Rya Kaplan, M.D.

Rya Kaplan, MD is originally from outside Philadelphia but moved to Hilton Head Island, SC with her family during high school. She then attended undergraduate college at Duke University in Durham, NC where she graduated cum laude. She completed Medical School, Internal Medicine Residency and Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship training at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC).

Her professional interests include general Gastroenterology and Hepatology and the novel procedure endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). EUS is used to diagnose and stage many types of cancer as well as diagnose certain lung, pancreas and biliary diseases. She has presented abstracts of her work in EUS at the international gastroenterology meeting Digestive Disease Week and is the author of articles including a case report of an unusual complication of a PEG feeding tube and a study on a bowel preparation for colonoscopy. She is currently board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and is also board-certified in Gastroenterology and Hepatology. She is on staff at Trident Medical Center and Summerville Medical Center.

Her office is conveniently located on the Trident Medical Center campus. She also performs outpatient procedures at Trident Surgery Center, also located on the Trident Medical Center campus.

Robbie H. Taha, D.O.

Dr. Robbie Taha holds a Bachelor of Science degree with high distinction from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and also a second Bachelor of Science degree from the American University of Beirut. Graduating from Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2004, Dr. Taha went on to complete his residency in Internal Medicine followed by a fellowship in Gastroenterology at St. John Providence Hospital and Medical Center in Southfield, Michigan. Working with pioneer physicians in biliary and pancreatic diseases, Dr. Taha completed Advanced Endoscopy training at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with special focus on ERCP and Endoscopic Ultrasound in 2011. He has authored several abstracts and is board certified in Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine. Dr. Taha is a member of The American Gastroenterology Association, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the American College of Gastroenterology.