Adrian Van Bakel
MUSC Health Ashley River Tower
Office
(843) 792-1952
25 Courtenay Drive Charleston, SC 29425
About
Adrian Van Bakel
Dr. Adrian Van Bakel graduated from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1981, completing a Ph.D. in pharmacology from that institution in 1983. He completed internal medicine residency and cardiology fellowship training at the Medical University of South Carolina and has been on the faculty at MUSC since 1991. Dr. Van Bakel served as the Medical Director of the Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Program from 1991-2017. He has been an integral part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team that has achieved excellent results in the areas of clinical heart failure management and cardiac transplantation. He is a member of a number of professional societies including: The American College of Physicians; the American Heart Association; the American College of Cardiology; the Heart Failure Society of America; and, the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation. He has served as a manuscript reviewer for several journals, such as: The Journal of Cardiac Failure; The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation; and, The American Journal of Transplantation. Dr. Van Bakel has been the principal investigator of many multi-center clinical trials in congestive heart failure and cardiac transplantation. His research interests include congestive heart failure management, novel immunosuppression strategies and the pharmacogenomics of drug absorption and metabolism.
Primary Specialty
Cardiologist
Practice
MUSC Health Ashley River Tower
Gender
Male
Certification
SC, SC-0T0359, SC-12006, UT, UT-183987-1205, SC-AV2202187, SC-2012006, UT-183987-8905, American Board of Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine-106557, ACLS, BLS
Payment Options
American Express, Cash, Check, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
Accepting New Patients
Insurances Accepted
Aetna (PPO), Managed Choice, Open Choice and Exclusive Choice), Ambetter from Absolute Total Care (Marketplace) , BCBS Blue Essentials (Marketplace), Blue Choice Blue Option (Exchange Plan), Blue Choice MyChoice (Available as individual commercial product), Blue Cross Blue Shield Preferred Blue (PPC), Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Choice HealthCare (Group Health Plan), Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal (FEP), Blue Cross Blue Shield Planned Administrators, Blue Cross Blue Shield State Health Plan for South Carolina, Cigna, Coventry, Employers Health Network/SC Business Coalition on Health, First Health, Great West Healthcare (Part of Cigna now), Humana ChoiceCare PPO (Group Health Plan) , Medcost, Tricare, United HealthCare, AllWell by Absolute Total Care, Clover Health , Absolute Total Care (NEIC), Blue Choice Medicaid, First Choice/Select Health (NEIC), Molina Healthcare , WellCare, Absolute Total Care Healthy Connections Prime Dual Medicare/Medicaid Plan , First Choice VIP Care Plus Healthy Connections Prime Dual Medicare/Medicaid Plan, Molina Healthy Connections Prime Dual Medicare/Medicaid Plan
Degrees
Medical Doctor, Doctor of Philosophy
Office Name
MUSC Health Ashley River Tower
Languages
English
Services
Adrian Van Bakel provides cardiology services in Charleston, SC. A cardiologist is a physician who is certified to diagnose and treat disorders of the circulatory system and the cardiovascular system — the heart, arteries and veins.
To learn more, or to make an appointment with MUSC Health Ashley River Tower in Charleston, SC, please call (843) 792-1952 for more information. Additional Services Internist, Surgeon, Doctor
To learn more, or to make an appointment with MUSC Health Ashley River Tower in Charleston, SC, please call (843) 792-1952 for more information. Additional Services Internist, Surgeon, Doctor
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