25 of the Best General Surgeons Near Me in charleston, SC

Arman Kilic is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Kilic is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Aortic Dissection, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Obesity, Heart Transplant, and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG). Dr. Kilic is currently accepting new patients.

"Dr. Steven Kahn is the Chief of Burn Surgery at MUSC. He led the team that established the South Carolina Burn Center at MUSC, which opened in 2020. The South Carolina Burn Center cares for patients of all ages and is the only inpatient burn center in the state of South Carolina. Dr. Kahn is regarded as an expert and a national leader in both pediatric and adult burn care. He served on the Board of Trustees of the American Burn Association (ABA) from 2021-2025 and as the ABA Program Committee Chair from 2022-2025. Kahn trained at the University of Rochester for general surgery residency and a 2-yr research fellowship, followed by additional clinical fellowships at Vanderbilt in burn surgery, critical care, and trauma/acute care surgery. He is board certified in both general surgery and surgical critical care.Dr. Kahn has provided care to thousands of burn patients and has performed over 3000 operations to treat burn injury (including but not limited to skin grafts, skin substitutes, skin flaps, scar revision, and regenerative medicine techniques). Dr. Kahn has also been a leader in developing minimally invasive burn treatments, laser scar therapy, paradigms for enhanced recovery after burn injury, and fluid restrictive resuscitation strategies.Kahn's main research interests are centered around firefighter safety, burn resuscitation, health economics, smoke inhalation injury, non-opiate pain control, wound healing, regenerative medicine, and burn reconstruction. He has published over 70 peer-reviewed articles and has received numerous research awards and significant grant funding for his work. He speaks nationally and internationally regarding these topics. He is an advocate for firefighter safety and serves as medical advisor for The South Carolina Association of Professional Fire Fighters and the International Association of Fire Fighters. Dr. Kahn participated in the development of FEMA-funded firefighter safety programs such as ""It Happened in Seconds,"" regarding situational awareness, gear limitations, and burn injury awareness- and helped with drafting the South Carolina Firefighter's Cancer Bill.Before moving to Charleston, Kahn received the Nashville Business Journal ""Healthcare Heroes"" Award in 2015 for his work regarding firefighter safety, followed by the Mobile Bay ""40 Under 40 Award"" in 2016. In 2022, he received the Charleston Health Care Heroes Award for his work in building the South Carolina Burn Center. In his free time, Kahn enjoys spending time with his wife and two children; he is also an avid fisherman and outdoorsman.". Dr. Kahn is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Frostbite, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, Erythema Multiforme, Keloids, and Fasciotomy. Dr. Kahn is currently accepting new patients.

David Lucas is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Lucas is highly rated in 13 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hernia, Choledocholithiasis, Gallbladder Disease, Hernia Surgery, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Lucas is currently accepting new patients.

Anthony Firilas is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Charleston,, South Carolina. Dr. Firilas is highly rated in 12 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Rectal Prolapse, Familial Colorectal Cancer, Encopresis, Hemorrhoidectomy, and Hernia Surgery. Dr. Firilas is currently accepting new patients.

Jorge Lagares-Garcia is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Lagares-Garcia is highly rated in 12 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Anal Fissure, Familial Colorectal Cancer, Retroperitoneal Inflammation, Hernia Surgery, and Colostomy. Dr. Lagares-Garcia is currently accepting new patients.

Walter Blessing is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Blessing is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hernia, Familial Colorectal Cancer, Cholecystitis, Hernia Surgery, and Colostomy. Dr. Blessing is currently accepting new patients.

Lucinda Halstead is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Halstead is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Vocal Cord Dysfunction, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Cellulitis, Papillary Thyroid Cancer, and Laryngectomy. Dr. Halstead is currently accepting new patients.

Paul Lambert is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Lambert is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Ear Cancer, Neuroendocrine Tumor, Osteomyelitis, Stapedectomy, and Mastoidectomy. Dr. Lambert is currently accepting new patients.

Lucas Witer is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Witer is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hemolysis, Aortic Dissection, Heart Transplant, and Lung Transplant. Dr. Witer is currently accepting new patients.

President David J. Cole, M.D. FACS, received his Bachelor of Science degree in biology from New Mexico State University and he received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College in New York. He interned and completed his residency at Emory University Affiliated Hospitals in Atlanta and his fellowship in surgical oncology at the NIH/NCI Surgery Branch in Bethesda.Dr. Cole came to MUSC in 1994. In 2003 he was named the A. McKoy Rose, Jr. M.D. endowed chair in surgical oncology and was selected as chairman for the Department of Surgery in September of 2007. Dr. Cole was then elected president of MUSC Physicians in 2013. He held these esteemed titles until becoming president of MUSC on July 1, 2014.Dr. Cole is board certified through the American Board of Surgery with a primary clinical field of interest in breast cancer as well as melanoma and sarcoma. He has a strong research background with more than 17 years of continuous funding by the NIH. He recently stepped down after seven years as the medical director for the center for cellular therapy in order to concentrate on the needs surrounding his newest role. His research at the center focused on novel cancer vaccine development and molecular diagnostics. Dr. Cole is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Angiosarcoma, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, Breast Cancer, and Lymphadenectomy. Dr. Cole is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Ramin Eskandari grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan and received his bachelors in science in biology/neurobiology at the University of Michigan. After college Dr. Eskandari lived in Switzerland while working at a sports camp for kids. This was followed but two more years of international travel while receiving his Master's in Medical Science. He participated in research projects in artificial vision and hydrocephalus, fueling his future research interests in pediatric hydrocephalus and brain injury.Ramin Eskandari is an associate professor of neurosurgery and chief of pediatric neurosurgery at the Medical University of South Carolina. He holds adjunct positions in the Departments of Pediatrics (Child Neurology), Surgery (Plastic Surgery) and Immunology/Microbiology (Director of Pediatric Brain Injury and Hydrocephalus Research). His clinical expertise focuses on the surgical management of children with disorders of the brain and spine, minimally invasive methods for treating pediatric neurosurgical disorders, and endoscopic treatment of multiple disorders including complex hydrocephalus and brain tumors. Dr. Eskandari has always had a very fervent desire to maintain basic science research alongside clinical therapeutics. He opened the first pediatric hydrocephalus and brain jury research laboratory in South Carolina in 2014 and has maintained active research through internal, state level and philanthropic grant funding. Currently, his laboratory has invented a novel cell culture model of elevated intracranial pressure and has collaborated on a novel medical therapeutic to prevent progressive brain injury and hydrocephalus in neonates with brain hemorrhage. Dr. Eskandari is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hydrocephalus, Rathke Cleft Cyst, Sunken Fontanelles, Posterior Fossa Decompression, and Thrombectomy. Dr. Eskandari is currently accepting new patients.

Marion Wilson is a General Surgeon and a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Wilson is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Strabismus, Micropthalmia Associated with Colobomatous Cyst, Lenz Microphthalmia Syndrome, and Microphthalmia Syndromic 9. Dr. Wilson is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Kristoff Reid earned his bachelor of science degree from the United States Military Academy, West Point, and his medical doctorate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. He spent five years in orthopaedic surgery residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and one year in orthopaedic trauma fellowship at Duke University Medical Center.Dr. Reid promotes advancement of his field through active membership in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the Orthopaedic Trauma Association, AOTrauma North America and the Piedmont Orthopedic Society. His research on fractures and nonunions has been published in scholarly journals and at orthopaedic conferences. Following his graduation from West Point, Dr. Reid served in the United States Army for five years, with service in Kosovo, the Sinai Peninsula, and Afghanistan. He currently serves as a surgeon in the U.S. Army Reserves, holding the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. His reserve service includes deployments to Afghanistan and Syria as a member of a Forward Surgical Team. Dr. Reid is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Acute Pain, Osteomyelitis, Infectious Arthritis, Hip Replacement, and Synovectomy. Dr. Reid is currently accepting new patients.

Ashley Hink is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Her clinical expertise encompasses Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Keloids, Delirium, Fasciotomy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Hink is currently accepting new patients.

Thomas Eustis is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Dr. Eustis is highly rated in 13 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Retroperitoneal Inflammation, Ogilvie Syndrome, Cholecystitis, Gastrointestinal Perforation, and Hernia Surgery. Dr. Eustis is currently accepting new patients.

David Adams is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Adams is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Chronic Pancreatitis, Hereditary Pancreatitis, Gastroparesis, Pancreatectomy, and Islet Cell Transplantation. Dr. Adams is currently accepting new patients.

Ashli O'rourke is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Dr. O'rourke is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Vocal Cord Dysfunction, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Cellulitis, Laryngectomy, and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). Dr. O'rourke is currently accepting new patients.

Steven Hanish is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Hanish is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Liver Failure, Hepatic Cystic Hamartoma, Caroli Disease, Liver Transplant, and Hepatectomy.

Theodore Mcrackan is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Mcrackan is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses RASopathies, Neurofibromatosis, Neuroendocrine Tumor, Mastoidectomy, and Myringotomy. Dr. Mcrackan is currently accepting new patients.

Cynthia Talley is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Talley is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Gastrointestinal Perforation, Delirium, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Gastrostomy, and Colostomy. Dr. Talley is currently accepting new patients.

Heather Evans is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Her clinical expertise encompasses Hernia, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Delirium, Gastrostomy, and Hernia Surgery. Dr. Evans is board certified in Surgery (General Surgery). Dr. Evans is currently accepting new patients.

Richard Carter is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Dr. Carter is highly rated in 13 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Breast Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, Breast Lump, Lymphadenectomy, and Small Bowel Resection. Dr. Carter is board certified in Surgery (General Surgery). Dr. Carter is currently accepting new patients.

Jane Scribner, MD, specializes in Dermatology & Dermatologic Surgery and is located in Mount Pleasant, SC. Dr. Scribner is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Melanoma, Ear Cancer, Keloids, and T-Cell Lymphoma. Dr. Scribner is currently accepting new patients.

Tyler Watson is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Dr. Watson is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Gallbladder Disease, Cholecystitis, Hernia, Colostomy, and Small Bowel Resection. Dr. Watson is currently accepting new patients.

"Brittany Bankhead, M.D., recently joined the Department of Surgery as an associate professor. Dr. Bankhead is a double-board certified trauma and general surgeon and a surgical intensivist. Before joining MUSC, she was an assistant professor of surgery at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC). This fall, she was awarded the President's Innovation Award at TTUHSC and the prestigious ""40 under 40"" award by the Association of Women Surgeons.During her time as the Stop the Bleed State Champion of Texas for the Committee on Trauma, she saw a need for improved hemorrhage control training. She built a multidisciplinary regional team that was accepted into the National Science Foundation's Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps), an immersive, entrepreneurial training program. During this prestigious program, Dr. Bankhead's team shifted their focus for commercialization from solely local injury prevention to also include improved military biofeedback hemorrhage control training. Dr. Bankhead's team received regional and national funding, including a $50,000 grant for the NSF iCorps award.She most recently was selected, among a large national cohort, to present her medical technology in Washington, DC, at a multidisciplinary innovation conference with large military and federal influence. This has given her the ability to continue to work towards her future goals of large-scale NIH federal innovation funding and commercialization with a military focus. Dr. Bankhead is looking forward to multidisciplinary collaboration and helping grow the network of research and commercialization opportunities at MUSC.During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Bankhead was part of the inaugural international group ""CovidSurg"" through the National Institute for Health Research Unit on Global Surgery in the United Kingdom. Her experiences and insights from the frontline were shared in multiple national outlets, including The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, and the New Yorker.Dr. Bankhead is passionate about ensuring healthcare workers feel an open door to discussing hardships \& trials concomitantly with their pursuit of excellent patient care. She served as a panelist at the inaugural ""Surgeons as Second Victims"" lecture at the American College of Surgeons annual meeting and helped create the roundtable ""Finding Comfort in Discomfort... Reflecting on Stories Told"" at the 2022 American Association for Academic Surgery presidential session. She is equally passionate about ensuring females feel an open door to starting and maintaining a productive career in surgery.Dr. Bankhead's leadership extends beyond her clinical practice. She currently is currently the vice chair of the Associate Membership Committee of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma; she assumes the role of chair in September. She also serves on the Editorial Board for Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Open and Impact Surgery.". Dr. Bankhead is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Ogilvie Syndrome, Peptic Ulcer, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Splenectomy, and Gallbladder Removal. Dr. Bankhead is currently accepting new patients.