SCENT - Key Persons


Charlesten Barrineau

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Physician
  • Physician Liaison

Clayton Meisner - COO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Operations
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Education Bachelor of Science, University of South Carolina Masters of Healthcare Administration, University of South Carolina

Dr. Robert Puchalski

Job Titles:
  • Founding Physician and Chairman
Dr. Puchalski is the founding physician and Chairman at SCENT and has a special interest in obstructive sleep apnea and rhinology (including allergy). Dr. Puchalski has proudly served leadership roles in many medical specialty organizations and is currently the South Carolina representative to the AAO-HNS Board of Governors, a delegate to the AMA representing the AAOA, and a member of the ENTPAC and AAOA Boards.

Lindsay Hinson

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Director
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Education Bachelor of Science, Nursing, Chamberlain College of Nursing

Nikki L. Emani

Dr. Emani is the author of several medical publications, has served as speaker and presenter at the Chicago Laryngology and Otology Society, as a faculty member of ENT/Allergy at the Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital, in Chicago, and Clinical Associate Professor of Otolaryngology at the University of Chicago Hospitals, also in Chicago.

Pamela "Pam" L. Kirby

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Education Bachelor of Science, Mountain State University

Robert Hummel

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Director of Sleep

Valerie A. Fritsch

Job Titles:
  • Instructor
In addition, Dr. Fritsch has served as a medical school instructor and as a patient care technician.