JaniceDKeyMD

Pediatrics • Charleston, SC

Adolescent Medicine

Professor of Medicine, Med University SC

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Office
171 Ashley Ave
Charleston, SC 29425
Phone+1 843-792-1414

Fax+1 843-876-1493

Summary

Dr. Janice Key is the Director of School and Community-based Programs at the Boeing Center for Children’s Wellness located at the Medical University of South Carolina (www.musc.edu/leanteam) where she is also Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Adolescent Medicine. Dr. Key has long been interested in wellness promotion and obesity prevention. For the past 20 years she has worked to decrease childhood obesity through improved physician practice and as well as through school-based programs. Her innovative program that pairs physicians with school wellness committees, the Docs Adopt School Health Initiative©, has led to improved nutrition and increased physical activity in over 150 schools. In the 2014-2015 school year the Docs-Adopt School Health Initiative© is expanding to reach 9 school districts across South Carolina as well as schools in Pottstown PA. The Docs-Adopt School Health Initiative is a recommended strategy in the new SC Obesity Strategic Plan (www.scaledown.org).

Dr. Key has also conducted community and clinical research projects including school-based health care, adolescent smoking cessation, teen pregnancy prevention, interventions for at-risk middle school students, as well as obesity treatment and prevention. Dr. Key has served on local and national committees including the Executive Committee for the AAP Section on Adolescent Health, the SC AAP Executive Committee, and the Charleston County Medical Society School Health Committee. Dr. Key leads the South Carolina Medical Association Childhood Obesity Taskforce and is a member of the SC DHEC Obesity Advisory Committee. She has received the MUSC Distinguished Service Faculty Award, the Wannamaker Community Service Award, the SC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Vincent Outstanding Professional Award, the AAP Special Achievement Award and several teaching awards. She is included in Best Doctors in America and the Guide to America's Top Pediatricians.

Education & Training

Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterFellowship, Adolescent Medicine, 1983 - 1984
Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1980 - 1983
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineClass of 1980
University of NC Chapel HillB.S., Honors, 1972 - 1976

Certifications & Licensure

SC State Medical License 1991 - 2025
NC State Medical License 1985 - 1992
American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics Clinical Genetics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Special Achievement Award American Academy of Pediatrics, 2014
Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
US News & World Reports Top Doctors 2012
SCMA Community Service CCMS Docs Adopt School Wellness, 2012
MUSC College of Medicine Teacher of the Month Nominee 2011
MUSC Clinical Educator Teaching Excellence Nominee 2011
Outstanding Required Rotation, Honorable Mention 2010
Murray J. Vincent Outstanding Prevention Professional Award 2010
MUSC Physician of the Month 2010
Faculty Excellence Award Nominee 2008
SC Physician Award for Community Service Nominee 2008
Guide to America’s Top Pediatricians 2008
Health Services Award Dr. Charles C. Wannamaker Community, 2007
Golden Apple Nominee 2006
MUSC Trustees’ Leadership Academy 2006
MUSC Humanism Award Nominee 2006
MUSC Distinguished Faculty Service Award 2004
Who’s Who in America 2002
2nd Place Student Research Day Faculty Sponsor, 2001
1st Place Student Research Day Faculty Sponsor, 2000
Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Medical Society South Carolina Alpha Chapter, 2000
Best Doctors in America 1998, 2002, 2008
Member of the Society of 1824 YES Campaign, 1998
Family Medicine Clinical Teaching Award 1997
MUSC Applause Award 1997, 2003
Miracle Maker Award Children’s Miracle Network, 1996
National Directory of Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals 1996
The Walt Ector Award for Innovative Approaches to Child Health Care Delivery 1995
Mitchell I. Rubin Research Award Nominee 1995
The Best Doctors in America: Southeast Region 1995
Health Sciences Teaching Excellence Award Nominee 1995, 2005
Pediatrician of the Year Nominee SC DHEC and Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, 1994
Outstanding Pediatric Attending MUSC, 1994
Who's Who in the South and Southwest 1994
Senior Medical Research Award National Institute of Child Health and Human, Development, Genetics Division, 1978
Faculty Research Award 1978
Phi Beta Kappa 1975
Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honor Society 1973
Honors Program University of North Carolina, 1972
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Participation in a School-Based Wellness Initiative Associated With Improved K-12 Student Body Mass Index Trends.
Kathleen C Head, Kristen Morella, Michael P Lugo, Janice D Key
The Journal of School Health. 2023-07-01
1 citations
Development of an Innovative and Unique Comprehensive School Health Initiative Involving Community Health Care Professionals
Janice D. Key, Kathleen Claire Head, Sarah Piwinski, Kristen Morella, Coleen T. Martin
The Journal of School Health. 2021-09-14
2 citations
The Docs-Adopt School Wellness Initiative: An Innovative Program to Involve Doctors in School-Based Obesity Prevention Efforts.
Janice D. Key, Jennifer M Byrne, Angela Saito, Melissa Prendergast, Joe Chambers
Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association. 2014-09-01

Journal Articles

Editors of Symposium Issue: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: An Epidemic That Threatens Future Health Care in South Carolina
Stallworth J and Key JD, Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association, 4/1/2009
Practice guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of childhood and adolescent obesity
Hocevar SN and Key JD, Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association, 1/1/2009
Community and School-based Interventions to Prevent Obesity in Children and Adolescents
Key JD, Oexmann MJ, and Russell AM, Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association, 1/1/2009
Effectiveness of an Intensive School-based Intervention for Teen Mothers
Key JD, Gebregziabher M, Marsh LD, and O’Rourke KM, Journal of Adolescent Health, 1/1/2008
Efficacy of a Secondary Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program: An Ecological Study Before, During and After Implementation of the Second Chance Club
Key JD, O'Rourke K, Judy N, and McKinnon SA, International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 1/1/2005
Process Evaluation of a Repeat Pregnancy Prevention Program for African American Adolescent Mothers
O’Rourke KM, Key JD, International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 1/1/2005
Identification of Resident and Attending Physicians: Do Parents Know Who is Caring for Their Hospitalized Child?
Brewer TL, Key JD, O’Rourke K, Ambulatory Pediatrics, 1/1/2004
Family-Focused Smoking Cessation: Enhanced Efficacy by the Addiction of Partner Support and Group Therapy
Key JD, Marsh LD, Carter CL, Malcolm RJ, Sinha D, Substance Abuse, 1/1/2004
Teen Pregnancy in South Carolina: A Local Needs Assessment of Charleston County
Key JD, Hoffman CM+, Neal D, Hulsey TC, The Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association, 1/1/2003
Missed Opportunities for Prevention: Failure to Identify Smoking in the Parents of Adolescent Patients
Key JD, Marsh LD, Substance Abuse, 1/1/2002
Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance in Eastern South Carolina High Schools
Smith CL, Marsh LD, Key JD, Journal of South Carolina Medical Association, 1/1/2002
Reduced Emergency Department Utilization Associated with School-Based Clinic Enrollment
Key JD, Washington EC, Husley TC, Journal of Adolescent Health, 1/1/2002
Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents with a Chronic Illness
Key JD, Brown RL, Marsh LD, Spratt EG, Recknor JC, Children’s Health Care, 1/1/2002
The Second Chance Club: Repeat Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention with a School-Based Intervention
Key JD, Barbosa GA, Owens VJ, Journal of Adolescent Health, 1/1/2001
Contemporary Perspective in Smoking Cessation: What Oncologists Need to Know
Carter CL, Key JD, Marsh LD, The Oncologist, 1/1/2001
Methylphendiate Misuse in Substance Abusing Adolescents
Marsh LD, Key JD, Payne TP, Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 1/1/2000
Alexithymia in an Adolescent with Agensis of the Corpus Callosum and Chronic Pain
Ernst HM, Key JD, Koval MS, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1/1/1999
Seatbelt Use in High School Athletes
Marsh LD, Key JD, Recknor JC, Carek P, South Carolina Alliance for Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance, 1/1/1998
Case Study: Bulimia and Dextromethorphan Abuse
Marsh LD, Key JD, Spratt EG, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 1/1/1997
The Limits of Childhood: Adolescent Health Care in Pediatric Practice
Key JD, The Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association, 1/1/1997
Illnesses and Injuries at Summer Camp
Key JD, Southern Medical Journal, 1/1/1997
Vitamin B12 Deficiency and Subclinical Infection with giardia lamblia in an Adolescent with Agammaglobulinemia of Bruton
Springer SC, Key JD, The Journal of Adolescent Health, 1/1/1997
Adolescent Medicine in Pediatric Practice: A Survey of South Carolina Pediatrics
Key JD, Darden PM, Marsh L, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1/1/1995
Calcium Needs of Adolescents
Key JD, Key LL, Current Opinions in Pediatrics, 1/1/1994
Bicycle-Related Head Injuries in South Carolina Children: How Can we Prevent Them?
Thomas NJ, Key JD, Ector WL, The Journal of the SCMA, 1/1/1994
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Press Mentions

Boeing and Charleston County Partner with MUSC to Expand Mental Health Resources in SchoolsSeptember 14th, 2021