South Carolina has one of the highest rates of chronic kidney disease in the nation — 3rd worst nationally — yet the entire state is served by a single pediatric nephrology team in Charleston. Families outside the Lowcountry often face 3–4 hour drives, and some upstate communities are actually closer to Atlanta than to MUSC. All information hand-curated and independently verified.
All pediatric kidney specialty care in South Carolina flows through one team at MUSC in Charleston. There are no other pediatric nephrologists in the state.
Families in Greenville, Spartanburg, and Anderson are approximately 3.5–4 hours from MUSC in Charleston, but just 2 hours from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. For non-emergency specialist access, some upstate families choose CHOA. Speak with your primary care physician about the best referral path.
Depending on where in South Carolina you live, one of these centers may be as close as or closer than Charleston.
Browse currently recruiting kidney disease studies in South Carolina on ClinicalTrials.gov. MUSC participates in multi-center studies through the Pediatric Nephrology Research Consortium (PNRC).
Do not wait to contact your nephrologist. Call 911 or go to the nearest ER first.