December 11, 2007 For Immediate Release MUSC's ROB STUART, M.D., HONORED WITH 2007 HEALTH CARE HERO AWARD BY CHARLESTON REGIONAL BUSINESS JOURNAL
Stuart, Nationally-Recognized Blood and Marrow Transplant Physician, Helped Establish Hollings Cancer Center CHARLESTON, SC -- The Medical University of South Carolina's (MUSC) Rob Stuart, M.D., a nationally-recognized blood and marrow transplant physician, has been named 2007's Health Care Hero Physician by the Charleston Regional Business Journal. Dr. Stuart is a Professor of Medicine and founded MUSC's Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) Program housed in the Hollings Cancer Center, where he serves as Director of the BMT Program and Medical Director of the Clinical Trials Office. Dr. Stuart's honor was announced at a banquet recognizing all the finalists from a number of categories in the Charleston Regional Business Journal's annual Health Care Heroes awards. Colleagues from Hollings Cancer Center nominated him. “I'm very pleased to receive this award, but I can accept it only on behalf of a large team of healthcare professionals and many courageous patients that have contributed to our success.” Dr. Stuart said. “The MUSC BMT Program is a wonderful resource for the state of South Carolina and will only grow larger and more successful in the future." In 1985, Dr. Stuart joined MUSC after being recruited from Johns Hopkins and was named Founding Director of MUSC’s Hematology-Oncology Division. Dr. Stuart's contributions and leadership were significant in establishing Hollings Cancer Center, South Carolina’s leading academic-based cancer treatment and research center. In 1986, he established an accredited Hematology/Oncology fellowship training program and founded a cancer clinical trials program which has brought world-class research studies to the state. In 1987, Dr. Stuart performed the state’s first bone marrow transplant and fought to have Medicaid and Medicare recognize MUSC as a transplant facility to ease the financial burden on patients. Today, the program he started has performed nearly 800 transplant procedures and is the state’s only program of its kind. The MUSC program also is the only one in the state that performs pediatric bone marrow transplants and transplants from unrelated donors. About Hollings Cancer Center Hollings Cancer Center offers state-of-the-art diagnostic capabilities, therapies and surgical techniques and has multidisciplinary clinics that involve surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation therapists, radiologists, pathologists, psychologists and many other specialists seeing patients simultaneously under one roof. Multidisciplinary care is provided in disease specific clinics such as thoracic, breast, head & neck, genitourinary, gastrointestinal, hematologic, neurologic, and pediatric cancers. The Hollings Cancer Center is the largest academic-based cancer program in South Carolina. The Hollings Cancer Center is currently a developing National Cancer Institute designated cancer center and has more than $35M in cancer research funding. More than 1,000 people are currently participating on a cancer clinical trial at HCC. For more information, please visit www.hcc.musc.edu. About MUSC Founded in 1824 in Charleston, The Medical University of South Carolina is the oldest medical school in the South. Today, MUSC continues the tradition of excellence in education, research, and patient care. MUSC educates and trains more than 3,000 students and residents, and has nearly 10,000 employees, including 1,300 faculty members. As the largest non-federal employer in Charleston, the university and its affiliates have collective annual budgets in excess of $1.3 billion. MUSC operates a 600-bed medical center, which includes a nationally recognized Children's Hospital and a leading Institute of Psychiatry. For more information on academic information or clinical services, visit www.musc.edu or www.muschealth.com. #### |
