Abigail Escalante Dy, MD

Dr. Denise Gabrielle Sese is a pulmonary and critical care specialist. She sees patients both in the outpatient office as well as in the hospital and intensive care units. She has a subspecialty in pulmonary hypertension (PH) which is a cause of shortness of breath that goes undiagnosed in many patients that present with heart failure and some advanced lung and systemic diseases such as scleroderma, sarcoidosis, lung fibrosis, COPD and connective tissue diseases.Her research interests include patient centered outcomes such as looking at improving the quality of life advanced lung disease patients specifically with pulmonary hypertension. She has a special interest in palliative care and pulmonary medicine, improving systems of communication and improving access to supportive care for those with advanced lung disease. She finished her fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. She went to medical school at the University of the Philippines- Philippine General Hospital and graduated from the internal medicine program of Cleveland Clinic Akron General where she was also the chief resident for internal medicine.

Dr. Anna Brady is a pulmonologist and medical intensivist. She grew up in Buffalo, NY, before completing college and medical school at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. She completed residency in internal medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, followed by fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of Washington. While in fellowship, she also completed the University of Washington’s Teaching Scholars Program for additional training in medical education. She was a faculty member at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR for six years before joining the Medical University of South Carolina in 2024. At OHSU she was the fellowship program director for the pulmonary and critical care fellowship in addition to seeing patients in the outpatient clinic as well as the inpatient pulmonary consult service and medical intensive care unit. Dr. Brady’s clinical interests include neuromuscular disease and pulmonary complications of stem cell transplantation. She is also passionate about training the next generation of physicians and has active roles in MUSC’s pulmonary and critical care fellowship, internal medicine residency, and school of medicine. Outside of work, she enjoys exploring the natural beauty of South Carolina with her husband and daughter.

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