MUSC Children's Health Pulmonary Medicine at Specialty Care - Mt Pleasant

Dr. Chung Lee is an assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine at MUSC. He completed his M.D. and Ph.D. training at Washington University in St. Louis. He finished both his pediatric residency and pediatric pulmonary fellowship training at St. Louis Children's Hospital. While in St. Louis, his research interests included studying the interactions between the innate immune system and viruses. Dr. Lee cares for pediatric patients with a variety of pulmonary symptoms including but not limited to asthma, interstitial lung disease, cystic fibrosis, neuromuscular disease, as well as technology-dependent patients. He is excited to be part of the MUSC family and happy to see your child for any lung-related questions or concerns.

Dr. Shean Aujla recently joined the MUSC family as the director of pediatric pulmonology and sleep medicine. She received her M.D. from MUSC and completed her pediatric residency at the University of Connecticut. Her fellowship was completed at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh where she remained on faculty for eight years before moving to Charleston. During her time in Pittsburgh, Dr. Aujla worked in a severe asthma clinic for children that she helped to create. She also took care of several tracheostomy/ventilator-dependent children and patients with complex airway problems. She is skilled at flexible bronchoscopy which allows her to look into the airways of her patients to see if there are problems causing their respiratory symptoms. Here at MUSC, Dr. Aujla sees patients with all respiratory problems, including asthma, chronic cough, cystic fibrosis, lung disease of prematurity, and tracheostomy/ventilator-dependent children. She is excited to be back at MUSC and looks forward to helping our region's children with pulmonary disease feel better and get better.

Rachael Sims is a board certified Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner in the Pediatric Pulmonary Division at MUSC. She is originally from outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but moved to the Charleston area after completing graduate school. Her nursing career began at Villanova University where she received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2019. She then worked as a registered nurse at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for 5 years on the Pulmonary Complex Care, and General Pediatric unit. She went back to Villanova University to further her nursing education and received her Master of Science in Nursing in 2024. Rachael is interested in preventative medicine and management of chronic pulmonary diseases such as asthma, chronic lung disease, cystic fibrosis, recurrent pneumonia, and more. She strives for patient-centered care and is proud to continue her career in delivering pediatric pulmonary care at MUSC.