Adolescent Medicine
The Division of Adolescent Medicine was established in 1991, when Dr. Janice Key joined the faculty of the Department of Pediatrics at MUSC. Since that time, the division has grown to include an active teaching clinic in Rutledge Tower with 1,500 patient visits/yr, a school-based clinic two mornings/wk at Burke High School (< 1 mile from the MUSC campus), and a research program with two current pregnancy prevention projects, both located in Charleston County School District schools. In addition, the division conducts a clinic at the nearby College of Charleston, with approximately 1,200 patient visits/yr, serving a mainly middle- to upper-income non-Hispanic white population, and has recently opened a clinic in Hollywood, SC, a rural township about 20 miles from the university, serving a lower income, non-Hispanic black population.