Bhavadharini Ramu, MD

Dr. Luca Paoletti received his BA in biology from the University of Virginia and his medical degree from St. George’s University. He completed internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of Connecticut Medical Center, where he was selected to serve as chief resident. He completed sub-specialty training in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina, where he is currently an associate professor of medicine and is the Medical Director of the Adult ECMO program and the Medical Director of Pulmonary Rehabilitation. His teaching activities and patient care are focused in the area of pulmonary transplant medicine.

A native Floridian, Dr. Erin Forster moved to Washington, DC for her undergraduate studies at Georgetown University in the School of Foreign Service. She spent the next 10 years in Miami, FL at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital for medical school, residency and fellowship in Gastroenterology, while also completing a Masters in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University with a focus in Nutrition. During this time, she also traveled to rural areas in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Tanzania for medical mission work.With a solid foundation in gastroenterology, Dr. Forster then completed a fourth-year fellowship in Advanced Endoscopy at Geisinger Medical Center in north-central Pennsylvania. She also gained additional exposure with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), both at the Crohns and Colitis Center under the mentorship of Dr. Maria Abreu and at the Cleveland Clinic with Dr. Bo Shen (in advanced endoscopic management of IBD).Dr. Forster is very excited to be part of the faculty at MUSC located here in Charleston, a multi-time winner of Travel + Leisure™ magazine's #1 City in the World designation.

Dr. Pinckney Maxwell earned his medical degree here at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. He completed his residency in general surgery at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. He subsequently completed his fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia to obtain specialized training in colon and rectal surgery. He was invited to remain at Thomas Jefferson on the faculty for several years before returning to his alma mater here at MUSC in 2011. Dr. Maxwell specializes in the surgical treatment of diseases of the colon, rectum and anus. His areas of expertise include colon and rectal cancer; inflammatory bowel diseases such as ulcerative colitis and Crohns disease; benign colonic diseases such as diverticulitis and rectal prolapse; fecal incontinence; benign anorectal diseases such hemorrhoids and anal fissures; and colonoscopy for screening, surveillance, diagnosis, and therapeutics. He is a specialist in advanced laparoscopic colorectal surgery, using minimally invasive techniques to treat many of these diseases. He also works in close collaboration with gastroenterologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, urologists and interventional radiologists to develop multidisciplinary and individualized management strategies for his patients.