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Sickle Cell Disease

  • This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Christina Abrams about early diagnosis and treatment of sickle cell disease. Dr. Abrams is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and she’s Director of the Pediatric Sickle Cell Center at MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital.
  • This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Christina Abrams about early diagnosis and treatment of sickle cell disease. Dr. Abrams is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and she’s Director of the Pediatric Sickle Cell Center at MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital.
  • The South Carolina branch of the American Red Cross is short 7,020 pints of blood than this time last year. Without a high enough statewide blood supply, Red Cross officials say thousands of sickle-celled South Carolinians are at risk.
  • This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Shannon Phillips about research related to monitoring and managing sickle cell disease symptoms in children. Dr. Phillips is an Associate Professor in the college of Nursing at MUSC, and the lead researcher on a study related to children with sickle cell disease.
  • This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Shannon Phillips about research related to monitoring and managing sickle cell disease symptoms in children. Dr. Phillips is an Associate Professor in the college of Nursing at MUSC, and the lead researcher on a study related to children with sickle cell disease.
  • This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Julie Kanter about the latest treatment and research related to Sickle Cell Disease. Dr. Kanter is the Director of…