James Oates

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James Oates
MUSC Health Rutledge Tower Office

(843) 876-0615

135 Rutledge Avenue Charleston, SC 29425
About

James Oates

Dr. Jim Oates is a professor of medicine and Director of the Division of Rheumatology at the Medical University of South Carolina. He received a BS in chemistry at Bates College and a medical degree from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1991. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine and fellowship in rheumatology at Duke University Medical Center in 1996. He came to the Medical University of South Carolina in 1996 to complete a research fellowship and joined the faculty of the Division of Rheumatology in 1997.Dr. Oates' clinical and research interests are focused on systemic lupus erythematosus. He is involved in clinical trials of therapies for systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis and is the principal investigator on several studies at MUSC involving noninvasive markers of disease and mechanisms through which disease severity may increase among African-Americans. He is an active member of the M.U.S.C.L.E. Research Group. Dr. Oates has supported clinical research at a regional and national level by serving the President of the American Federation for Medical Research and President of the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation, where he now serves as an associate editor of its journal, the American Journal of Medical Sciences. He has received numerous awards, including: Phi Beta Kappa from Bates College; the Four Schools Physician Scientist Training Program Scholarship from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; the Senior Rheumatology Scholar Award from the American College of Rheumatology (ACR); the Arthritis Investigator Award from the ACR and its foundation; the Research Education Foundation (REF); the Merck Young Investigator Award; the REF/European League Against Rheumatism International Exchange Award; and, the Developing Scholar Award from the Medical University of South Carolina Health Sciences Foundation.
Primary Specialty

Rheumatologist

Practice MUSC Health Rutledge Tower
Gender Male
Certification SC, SC-0T2584, SC-18836, NC, NC-9300554, SC-BO4951201, SC-2018836, American Board of Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine-159116
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
Office Name MUSC Health Rutledge Tower
Languages English
Business Hours
Monday:8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday:8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday:8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday:8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday:8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday:Closed
Sunday:Closed
Services James Oates provides rheumatology services in Charleston, SC. A Rheumatologist is trained in rheumatology and is able to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other rheumatic illnesses.

Please call MUSC Health Rutledge Tower at (843) 876-0615 to schedule an appointment in Charleston, SC or to get more information.
Additional Services Asthma - Allergy Specialists, Internist, Surgeon, Doctor
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