Hina Chaudhry, MD

John W. Gnann, Jr. M.D. joined the MUSC Department of Medicine, division of infectious diseases, in 2013. Dr. Gnann was born in Walterboro, South Carolina and grew up in Savannah, Georgia. Following graduation from Davidson College and Duke University School of Medicine, Dr. Gnann completed his internal medicine residency and infectious diseases fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. At UAB, Dr. Gnann began to develop his career-long interest in clinical virology and antiviral chemotherapy. Fellowship was followed by a tour of duty in the U.S. Army where Dr. Gnann served as the chief of the infectious diseases service at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington. Dr. Gnann then re-located to Southern California where he completed a three-year postdoctoral research fellowship in virology and immunology at the Scripps Institute in La Jolla. At the completion of his postdoctoral fellowship, Dr. Gnann was recruited to return to UAB to join the infectious diseases faculty. During his 25 years at UAB, Dr. Gnann rose through the ranks to become a professor of medicine, pediatrics and microbiology. His research interests continued to focus on the diagnosis and treatment of viral infections, especially those caused by herpes viruses. He led numerous clinical trials related to development of antiviral therapy for infections caused by HSV and VZV. He also became interested in opportunistic viral infections occurring in immuno-compromised patients and led clinical investigations of hepatitis C in liver transplant recipients, RSV infections in bone marrow transplant patients, and BK virus disease in renal transplant recipients. In addition, Dr. Gnann developed expertise in vaccine research and was a principal investigator for studies related to VZV and anthrax vaccines. At UAB, he also served as the medical director of the 1917 (HIV) Clinic.In 2013, Dr. Gnann was recruited to move to Charleston and joined MUSC. At MUSC, Dr. Gnann continues to provide specialized care for persons living with HIV and for organ transplant recipients who experience infectious complications. He has recently accepted the role of medical director for the MUSC antimicrobial stewardship program.

Zachary M. Soler, M.D. MSc, joined the MUSC sinus center in 2011. Originally from coastal Florida, Dr. Soler attended medical school at Wake Forest University, followed by a residency in otolaryngology -- head and neck surgery at Oregon Health and Science University. He then completed a fellowship dedicated solely to rhinology and endoscopic sinus surgery at Harvard Medical School. After fellowship, Dr. Soler spent an additional year at the Harvard School of Public Health, earning a Master's Degree in epidemiology.Dr. Soler's practice is dedicated primarily to diseases of the nose, sinuses, and skull base. He treats adults and children with a wide range of conditions, ranging from common allergies and sinusitis to skull base tumors and CSF leaks. He has particular expertise with difficult-to-manage cases of sinusitis, revision sinus surgery, and surgical treatment of sino-nasal tumors. He sees patients in Mount Pleasant, North Charleston, and downtown Charleston.Dr. Soler has authored over 100 manuscripts and book chapters related to otolaryngology and rhinology. His research focus is on optimizing clinical outcomes after medical and surgical treatment of chronic sinusitis. He is a principal investigator on several large studies funded through the National Institutes of Health and the American Rhinologic Society. He is board certified through the American Board of Otolaryngology and a member of the American Rhinologic Society. Dr. Soler's practice is dedicated primarily to diseases of the nose, sinuses, and skull base. He treats adults and children with a wide range of conditions, ranging from common allergies and sinusitis to skull base tumors and CSF leaks. He has particular expertise with difficult-to-manage cases of sinusitis, revision sinus surgery, and surgical treatment of sino-nasal tumors. He sees patients in Mount Pleasant, North Charleston, and downtown Charleston.Dr. Soler has authored over 100 manuscripts and book chapters related to otolaryngology and rhinology. His research focus is on optimizing clinical outcomes after medical and surgical treatment of chronic sinusitis. He is a principal investigator on several large studies funded through the National Institutes of Health and the American Rhinologic Society. He is board certified through the American Board of Otolaryngology and a member of the American Rhinologic Society.

Dr. W.A. (Jay) Brzezinski completed medical school in his home state of Nebraska at Creighton University and graduated AOA, the medical honor society. He then finished his residency training at Creighton and is board certified in internal medicine. He moved to South Carolina in 1987 and has been a faculty member at MUSC since. He is an associate professor of medicine and a fellow in the American College of Physicians. Dr. Brzezinski's interests in tropical medicine are an extension of his work for 10 years in the Dominican Republic in Latin America where he acted as medical director for an exchange program for medical students. He has a working knowledge of Spanish.Since coming to MUSC, he has concentrated his research efforts in primary care and treatment of hypertension. He has been principal investigator on numerous projects and continues his interest in these areas.Dr. Brzezinski has been an active teacher and has won numerous medical student and resident teaching awards. He has been nominated by the medical students for the Golden Apple teaching award frequently and has won the award five times. Most recently he was awarded the Michael Assey M.D. teaching award by the internal medicine residents as the best attending physician of the year. He also was awarded the Robert F. Kennedy teaching excellence award by the student board of governors as university teacher of the year at Creighton University.In addition to his teaching duties Dr. Brzezinski has an active patient practice at MUSC in primary care internal medicine.