MUSC Health University Medical Center Extension

MUSC Health University Medical Center Extension is a Hospital in Charleston, SC. The facility provides Hospital Medicine and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine to patients throughout the Charleston area. Services include urgent care, virtual care, and emergency care that remain available during holiday hours, and the center is accepting new patients who can call to schedule appointments. The center’s providers include specialists in diagnostic radiology, pathology, laboratory medicine, and breast cancer care. Insurance accepted ranges from Aetna and Blue Cross Blue Shield to Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare and United Healthcare. The location holds a 1.00 rating based on one review.

The extension’s care team features physicians such as Michael Brown, M.D., in diagnostic radiology and telehealth, Hao Liu, M.D., in pathology and laboratory medicine, John Stevenson Metcalf, M.D., focusing on breast cancer pathology, Jack Yang, M.D., and Cynthia Ann Welsh, M.D., both in pathology and laboratory medicine. The center promotes access to language assistance, medical record requests, second opinions, and referral services. It also highlights career opportunities across SC and a genetics program called “In Our DNA SC” that explores patients’ genetic risks.

Located at 165 Ashley Ave, the extension sits just about 0.1 mile from the main MUSC Health Medical Center and is surrounded by several local landmarks, including the Sesquicentennial Memorial, The Horseshoe park, the Hospital Strike of 1969 memorial, and the James W. Colbert Education Center and Library. It is also a short walk from Calhoun Street, the nearby main road.

By delivering hospital‑based medicine and comprehensive pathology and laboratory services, MUSC Health University Medical Center Extension serves Charleston residents with a full spectrum of acute and diagnostic care.

Services:

• Cardiology
• Digestive Health
• Emergency & Urgent Care
• Heart Care
• Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
• Primary Care
• Urgent Care