MUSC Children's Health ENT

Chris grew up in Owensboro, KY and went to Murray State University for his undergraduate degree. After graduating in 2010 he moved to Charleston and worked as an EMT at MUSC prior to starting PA school. He graduated with his masters in Physician Assistant Studies from New York Institute of Technology in 2017. Chris has always enjoyed working with kids and after moving back to South Carolina he worked in pediatric primary care in Orangeburg for four years. Following that he worked as the provider on a school based mobile unit for a federally qualified health center in Charleston for 3 years before joining the pediatric ENT department in August of 2025.

**William W. Carroll, M.D.**, joined the Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery and MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital in August 2020, from the Children's Hospital of Georgia, where he was an attending pediatric otolaryngologist for two years. Dr. Carroll grew up in North Carolina and graduated from Davidson College, where he played varsity soccer for the mighty Davidson Wildcats. In 2012, he received his MD from the Medical University of South Carolina, where he subsequently completed his otolaryngology residency. He then completed his fellowship in pediatric ENT and facial plastic surgery at Children's Minnesota in Minneapolis-St.Paul. Dr. Carroll received his board certification from the American Board of Otolaryngology in 2018, along with his Complex Pediatric Otolaryngology (CPO) subcertification in 2021. Dr. Carroll's clinical practice is focused on the care of children with ear, nose, and throat problems, with a particular emphasis on craniofacial anomalies, including cleft lip and palate, as well as disorders of the ear and upper airway, and speech/velopharyngeal disorders.

David R. White, M.D. is a professor in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery and the director of pediatric otolaryngology at the Medical University of South Carolina. A Charleston native, Dr. White joined the department in 2005 after completing a fellowship in pediatric otolaryngology - head and neck surgery at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. He graduated from Davidson College in 1994, received his M.D. from the Medical University of South Carolina, and completed his residency in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the University of North Carolina. Dr. White's practice focuses entirely on the care of children with ear, nose, and throat problems. He has authored over 100 articles and chapters in medical journals and textbooks and has won multiple research awards at national otolaryngology meetings. Dr. White has particular expertise in the treatment of children with ear/hearing problems, speech and swallowing disorders, and airway problems. He is a member of the airway and aspiration center for children, craniofacial anomalies and cleft palate center, the velopharyngeal insufficiency and speech team, the cochlear implant center, and the vascular anomalies program at the Medical University of South Carolina.