ElizabethAnneHigginsMD
Internal Medicine • Charleston, SCHospice & Palliative Medicine
Associate Professor, Medicine, Albany Medical College
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Office
171 Ashley Ave
Charleston, SC 29425Phone+1 843-792-1414Fax+1 518-782-7485
Summary
- Dr. Elizabeth Higgins is an internal medicine physician based in Charleston, SC, with subspecialties in hospice and palliative medicine. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine/Pediatrics at Albany Medical Center in 1993, after graduating from SUNY Upstate Medical University in 1989. Dr. Higgins has published research in several medical journals, including studies on palliative care practices and treatments such as topical ketamine and nebulized fentanyl. Her work has been cited in multiple publications. She has also been honored with the Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance from 2014 to 2017.
Education & Training
Albany Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, 1989 - 1993
SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityClass of 1989
Certifications & Licensure
SC State Medical License 2017 - 2025
NY State Medical License 1990 - 2018- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2014-2017
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- A Single-Center Analysis of Palliative-Care Clinician Contact Following Declination of Advanced Heart Failure Therapy.Kolby Johnson, Leigh Vaughan, Jennifer Dulin, Elizabeth Higgins, Abigail Southard
Journal of Cardiac Failure. 2024-08-01 - 2 citationsA Novel Use of Topical Ketamine for the Treatment of Oral Pemphigus: A Case Report.Elizabeth Higgins, Julia Arana West
Journal of Palliative Care. 2021-07-01 - 1 citationsThe CASH assessment tool: A window into existential suffering.Elizabeth Higgins, Hannah L Coyne, Catherine K Mahrer Rogers, James Infanzon, Nicholas Velez
Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy. 2021-05-19
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