Yusheng Zhu, PhD, DABCC, FACB
Telephone: (843) 792-8814
Fax: (843) 792-0424
E-mail: zhuyu@musc.edu

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Medical University of South Carolina
171 Ashley Avenue, MSC 908, Suite 309
Charleston, SC 29425

Frederick Nolte, PhD, D(ABMM),F(AAM)
Telephone: (843)792-5020
E-mail: nolte@musc.edu

MUSC Hospitals
VA Medical Center

Medical University of South Carolina

Yusheng Zhu, PhD, DABCC, FACB 

Clinical Chemistry, Toxicology, Hemoglobinopathy, Pharmacogenetics, Proteomics

Frederick S. Nolte, PhD, D(ABMM), F(AAM)

Molecular Diagnostics, Microbiology, Laboratory management

Maria Lopes-Virella, MD, PhD

Endocrinology, lipid disorders, atherosclerosis, diabetes, and nutrition

David Lewin, MD

Protein electrophoresis, GI pathology

Sally Self, MD

Clinical Immunology, Flowcytometry

John Lazarchick, MD

Hematology, Coagulation

James E. Madory, DO

Laboratory Informatics

Level(s) of training:
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Postdoctoral
1
2 years
Commensurate with experience
Department
1
0 (Program started in 2010)

Prerequisites:

All applicants should have earned a doctoral degree at accredited institutions. Individuals with doctoral degrees in Clinical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Medicine, Molecular Biology, Toxicology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Genetics, Chemistry, and other doctoral degrees in life sciences are strongly encouraged to apply. Candidates should have met 30-hour minimum requirement of undergraduate and/or graduate level biochemistry or chemistry courses. Applicants with education obtained at institutions outside the U.S. or Canada must, at their expense, have their credentials evaluated by the International Education Research Foundation, Inc., or acceptable equivalent. Applicants should have strong interests in laboratory medicine and research. Excellent communication and personal-interaction skills are required.

Procedures:

Applicants should submit a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, undergraduate and graduate transcripts, and three letters of recommendation.

Deadline

None.

Program Description:

     MUSC Medical Center located in Charleston, South Carolina is a comprehensive facility comprised of four separate hospitals (University Hospital, Institute of Psychiatry, Ashley River Tower Hospital, Children's Hospital). The Medical Center includes centers for specialized care (Heart Center, Transplantation Center, Hollings Cancer Center, and Digestive Diseases Center). Multiple programs have earned distinguished reputations at MUSC: neuroscience, substance abuse, cardiovascular medicine, drug sciences, perinatal medicine, burn care, ophthalmology, hearing loss, genetics, rheumatology, transplantation, and cancer care.

     The Fellowship Program requires two years for completion. The fellows will rotate in the clinical chemistry laboratory at MUSC, a full-service laboratory including general chemistry, immunoassays, therapeutic drug monitoring, toxicology, special chemistry, and critical care laboratories with 53 medical technologists. The over 8000 sq-ft laboratory is equipped with Beckman Coulter total automation chemistry system, Siemens Centaur XP and Immulite 2000 immunoassay systems, Waters LC MS/MS, Perkin Elmer GC, Waters HPLC, Bio-Rad Hb Variant system, Helena electrophoresis system, and Radiometer blood gas analyzers. The fellows also have opportunity to rotate in the clinical chemistry laboratory at VA Medical Center. In addition, the fellows will rotate in molecular pathology, immunology, and hematology laboratories. The trainees are not only trained in all sub-disciplines of modern clinical chemistry, but also in basic, clinical, or translational research, laboratory management, and teaching.