 
      • Your medical history, including illnesses, medical conditions, surgeries, and other doctors you see 
      • Family history of disease 
      • List of current prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal remedies or supplements including names and doses 
      • Allergies to medications, food, latex, insects, etc.  
      • List of questions and concerns 
      • Your insurance card 

      You might also contact the provider’s office to see if they offer transportation or childcare services or if you’re allowed to bring a loved one for support or to take notes during your visit. 

      What questions should I ask my Empyema doctor?

      Here are some sample questions: 

      • Can you explain in simple terms what this condition is and how it’s treated? 
      • What symptoms or side effects should I watch for? 
      • What tests will be involved, and when can I expect results? 
      • Are there other specialists I need to see? 
      • What’s the best way to reach you if I have follow-up questions? 

      How can I learn about the latest clinical trials and research advances my Empyema doctor may know about?

      MediFind’s Clinical Trials tool asks you a series of questions to help you narrow down your search by health condition, age, gender, location, how far you’re willing to travel, and more. Each question you answer filters down the number of trials until you find the ones that are most relevant to you. 

      MediFind’s Latest Advances tool features summaries of recent articles published in medical journals. We use cutting-edge technology to scour medical publication databases for the latest research advancements on any given condition, then we simplify this information in a way that’s useful and easy to understand. 

      Can I filter my search to show male or female Empyema doctors near West Columbia, SC?

      Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Empyema doctor search results page. Select “Female” or “Male” under the “Gender” category to search for female or male providers exclusively. If the “Any” option is selected, it will pull results for both male and female providers. 

      Can I filter my search to find an Empyema doctor that offers video calls?

      Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Empyema doctor search results page. Select “Offers telehealth visits” under the Availability category to search for providers who offer virtual appointments (video calls). 

      Reviewed on: 11/11/24  

      By: MediFind Medical Staff 

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