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Janice Key, MD, Pediatrics, Charleston, SC, MUSC Health University Medical Center

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Pediatrics • Charleston, SC

Adolescent Medicine

Professor of Medicine, Med University SC

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Summary

  • Dr. Janice Key is the Director of School and Community-based Programs at the Boeing Center for Children’s Wellness located at the Medical University of South Carolina (www.musc.edu/leanteam) where she is also Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Adolescent Medicine. Dr. Key has long been interested in wellness promotion and obesity prevention. For the past 20 years she has worked to decrease childhood obesity through improved physician practice and as well as through school-based programs. Her innovative program that pairs physicians with school wellness committees, the Docs Adopt School Health Initiative©, has led to improved nutrition and increased physical activity in over 150 schools. In the 2014-2015 school year the Docs-Adopt School Health Initiative© is expanding to reach 9 school districts across South Carolina as well as schools in Pottstown PA. The Docs-Adopt School Health Initiative is a recommended strategy in the new SC Obesity Strategic Plan (www.scaledown.org).

    Dr. Key has also conducted community and clinical research projects including school-based health care, adolescent smoking cessation, teen pregnancy prevention, interventions for at-risk middle school students, as well as obesity treatment and prevention. Dr. Key has served on local and national committees including the Executive Committee for the AAP Section on Adolescent Health, the SC AAP Executive Committee, and the Charleston County Medical Society School Health Committee. Dr. Key leads the South Carolina Medical Association Childhood Obesity Taskforce and is a member of the SC DHEC Obesity Advisory Committee. She has received the MUSC Distinguished Service Faculty Award, the Wannamaker Community Service Award, the SC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Vincent Outstanding Professional Award, the AAP Special Achievement Award and several teaching awards. She is included in Best Doctors in America and the Guide to America's Top Pediatricians.

Education & Training

  • Children's Hospital/Boston Medical Center
    Children's Hospital/Boston Medical CenterFellowship, Adolescent Medicine, 1983 - 1984
  • Children's Hospital/Boston Medical Center
    Children's Hospital/Boston Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1980 - 1983
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineClass of 1980
  • University of NC Chapel Hill
    University of NC Chapel HillB.S., Honors, 1972 - 1976

Certifications & Licensure

  • SC State Medical License
    SC State Medical License 1991 - 2025
  • NC State Medical License
    NC State Medical License 1985 - 1992
  • American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics Clinical Genetics
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Special Achievement Award American Academy of Pediatrics, 2014
  • Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
  • SCMA Community Service CCMS Docs Adopt School Wellness, 2012
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Publications & Presentations

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Journal Articles

  • Editors of Symposium Issue: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: An Epidemic That Threatens Future Health Care in South Carolina  
    Stallworth J and Key JD, Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association, 4/1/2009
  • Community and School-based Interventions to Prevent Obesity in Children and Adolescents  
    Key JD, Oexmann MJ, and Russell AM, Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association, 1/1/2009
  • Practice guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of childhood and adolescent obesity  
    Hocevar SN and Key JD, Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association, 1/1/2009
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Press Mentions

  • Boeing and Charleston County Partner with MUSC to Expand Mental Health Resources in Schools
    Boeing and Charleston County Partner with MUSC to Expand Mental Health Resources in SchoolsSeptember 14th, 2021

Hospital Affiliations

Dr. Janice Key, Dr. Janice Key, MD, Dr. J Key, Dr. Janice D Key