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July 15, 2011 MEDICAL UNIVERSITY of SOUTH CAROLINA Vol. 29, No. 46

Sometimes Michael Sweat, Ph.D., has to eat goat. It’snot a favorite part of the MUSC researcher’s job in

Africa, but he understands why it’s necessary.“It’s a big cultural thing for them to have these big

cookouts with a big goat they’ve slaughtered, and you’rethe honored guest so you have to eat these big chunksof goat they’re giving you.”

Sweat grimaces, but then grins. His willingness torespect the local customs isone reason he and a team ofresearchers have had successin an ambitious, eight-yearHIV study that was recentlypublished in Online First“The Lancet InfectiousDiseases.” Interim findingsfrom the National Institutein Mental Health’s (NIMH)Project Accept combineddata from 10 communities in

Tanzania, eight in Zimbabwe and 14 in Thailand.Thrilled the study shows the value of community-

based voluntary counseling and testing (CBVCT), Sweatsees this as another step in changing social policy toput a dent in the tide of the AIDS epidemic that justkeeps going. With an estimated 2.8 million new HIVinfections in sub-Saharan Africa in the past year alone,24.7 million Africans are now living with the virus.

“It’s a big problem. There’s a huge mortality. Thereare a lot of orphans from AIDS. There are a lot ofwidows and people affected. There are about 9 millionpeople in Africa who are infected and don’t have accessto treatment. There’s a big need to do somethingabout it. Our intervention has a lot of treatmentimplications.”

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This community outreach projectinvolved an educational skit about howwomen can pass the HIV virus to theirinfants.

Researcher mines global health finds

For more inFormation:Project Accept is the first international

randomized controlled Phase III trial to determinethe efficacy of a behavioral or social scienceintervention concerning the incidence of HIV. TheProject Accept website is http://www.cbvct.med.ucla.edu/.

For the full text version of the study published inOnline First in “The Lancet Infectious Diseases,”visit http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(11)70060-3/fulltext.

Dr. Michael Sweat holds up a Tanzania map where heoversaw a research team.

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“It’s hard to imaginethat many campusesin this country havesuch high satisfactionrates among all keyconstituent groups.”

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As we start the new academic and fiscalyear, I am pleased to share with you

some perspectives on the state of the medicaluniversity. There probably is no better placeto start than with several recent assessmentsabout how our faculty, staff and studentsfeel about the university. This year, a campussurvey revealed that 97 percent of faculty feltthat they made the right decision in selecting

MUSC. The samesurvey found that93 percent of staffmembers were happyto be working here,and 96 percent ofgraduating studentsbelieved that theyhad made the rightchoice in attending themedical university.

It is hard to imaginethat many campuses inthis country have such

high satisfaction ratesamong all key constituent groups. While weknow that there is still room for improvement,it is clear that together, those who work andstudy here have fostered an environment thatis supportive and rewarding.

Admission to our educational programsremains highly competitive, with recordnumbers of applicants this year. Recently,we also learned that our medical schoolranks in the top 10 nationally in terms ofthe percentage of admitted students who

chose to enroll here. At the other end of theeducational process, our students in all schoolsexcel on licensing/accreditation exams, withan overall passing rate for first-time takers of94 percent.

Our research programs continue to thrive.While we do not have final numbers for theyear yet, it appears that our total researchfunding will be at or above our recordnumbers last year. This success was achievedin spite of the fact that the supplementaryfunding from the American Recovery andReinvestment Act ended, and through mostof the year, there was much uncertaintyabout the appropriation levels of most federalagencies.

In the clinical arena, the demand forour services continues to be strong, with agrowth in hospital discharges of about 3percent. Our patient satisfaction rate is thesixth best out of 82 hospitals in the nationalUniversity Healthsystem Consortium. We

were recognized as one of the most improvedhospitals in the country in a “Most WiredHealth Care” award. As one illustrativeexample, our stroke telemedicine program,which was created three years ago, hasprovided more than 1,300 consultationsto a network that now includes 15 partnerhospitals throughout the state.

On the financial front, in spite ofcontinuing declines in state appropriations,and most recently reductions in Medicaidpayments, we are holding our own. Althoughthe final audited numbers will not be knownfor several months, it appears that all of ourunits will have met their operating budgets.This is a tribute to all of our faculty and staffwho are working so hard to “do more withless.”

Coming off of the successful and earlycompletion of our capital campaign, there wasthe distinct possibility that our private fund-raising would dip this year. The preliminaryestimates, however, reveal that once again wewill have set a record in philanthropy. Thissupport speaks volumes about the way thatthe medical university is viewed within thiscommunity and beyond.

The university strategic plan, with itsfour emphasis areas of entrepreneurism,innovation/technology, globalization, andinterprofessionalism, continues to be developedby four faculty-led working groups. Progress isbeing made already in several of these areas.For example, with regard to globalization, weare launching a new certificate program in

global health, we have signed new partnershipagreements with several institutions abroad,and the Master of Science in ClinicalResearch is now reaching an internationalaudience. Many more initiatives will belaunched in all four strategic areas during thecoming year, and I hope that you will findways to participate.

While much more could be written aboutour progress in education, research, andpatient care, I have tried to share some senseof the overall momentum at the medicaluniversity. Each year, I am awestruck by theaccomplishments of our faculty and staff inwhat can only be described as challengingcircumstances. You and your coworkers aremaking a huge difference, not only in thisinstitution, but more importantly among thepeople that we serve. It is in that spirit that,in spite of continuing financial pressures, weare able to offer pay-for-performance increasesonce again this year. In the near future,each of the human resource departmentswill be communicating with its respectiveconstituents about the particulars of its pay-for-performance plans.

It is with great appreciation that I thankeach and every one of you for all that youdo. May the coming year be one of continuedsuccess for you personally and for all of uscollectively.

With best wishes,Ray Greenberg, M.D., Ph.D.MUSC President

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Dave Kreber was playing golf withbusiness associates when he received thenews.

"I got paged at the clubhouse and itsaid to call (my wife) Sally. She said,'Dave, you're not going to believe this,but Monica has leukemia. I need you tocome home immediately,'" he recalls, "Iwas standing there with a cell phone nextto a tree, and I fell down on my kneesand I said, 'She has what?'"

Monica was 7 years old then whenher battle began. Curing Monica tookthree years of chemotherapy, hundreds

of nights in the hospital and a dedicatedteam of MUSC physicians. Today,Monica attends Winthrop, is an aspiringjournalist and most importantly, shares amessage of hope to all who battle cancer.

For the past 15 years, The MonicaKreber Golf Tournament has raised morethan $451,000 for cancer research in theDarby Children's Research Institute.

The golf tournament will begin at 1p.m. July 22 at Wild Dunes Resort.

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Diabetes, an incurable disease that is defined by highlevels of sugar in the blood, is on the rise and currentlyaffects more than 25.8 million people in the UnitedStates.

If current rates of development continue, the Centersfor Disease Control and Prevention predicts that theprevalence of diabetes will rise to as much as 1 in 3adults by the year 2050. This prediction is based ona number of factors, such as increasing obesity rates,aging populations and population growth amongminority groups.

Diabetes is caused by the body's inability to produceenough insulin or because the cells do not respond wellto the insulin produced. Management of diabetes iscostly. In addition, there are a number of complicationsassociated with diabetes including sexual dysfunction;heart disease, stroke, hypertension; blindness and eyeproblems; kidney disease; nervous system disease;amputations; and dental disease.

South Carolina is among the states with the highestconcentrated prevalence of diabetes in the nation.Portions of the southeastern regions including SouthCarolina, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, Ohio,Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginiaand Mississippi make up the diabetes belt. The beltis characterized by neighboring southeastern states inwhich at least 11 percent of residents were diagnosedwith diabetes. Overall, within the diabetes belt, 11.7percent of residents are diagnosed with diabetes.Outside of the belt, 8.5 percent of them have diagnoseddiabetes.

Residents within the diabetes belt are more likelyto have Type 2 diabetes. Taking personal action andworking to reduce your risk can prevent or delay theonset of Type 2 diabetes. Individuals at greater risk ofdeveloping diabetes: are 45 or older, have developeddiabetes during pregnancy, have a sedentary lifestyle,are overweight, are African-American (or other high-risk ethnic groups) and/or have a family history.Additionally, we are seeing more Type 2 diabetes inyouth who are overweight and not getting enoughphysical activity.

Taking personal action will greatly reduce the riskof developing this disease. An estimated 7 millionAmericans are unaware that they have diabetes. ManyAmericans are unaware that they are even at risk. Speakwith your health care provider about being tested fordiabetes, especially if you are overweight or have a

family history of diabetes. If you do not have diabetes,prevention should be a major goal.

The number one preventative measure of Type 2diabetes is weight management. Obesity and inactivityaccount for nearly a third of the increased risk for Type2 diabetes.

If you are overweight or obese, losing just 5 to 7percent of your body weight and getting at least 150minutes of exercise each week can have the greatestimpact on reducing your risks of developing diabetes.During your next health care visit, speak with yourhealth care provider about how to get started and takethe necessary steps to safeguard your health.

To find out more information related to diabetes,contact REACH at 792-5872.

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South Eastern African American Center ofExcellence in the Elimination of Disparities in Diabetesaims to eliminate health disparities related to diabetesprevention and control by reducing risks and preventingcomplications of diabetes related to hypertension,stroke, and amputations in African-Americans.

For more information about it or educationalmaterial on diabetes, visit http://etl2.library.musc.edu/reach_new/index.html.

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Two separate studies conducted byresearchers at MUSC suggest taking

high doses of vitamin D could help avoidcomplications in pregnancy and slow theprogress of Alzheimer's disease.

One study shows that pregnant womencan safely take high levels of vitaminD—about 10 times the amount currentlyrecommended.

The lead researcher, whose study waspublished in the Journal of Bone andMineral Research, said taking 4,000units daily might reduce the risk ofpregnancy complications.

The other study shows that high dosesof vitamin D-3 slowed the progress ofdementia in mice and could curb theprogress of Alzheimer's disease in people,

according to results published in theJournal of Alzheimer's Disease.

That study, funded by the NationalInstitutes of Health and the U.S.Department of Veterans Affairs,involved three groups of mice withgenetic mutations that would leadto dementia. They were fed dietsinsufficient, sufficient or enriched invitamin D-3, said lead investigator MarkKindy. Co-author of the study wasSebastiano Gattoni-Celli, M.D, professor,Department of Radiation Oncology.

The group with insufficient levelsof the vitamin developed disorientedbehavior faster than the other groups,while the mice with an enriched diet hada later onset of severe symptoms, saidKindy, Ph.D., professor of neurosciences.It could mean the vitamin helps slow theprogress of Alzheimer's, a progressive and

ultimately fatal type of dementia thatleads to memory loss and disorientation,among other symptoms.

The main source of vitamin D-3is sunshine absorbed through theskin. People, especially those who getinsufficient sun exposure, should take4,000-unit daily supplements of thevitamin, Kindy said. The elderly andothers who spend much time indoors areat risk of having especially low levels, hesaid.

The researchers have applied foradditional grants to study the vitamin'seffects in a clinical trial of humans.

The six-year pregnancy study, ledby Bruce Hollis, Ph.D., of MUSC'sDepartment of Pediatrics, concluded thatpregnant women should take 4,000 unitsof vitamin D daily to maintain optimallevels of the vitamin in their bodies.

The amount is 10 times the currentInstitute of Medicine recommendationsof 400-600 units daily that doctorsgenerally follow, Hollis said.

The research, funded by a $10 milliongrant from the National Institutes ofHealth, studied 350 pregnant womenreceiving care at MUSC, Hollis said.

The women were given 400, 2,000 or4,000 units of vitamin D.

A 1963 study, on which the currentguidelines are based and which wasunsupported by evidence, suggestedpregnant women should limit dailyvitamin D dosage to 200 units becausemore than that could harm developmentof the fetus, Hollis said.

Editor’s note: The article ran in the July 5issue of The Post and Courier and is reprintedwith permission.

MUSC studies tout benefits of vitamin D

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The brain images below show the decrease in amyloid plaques in APPtransgenic mice on vitamin D-enriched diet.

Drs. Mark Kindy, left, andSebastiano Gattoni-Celli

Reprinted from the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 25, Yu et al., Vitamin D3-Enriched Diet Correlateswith a Decrease of Amyloid Plaques in the Brain of AbetaPP Transgenic Mice, 295-307, 2011, withpermission from IOS Press.

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Registered nurse Brittany Meibers, right, shows high school studentRandy Jacques how to start an IV in the College of Nursing’s simulationlab.

Twenty-two rising ninth gradestudents attended the three-day

Summer Nursing Camp June 7-9.In its ninth year, the camp is a

collaborative effort between MUSC andthe Charleston County School District.The students will attend West Ashley,North Charleston, Burke and AcademicMagnet high schools in the fall.

The camp exposes students to thedifferent prospects of a career in nursing.On the first day of camp, the studentshad the opportunity to visit the MUSCSimulation Lab located in the Collegeof Nursing. The students learned toperform blood pressure tests, suctiontracheotomy tubes and start peripheralIVs utilizing the high-tech mannequins.The students, who said they were excitedto have hands-on experience, enjoyedhaving a chance to practice commonnursing skills in a realistic setting.

The following day, the studentslistened to speakers about a varietyof topics. The students learned howOccupational Safety and HealthAdministration (OSHA) standards helpto keep nursing staff safe while theydeliver care in the ever changing healthcare setting. Stephanie Chomos, R.N.,

described the specialty of trauma andemergency nursing. The students wereable to ask questions about how nurseswork in an uncharacteristic environment.

They also discussed volunteeringopportunities throughout MUSCand a representative from the Collegeof Nursing discussed the necessaryqualifications needed for nursing schoolentry. Students were given the chanceto shadow nurses in several units of thehospital, including 5E, 5W, 10W, 9E,9W and 3W Ashley River Tower.

Several students were taken on toursthrough areas of the hospital such asradiology, CT/MRI imaging, cardiaccatherization areas, procedure areas andthe physical and occupational therapygym. On their final day of camp, theywere given a three-hour CPR trainingsession. The students watched a virtualsurgery DVD and reflected on theirperception of nursing and the healthcare field before and after their campexperience.

In the closing ceremony, studentswere presented with stethoscopes

donated by Cardinal Healthrepresentatives and given a certificate ofcompletion.

Students from schools in the Charleston County School Districtdemonstrate their CPR skills while learning about different prospectsin the health care industry. Many MUSC staff members were helpful involunteering their time and knowledge to make the Summer NursingCamp held in June a successful event for these future potential healthcare workers.

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In an effort to fortify the existing preceptor-trainingprogram and introduce content to address ongoingpreceptor development, the Center for Education andBest Practice and the Ambulatory Care PerformanceImprovement (PI)and Staff Development Departmentjoined forces to revise the program's content andformat.

The combined effort was the result of months of hardwork from Linda Randazzo, R.N., manager, AmbulatoryCare PI and Staff Development; outpatient educationspecialists Susan Hamner, R.N., and Janice Hazy, R.N.;as well as clinical nurse educators Weatherly Brice,R.N., Kris Douglass, R.N., Melissa Dunkerley, R.N.;and Lisa Langdale, R.N., manager of the Center forEducation and Best Practice.

After much planning and deliberation, the newpreceptor-training program titled "Mosby's PreceptorProgram" was rolled out to the first group on June 2.In attendance were 19 nurses (many of them alreadypreceptors), from various clinical areas, such asEmergency Medicine, Intensive Care, Medical-Surgicalunits and the Institute of Psychiatry.

The new format consists of a blended learning

experience combining online learning (Mosby'sPreceptor Course), preceptor assignments and a fourhour interactive workshop. The program was wellreceived by those who participated in the training.While the live session is currently geared toward nurses,the online learning component is available to all

disciplines upon request.If interested in the new Mosby's Preceptor Course,

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The goal is to get people to reducerisk-taking behavior and therefore slowdown the transmission of HIV, but alsoto get them on treatment because that’sa life-saving intervention, he said. Theirstudy examined the impact of reachingout to rural communities in creativeways through a four pronged approachinvolved in CBVCT. They were:q Doing mobile HIV testing to reachisolated communities set up in highlyvisible sites, such as the center of villagesor water pumps, where villagers werelikely to congregate;q Enlisting local community supportfor greater “buy in” and encouraging funways to do outreach, such as skits andcommunity events;q Performing post-testing support toencourage people to disclose status andto better serve the extensive psycho-socialneeds of those infected and;q Using social marketing techniques,such as feedback loops in themanagement system, to constantlymonitor the strengths and weakness ofthe program, and make changes as yougo. This strategy borrows techniques usedby companies such as Coca-Cola.

“You can go to any developing countryin the world and buy a Coke, and there’sa reason for that. These companiesknow how to do it. They know how toget people excited about it. They knowhow to brand these products and makesure the logistics are in place to get thecommodities there. We borrowed thatmodel. If you can do that in this area,you can also do it in health.”

Interim findings support what they didworked. (See chart, page one)

Sweat, who is director of MUSC’sFamily Service Research Center, said hehad a Tanzanian local staff of 100 andeight vehicles. One of four U.S. principalinvestigators on the multi-countrystudy, Sweat leads the Tanzania team.He and his group had to create mapsof the Tanzanian areas they served bydriving around with GPS and manuallyrecording where every home was located.They did more than 9,000 interviewsand got blood samples using an excitingnew technology that allows them to seewhether an infected person has a newinfection or not—important information

in determining transmission patterns.“This was like a dream study. These

are all people I’ve worked with for years,”said Sweat, whose impressive resumeincludes work with the Centers forDisease Control and Prevention, FamilyHealth International and 12 years at theDepartment of International Health atJohn Hopkins University.

“It was one of NIMH’s biggest studies.It took a long time and a lot of effort,but it was great. We had the best ofthe best. We have a statistics center inPrague who handles a lot of our biostats.We have a data management center inIndia that was fantastic. We have a lab atJohns Hopkins that handles a lot of thelaboratory work. It was cool.”

There are 52,000 blood samples beingshipped from five sites in four countriesto Baltimore for analysis, so in abouta year, the group will be publishinganother paper analyzing if transmissionrates have dropped.

“We hope it reduces the number ofnew infections of HIV. If this were to dothat, that would mean this interventioncould be replicated and could slowthis epidemic down. That would be soimportant. It would lead to a policychange and people would start doingmore door-to-door testing—this mobileprovision in rural areas.”

Sweat said the way they didmobilization created a positive energyabout being tested. “It became normative

to get tested—everyone was doing it. Alot of people felt safe doing it. But I alsothink putting it where people lived madethe difference. It’s a very poor region anda lot of people have to walk to get to theclinics. It can be a four-hour walk.”

One of the goals of the project was todestigmatize the process of getting tested,and Sweat knows they were successful inchallenging the concept that HIV testingcenters should be hidden away.

“We went in the totally oppositedirection and said we’re not going tohide. We’re going right in the middleof the village next to where people gettheir water or gather. We want people tovisibly have to walk in the door and beseen by other people. It made it safe forother people, and we got huge numbersof people coming.”

Bringing up Malcolm Gladwell’sbook “The Tipping Point,” Sweat saidthe study was not just about doing “lotsof testing” but about affecting culturalchange.

“It was the idea that you changenorms in the community—that if youget to a critical mass to a certain tippingpoint that Gladwell writes about in hisbook—where people are talking about it,then you’ll have less transmission fromHIV.”

It’s news that the United States canuse, since research is showing the AIDSepidemic in the United States is moreconcentrated among the poor, a factor

that has played out globally. Many of thebig breakthroughs the field has had werediscovered by researchers doing work indeveloping countries.

“It is also notable that since the ratesof HIV infection are so high in manydeveloping countries, it is much easierto detect if they work there. This allowsus to benefit from this knowledge in theU.S.”

Sweat likes how international researchcan shed light on health disparitiesat home. Having already submittedanother grant proposal, Sweat saidMUSC’s focus on globalization isimpressive and that he has found it to bea supportive environment. It probablymeans eating more goat in his future.

Dr. Michael Sweat gets water using a hand pump. This is the type ofsetting researchers sought out to provide intervention for local villagers.

Spotlight on ReSeaRch

In the study, communitiesin each setting were paired

according to demographiccharacteristics, and one of eachpair was then randomized toreceive either standard, clinic-based voluntary counselling andtesting SVCT alone, or SVCTand community-based voluntarycounselling and testing(CBVCT).

The researchers found that theproportion of people receivingtheir first HIV test from thestudy was higher in CBVCTcommunities than in SVCTcommunities in Tanzania (37percent vs 9 percent), Zimbabwe(51 percent vs 5 percent), andThailand (69 percent vs 23percent).Repeat HIV testing in CBVCT

communities increased to reachan average of 28 percent acrossthe three countries.

Global Continued from Page One


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The lungs are different from any other internalorgan because they are directly exposed to the outsideenvironment.

Our lungs are threatened daily by many pollutants inthe air that we breathe including smoke, air pollution,chemicals, and germs. According to the American LungAssociation, lung disease is responsible for one in sixdeaths each year, while lung cancer remains the numberone cancer killer for both men and women in theUnited States.

For the millions of people suffering from lungdisorders, each breath can be a constant source of

concern. When the lungs are damaged or weakenedfrom disease, overall health is compromised. It isimportant to recognize the signs and symptoms ofunhealthy lungs such as coughing, wheezing, anddifficulty breathing. If lungs are not healthy evendaily activities like talking, walking, and eating can bedifficult.

So how do we keep our lungs healthy?The most important way is by not smoking. Cigarette

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New Construction Complete April 2011

Call 843-270-7600 for details.


Join the MUSC Team by visitinghttp://www.lungusa.org/pledge-events/sc/north-charleston-climb/, click "joina team" and then click on MUSC. Thefirst 20 people to register will receive afree pedometer.

Email [email protected] formore information or to claim yourpedometer.

For information on lung health, or forhelp to quit smoking, visit the AmericanLung Association at http;//www.lungusa.org.

Employee Wellness eventsq Wellness Wednesday: Respiratorytherapists will be offering free lunghealth screenings from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.July 20 in the Children's Hospital lobby.q Employee Fitness Series: A freestrength and conditioning class will beheld from 4:15 - 4:45 p.m. July 20 at theMUSC Wellness Center. Participants willreceive a free day pass to the WellnessCenter. Email [email protected] register for this class.

q Mobile mammograms: The HollingsCancer Center Mobile Van will beconducting mammograms from 9 a.m. to6 p.m. July 20 next to the Basic SciencesBuilding loading dock. Call 792-0878 toschedule an appointment.q Eat This, Learn That: Dressing Up,Not Out! What’s the Skinny on Low-FatFlavorings?” There will be an educationaltaste-testing to find out how to eatflavorful food without all the added fatfrom noon - 12:30 p.m. in Room 107of the Colbert Education Center &Library building. Dine on a free sampleof Ensalada Valencia (a wellness dish) asyou learn about the healthy ingredientsand cooking techniques used to preparethe healthy items offered in the cafeteria.All participants will receive a discountcoupon for their next cafeteria purchase.Space is limited to 25 participants.To register, email Katherine Boyce [email protected] Worksite screening: The nextscreening will be July 21 in Room 803Harborview Office Tower. Register athttp://www.musc.edu/medcenter/health1st.

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The Coleman Collection has outgrown our current shop inNorthcutt Plaza and will be going up a few sizes to suite I.

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“The location is perfect... less than a block to the hospital to do rounds.”

- Dr. Angela Choi, MUSC Obgyn

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28th Annual ShowEast Cooper Crafter’s Guild

Friday July 29 &Saturday July 30, 2011

9:00 am – 5:00 pmOmar Shrine Convention CenterPatriots Point Blvd, Mt. Pleasant

FREE ADMISSION, PARKING & DOOR PRIZEFood Donations to East Cooper

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