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Angel Oak Family Medicine in Johns Island, SC, offers comprehensive healthcare services for families. Their experienced medical professionals provide a range of medical treatments and preventive care to ensure the well-being of their patients. With a focus on personalized care, Angel Oak Family Medicine strives to create a comfortable and trusting environment for each individual. From routine check-ups to managing chronic conditions, they are dedicated to supporting the health needs of the community. Generated from the website content

Rebecca Smith is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner working with the Orthopedic Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery Team at MUSC Health. Rebecca treats patients in the outpatient setting, treating common hand and upper extremity conditions while also preparing patients for surgery. She specializes in treating patients with problems such as arthritis, trigger finger, carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital tunnel syndrome, fractures, tendonitis, and epicondylitis, among others. She is trained in performing ultrasound and fluoroscopy-guided cortisone injections for various conditions. She attended Clemson University for her undergraduate degree with a bachelor's in science. Upon graduating, she worked at MUSC Health for 12 years. She then graduated with honors from The University of South Carolina with a master's degree in science as a Family Nurse Practitioner. She is a Charleston native and resides here with her husband and three children.

Dr. Rick Silver is a professor of medicine and pediatrics and has served as director of the Division of Rheumatology and Immunology since 1995. In 2007, he was named distinguished university professor, the highest academic rank bestowed at MUSC. The division has seen remarkable growth in all facets, including extramural research funding, clinical services, and fellowship training during his tenure as division director. Under his direction, the Division of Rheumatology has been consistently ranked among the top 20 programs by U.S. News and World Report.Dr. Silver's research interests center on scleroderma and, in particular, scleroderma lung disease, now a major cause of death among patients with scleroderma. He and his colleagues were the first to utilize bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) to characterize scleroderma lung disease. He played an instrumental role in the design and development of the Scleroderma Lung Study I and II. Dr. Silver helped to initiate and develop MUSC’s pulmonary hypertension center and sarcoidosis center. Dr. Silver serves as associate director of a multidisciplinary clinical research center (MCRC) for the study of rheumatic diseases in African-Americans funded by NIAMS. Dr. Silver’s clinical interests include scleroderma and scleroderma-related conditions, as well as childhood rheumatic diseases. MUSC Health is one of the world’s leaders in clinical care and investigation of systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) and scleroderma-like conditions, e.g. eosinophilic fasciitis and the eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome. MUSC Health also serves as the state of South Carolina's only referral center for childhood rheumatic diseases. Dr. Silver has led the efforts to coordinate care for children in South Carolina with rheumatic diseases for the past 32 years,FALSE, and he continues to provide clinical care and conduct clinical research with Dr. Tasha Ruth, whose primary appointment is in the Department of Pediatrics.