Alanna Michelle Shiflett, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC

The Pearl Tourville Women's Pavilion opened February 22, 2020. Located on the 4th Floor of MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital, this state-of-the-art building will transform how care is delivered to children and women, seamlessly integrating children’s care with obstetrical services. The Pearl Tourville Women’s Pavilion will manage the simplest to the most complex obstetrical conditions Advanced Fetal Care Center Labor & Delivery Unit with 17 L&D rooms, 36 mother/baby postpartum rooms, 7 couplet care rooms, where mothers and newborns babies can recover together Largest Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with over 82 licensed beds and dedicated single patient family rooms A dedicated “stork” elevator will transport mothers from the hospital’s entrance directly to the fourth floor maternity pavilion Two dedicated obstetrical operating rooms. The hospital will integrate children’s care and obstetrical and fetal services seamlessly, enhancing safety and improving outcomes in high-risk pregnancies.

Savannah Wawner, MSPAS, PA-C is a physician assistant specializing in Pediatric Neurology for the past 5 years with MUSC Children's Health. After graduating from the Medical University of South Carolina with a Master of Science degree, she completed an 18-month Pediatric Neurology Fellowship and holds additional certification as a Brain Injury Specialist. Mrs. Wawner is the medical provider for the MUSC Pediatric Concussion Clinic where she evaluates patients and oversees their multidisciplinary concussion management. In addition, she treats a variety of pediatric conditions including brain injuries, headache disorders, seizure disorders, sleep disorders, developmental disorders and other neurologic conditions presenting in newborns through teenagers. Her clinical interests include concussions, headaches, syncopal episodes, non-epileptic events, and tic disorders. Mrs. Wawner believes in patient and family-centered care. She practices medicine with a collaborative approach, consulting with additional specialists when warranted and sharing decision-making with families whenever possible. She takes pride in her emphasis on considering each patient as an individual and maintaining open communication.

Dr. Elizabeth Emrath is a pediatric intensivist who specializes in the treatment of critically ill infants, children, and teenagers. She takes care of children with a variety of clinical conditions including respiratory distress and failure, heart disease, kidney failure, liver failure, asthma, seizures, multiple trauma, drowning, traumatic brain injury, sepsis, burns, and poisonings. She also cares for children immediately after surgical procedures and kidney or liver transplants. Her specific clinical interests include sepsis, procedural sedation, nutrition in critical illness, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).Dr. Emrath started her career in health care by working as a dietitian specializing in the nutritional management of patients with genetic disorders. She then obtained her medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia. She completed both her residency in general pediatrics and specialty training in pediatric critical care medicine at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. She is board certified in general pediatrics.In addition to her clinical interests, Dr. Emrath plans to conduct research on the nutritional needs of infants and children admitted to the intensive care unit.