MUSC Health Gastroenterology at West Ashley Medical Pavilion

A native Floridian, Dr. Erin Forster moved to Washington, DC for her undergraduate studies at Georgetown University in the School of Foreign Service. She spent the next 10 years in Miami, FL at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital for medical school, residency and fellowship in Gastroenterology, while also completing a Masters in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University with a focus in Nutrition. During this time, she also traveled to rural areas in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Tanzania for medical mission work.With a solid foundation in gastroenterology, Dr. Forster then completed a fourth-year fellowship in Advanced Endoscopy at Geisinger Medical Center in north-central Pennsylvania. She also gained additional exposure with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), both at the Crohns and Colitis Center under the mentorship of Dr. Maria Abreu and at the Cleveland Clinic with Dr. Bo Shen (in advanced endoscopic management of IBD).Dr. Forster is very excited to be part of the faculty at MUSC located here in Charleston, a multi-time winner of Travel + Leisure magazine's #1 City in the World designation.

Savannah Kemp is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner working in the Department of Medicine's Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology at the Medical University of South Carolina. She completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at LaGrange College and went on to completed her Masters of Science in Nursing at South University. She is certified through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Her background as a Nurse Practitioner includes experience in gastroenterology, primary care, bariatrics, and pre/post surgical care.

Dawn Smalls has always had a passion for caring for those in need. She is a native of Charleston, South Carolina where she graduated from Trident Technical College with her Associate of Science in Nursing. While working as a registered nurse, she continued to further her education. She earned her Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral degrees from the Medical University of South Carolina. She has also obtained certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner in 2021. She remains local in Charleston, South Carolina where she actively participates in improving access to care and continues her passion to help those in need.