Dr. Dennis W. Vane

Patrick Flume is a Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina. He serves as the Powers-Huggins Endowed Chair for Cystic Fibrosis and oversees a large Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Center, including the largest adult CF program in South Carolina. He also leads large clinical programs dedicated to patients with bronchiectasis and non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections.He is recognized by the national and international CF community having served on the CF Foundation Center Committee, the Adult Care Consensus Committee, and the Advisory Task Force on Adult Issues, the Professional Education Committee, the European CF Society's Best Practices committee, and as founding co-chair of the CF Foundation's Pulmonary Practice Guidelines Committee. He co-led the International Working Group on Antimicrobial Resistance in Cystic Fibrosis. He is the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis.He serves as Associate Vice President for Clinical Research at MUSC, leads a very busy clinical research program for CF, bronchiectasis, and NTM, and is co-principal investigator for the South Carolina Clinical \& Translational Research Institute. Many of these studies are related to new drug and therapy development for patients, but he also has an interest in determining optimal management of CF pulmonary exacerbations and is the co-PI in the STOP trials, aimed at identifying optimal treatments for exacerbations. Dr. Flume is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Cystic Fibrosis, Bronchiectasis, Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease, Mycobacterium Avium Complex Infections, and Lung Transplant.

John Huggins, MD, specializes in Critical Care Medicine, and Pulmonology. Dr. Huggins is highly rated in 17 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Pleural Effusion, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Interstitial Lung Disease, Endoscopy, and Lung Transplant.

Dr. Peter N. Manos has been in practice in Beaufort since 1992. Born and raised in Charleston, he graduated from the University of Georgia and The Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine. Dr Manos completed an Internal Medicine Residency at East Tennessee State University, followed by Fellowship training at The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His fellowships included Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. Dr. Manos opened his practice in Beaufort, Palmetto Pulmonary Medicine, PA, in 1992 and joined MUSC Health Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine in 2023. He is a staff physician at Beaufort Memorial Hospital, where he served as Chief of Staff 1996-97, Medical Director of Pulmonary Rehabilitation 1992-2023, and ICU 1992-2019. He is a member of the American College of Chest Physicians, American Thoracic Society, andAmerican Academy of Sleep Medicine with AASM Laboratory Accreditation. Dr. Manos's hobbies include fishing, hunting, and cooking.BOARD CERTIFICATIONS: ABIM Pulmonary Disease. Critical Medicine and Sleep Medicine. Dr. Manos is highly rated in 40 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Lung Metastases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Bronchiectasis, Lung Nodules, and Advanced Bronchoscopy.