Antony Mikhail Gayed, MD

Dr. Cain Green is an interventional radiologist at MUSC. He was awarded a scholarship to attend Sewanee: The University of the South where he double majored in Music and Chemistry. He then received his medical degree from The University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, TN and went on to complete a general surgery internship and diagnostic radiology residency at The University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, TN. As a radiology resident, he was selected to be chief resident. Dr. Green then completed his training in interventional radiology at Yale University where he learned from world experts in various areas of interventional radiology. After finishing training, he performed diagnostic and interventional radiology in Pensacola, FL for 3 years. During his time in Florida, Dr. Green performed the first thoracic duct embolization, percutaneous biliary endoscopy, percutaneous jejunostomy, and prostate artery embolization at a large referral hospital in addition to significantly growing the oncology practice. Dr. Green is excited to join the incredible interventional radiology team at MUSC. He feels honored to be involved in the care of cancer patients and will be offering the full spectrum of cancer care ranging from biopsy (for diagnosis), port or central line placement (for chemotherapy), ablation or embolization (for tumor treatment), and fracture stabilization or nerve block/ablation (for cancer-related pain relief). Dr. Green will also be offering a variety of non-cancer procedures including prostate artery embolization for benign prostate enlargement, dialysis access maintenance, vertebral body augmentation for spinal fractures, a variety of procedures for liver disease, and many others. Dr. Green will see patients in the West Ashley Medical Pavilion clinic.

Donna Roberts, M.D., MS, recently joined the International Space Station National Laboratory (ISSNL) as the Deputy Chief Scientist, where she assists the Chief Scientist in developing long-term microgravity research goals for the ISSNL. In addition, Dr. Roberts is a Professor in the Department of Radiology and Radiological Science at the Medical University of South Carolina. In addition to clinical work as a practicing neuroradiologist, she has served as principal investigator for several NASA-funded studies investigating the impact of spaceflight on the human brain during long stays in microgravity. She also conducted several industry-sponsored clinical trials and served as aninternational principal investigator for a multi-national MRI contrast agent drug trial. She previously worked in Washington, DC, for Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Company, providing program management support to the NASA Life Sciences Division at NASA Headquarters. Dr. Roberts has served as a voting member of the FDA's Medical Imaging Drugs Advisory Committee. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed scientific papers and has given TedX talks describing her research. She has won several awards, including the International Space Station Compelling Results Award from the American Astronautical Society in 2018. Dr. Roberts holds an M.D. degree from the Medical University of South Carolina, a master of science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado, and a bachelor of science in Computer Engineering from Clemson University. She completed residency training in Radiology at the Medical University of South Carolina and a fellowship in Neuroradiology at the University of California, San Francisco.

Maria Vittoria Spampinato, M.D. is an assistant professor of radiology at the Medical University of South Carolina. She graduated from medical school at the Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, where she also completed a diagnostic radiology residency. She was a post-doctoral fellow in the intramural program at the National Institute for Neurological Diseases and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland. She completed a neuroradiology fellowship at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She joined the radiology faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina in November 2005. Dr. Spampinato's primary research interests are functional magnetic resonance imaging, brain tumors, and head and neck cancer. She has presented her research work at major national radiological meetings and has published several peer-reviewed articles and review articles.