Dr. Neena Champaigne is a medical geneticist with over 20 years of experience in clinical and biochemical genetics.  She is a Clinical Professor and Division Chief for Medical Genetics and Genomics in the Department of Pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is involved in the evaluation and treatment of patients with a variety of genetic conditions and specializes in the diagnosis and management of children and adults with inborn errors of metabolism.  She also provides short- and long-term follow-up for the South Carolina Newborn Screening Program. She has a passion for medical genetics education and enjoys teaching and interacting with genetic counseling students, medical students, residents, and health care providers.

Dr. Champaigne has been providing care in South Carolina since 2008. In 2013, she was named by the Upstate GSA Business Journal as their 2013 Physician Healthcare Hero in recognition of her compassionate, personalized patient care. She currently serves as an inaugural member on the South Carolina Newborn Screening Advisory Committee. She is also an inaugural member and current Chair of the South Carolina Rare Disease Advisory council. For the past 15 years, she has supported national efforts related to newborn screening, both as a member of the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) Newborn Screening Genetics and Public Health Committee and co-chair of the Newborn Screening Translational Research Network (NBSTRN) Clinical Integration Workgroup. Between 2020-2022, she served as the president of the Southeastern Regional Genetics Group, whose focus is ensuring health equity for access to genetics services through initiatives that include newborn creening and telegenetics.

Dr. Champaigne earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Molecular Genetics from the University of Rochester in New York. She received her medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston where she also completed her residency training in general pediatrics. She completed additional residency training in clinical genetics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. She is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, and the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics in both Clinical Genetics and Genomics and Medical Biochemical Genetics. She holds memberships in the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders, American Medical Association, South Carolina Medical Association, and American Academy of Pediatrics.