Gum, Christine

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.

Blake received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia, and was a member of the Women’s volleyball team. After college, she moved to Charlottesville, where she worked as a registered nurse in the Neuroscience ICU at the University of Virginia Medical Center. Blake attended graduate school at the University of Virginia and received her Nurse Practitioner degree in 2020. She has also been an Emergency Department nurse and a travel nurse, working in COVID ICUs throughout the country, before moving to Charleston to accept a position as a Nurse practitioner in the Neurosurgery Department at MUSC. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her parents, siblings, nieces and nephews, playing volleyball, traveling to find the best coffee and ice cream shops, and cheering on her favorite team, the University of Virginia Hoos.