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Dr. Sylvia Szentpetery recently joined the MUSC family as director of the Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Center. She received her medical degree from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. She went on to complete her pediatric residency at the University of Virginia and her pulmonology fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. She is skilled in flexible bronchoscopy as well as evaluation through pulmonary function testing, which both aid in the diagnosis of lung disease. At MUSC, Dr. Szentpetery sees patients with any and all respiratory problems, including cystic fibrosis, asthma, chronic cough, chronic lung disease of prematurity, and recurrent pneumonia. She is excited to join MUSC and is committed to helping the region's children and their families breathe and live better. Dr. Szentpetery is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Cystic Fibrosis, Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Newborn Jaundice, and Asthma.

Dr. Shean Aujla recently joined the MUSC family as the director of pediatric pulmonology and sleep medicine. She received her M.D. from MUSC and completed her pediatric residency at the University of Connecticut. Her fellowship was completed at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh where she remained on faculty for eight years before moving to Charleston. During her time in Pittsburgh, Dr. Aujla worked in a severe asthma clinic for children that she helped to create. She also took care of several tracheostomy/ventilator-dependent children and patients with complex airway problems. She is skilled at flexible bronchoscopy which allows her to look into the airways of her patients to see if there are problems causing their respiratory symptoms. Here at MUSC, Dr. Aujla sees patients with all respiratory problems, including asthma, chronic cough, cystic fibrosis, lung disease of prematurity, and tracheostomy/ventilator-dependent children. She is excited to be back at MUSC and looks forward to helping our region's children with pulmonary disease feel better and get better. Her top areas of expertise are Asthma, Grass Allergy, Laryngomalacia, and Congenital Unilateral Pulmonary Hypoplasia.

Dr. Chung Lee is an assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine at MUSC. He completed his M.D. and Ph.D. training at Washington University in St. Louis. He finished both his pediatric residency and pediatric pulmonary fellowship training at St. Louis Children's Hospital. While in St. Louis, his research interests included studying the interactions between the innate immune system and viruses. Dr. Lee cares for pediatric patients with a variety of pulmonary symptoms including but not limited to asthma, interstitial lung disease, cystic fibrosis, neuromuscular disease, as well as technology-dependent patients. He is excited to be part of the MUSC family and happy to see your child for any lung-related questions or concerns. His top areas of expertise are Asthma, Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy, Wildervanck Syndrome, and CHARGE Syndrome.