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Hollings Cancer Center

The MUSC Hollings Cancer Center, founded in 1993, became an NCI-Designated Cancer Center in 2009 and is the state’s only designated cancer center. It is located within the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), serving a population that is 75% rural and which includes some of the most medically underserved regions within the country. The center’s mission is to reduce the cancer burden in South Carolina and beyond through high-quality cancer care, clinical research, professional education, and community outreach programs.

Medical University of South Carolina

Clinical
Raymond N. DuBois, MD, PhD
Director
86 Jonathan Lucas Street
MSC 955
Charleston, SC 29425
(843) 792-8284

Senior Leaders

Senior Leader Title
Albert C Lockhart, MD, MHS Associate Director of Clinical Science
Amanda C LaRue, PhD Associate Director of Shared Resources
Benjamin A Toll, PhD Associate Director of Education and Training
Besim Ogretmen, PhD Associate Director of Basic Science
David T Marshall, MD Medical Director, Clinical Trials Office
Denis C Guttridge, PhD Associate Director of Translational Science
Marvella E Ford, PhD Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement
Matthew J Carpenter, PhD Associate Director of Behavioral and Population Science
Nicholas Shungu, MD Associate Director of the Office of Workforce Development and Organizational Culture
Raymond N DuBois, MD, PhD Director
Travis Poole, MHA Chief Administrative Officer
William G Hawkins, MD Deputy Director

Research Programs

Research Program Program Leaders
Cancer Biology and Immunology Philip Howe, PhD; Sophie Paczesny, MD, PhD; Shikhar Mehrotra, PhD
Cancer Control Matthew Carpenter, PhD; Ashish Deshmukh, PhD
Developmental Cancer Therapeutics Nancy Klauber-DeMore, MD; John O'Bryan, PhD

Shared Resources

Category Resource Directors
N/A Biorepository and Tissue Analysis Shared Resource Steven Carroll, MD, PhD
N/A Biostatistics Shared Resource Elizabeth Hill, PhD
N/A Cell and Molecular Imaging Shared Resource John Lemasters, MD, PhD
N/A Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting Shared Resource Amanda LaRue, PhD
N/A Lipidomics Shared Resource Besim Ogretmen, PhD
N/A Translational Science Laboratory Shared Resource Jian Ouyang, PhD
Last Updated
June 5, 2024