171 Ashley Ave.
Charleston, SC 29425
843-792-1414
800-424-MUSC
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General Pediatrics Research Faculty
Paul M. Darden, MD
Dr. Darden is director of the General Pediatric Research Center and General Pediatric Research Group,
professor of pediatrics (primary) and biometry and epidemiology (joint) and
director of pediatric primary care (Pediatric Resident Continuity Clinic).
He has been conducting university affiliated clinical trials since 1987.
His numerous previous research interests involved polio vaccination protocols,
immunization cost effectiveness, South Carolina Immunization Initiative Studies,
and rotavirus immunization studies. His present research interests include: examining
the provision of primary care to children, particularly extensive research into the delivery
of immunization in practice-based settings, and secondary analysis of administrative and
research databases. He has been the primary investigator on numerous pharmaceutical trials of vaccines,
antibiotics and infant formulas.
William T. Basco, MD
Dr. Basco, associate professor of pediatrics, has been a co-investigator and faculty member since
1997. He is a former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Generalist Physician Faculty Scholar, completing
four years of research in the area of medical education, particularly the medical school admission
process. Dr. Basco is the director of Frontiers in Pediatrics, MUSC Pediatric Department's yearly CME
program aimed at general pediatricians and other practitioners caring for children. Dr. Basco
currently serves as co-investigator on the Academic Generalist Fellowship Grant and the Academic
Administrative Units (Title VII) Grant (both are general pediatric research group projects). In
June 2006, Dr. Basco will begin four years of research funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,
evaluating perscribing errors occurring in ambulatory pediatric visits.
Ronald J. Teufel, II, MD
Dr. Teufel, assistant professor of pediatrics, has been a faculty member since 2004. He is a former Academic
Generalist Fellow at MUSC. Dr. Teufel is co-director of the Pediatric Hospitalist section. Clinical interests
include the care of hospitalized children and research interests are focused on hospital based quality improvement
efforts for pediatric asthma.
J. Routt Reigart, MD
Dr. Reigart, general pediatrics director, has conducted university affiliated clinical trials since 1971 and is professor
of pediatrics at MUSC. His special research interests include children's environmental health
issues, general pediatrics, and toxicology (lead poisoning prevention and education activities
since 1972; state wide screening initiatives since 1975; CDC chair for the Childhood Lead Poisoning
Advisory Committee, and the USEPA chair for the Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee;
member of USEPA/USDA/Tolerance Reassessment Advisory Committee and the FIFRA Science Advisory Panel).
Andrea P. Summer, MD
Dr. Andrea Summer, assistant professor of pediatrics and director of the
MUSC International Adoption Clinic, completed the academic generalist
fellowship at MUSC in 2002. In addition to founding and conducting the
International Adoption Clinic, Dr. Summer also participates in the MUSC
Travel Medicine Clinic. She has organized and directs an interdisciplinary
course in international health. Her research interests include medical and
developmental issues of internationally adopted children and evaluating the
effects of water and sanitation interventions on child growth in developing
countries.
James R. Roberts, MD, MPH
Dr. Robers, associate professor of pediatrics, has been conducting clinical research since 1996.
His special research interests include children's environmental health hazards and the management
of lead toxicity in children.
Patricia G. McBurney, MD
Patricia G. McBurney, MD, MSCR, is an assistant professor of pediatrics. She graduated from the Medical University of South Carolina College of
Medicine in 1997 and completed pediatric residency at the Medical College of Georgia in 2000. She completed the academic generalist fellowship in
pediatrics at MUSC in 2002. Currently, she works as a pediatric hospitalist. Additionally, she serves as the pediatric clerkship co-director and
her research interests are in medical education.
Kristina Gustafson, MD
Sarah Prim, RN, BSN
Sarah Prim, general pediatrics clinical research coordinator, has been a registered nurse for over 20 years
with a special interest in pediatrics. Through her nursing profession and travels as a military spouse she
has worked with children from many diverse areas.
Research Staff Contact Information:
135 Rutledge Ave. Room 280
P.O. Box 250561
Charleston, SC 29425
Phone: (843) 876-0219
Fax: (843) 876-8709
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