SC-CoAST provides a large integrated clinical trials network throughout South Carolina that engages and enlists urban and rural/underserved communities and hospitals into the clinical research enterprise and disseminates best clinical and research practices throughout the state where stroke remains a major health hazard. 
SC-CoAST is housed at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston in conjunction with the University of South Carolina and Greenville Health System. SC-CoAST conducts interdisciplinary trials of interventions for stroke prevention, treatment, and recovery. 

MUSC Stroke Center

USC Neurology

GHS Neurological Institute

Principal Investigator  
Edward C. Jauch, MD, MS
Director, Division of Emergency Medicine
Professor, Department of Neurosciences
Medical University of South Carolina
(843) 792-5058
jauch@musc.edu

Areas of Interest: neurological emergencies, acute stroke care, biomarker development in cerebro-vascular injuries         

Co-Investigators
Marc I. Chimowitz, MBChB
Professor, Department of Neurosciences
(843) 792-9736
mchimow@musc.edu

Areas of Interest: acute stroke management, outpatient stroke care  
 
Souvik Sen, MD, MS
Department Chair and Professor of Neurology
University of South Carolina
(803) 545-6073
Souvik.Sen@uscmed.sc.edu

Mary D. Hughes, MD
Chair, Division of Neurology
Greenville Health System
(864) 454-4500
mhughes@ghs.org

Clinical Coordinators
James Vick, MHA
Medical University of South Carolina
(843) 792-0989
vickj@musc.edu

Fay Davis, LPN
Medical University of South Carolina
(843) 792-3020
davisfa@musc.edu

Lauren C. Dennis, MHA
University of South Carolina
(803) 545-6078
lauren.dennis@uscmed.sc.edu