Trident Cardiology Providers

Dr. Coker is a native to South Carolina and was born and raised in North Charleston and Hanahan. He received a bachelor of science from the College of Charleston in 2004 and majored in Biochemistry. He went on to study medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina and graduated in 2004 with a Doctorate of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine also at the Medical University of South Carolina. He continued his specialty training at MUSC completing his General Cardiology then Interventional Cardiology fellowships.

Dr. Coker is board certified in Cardiovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiology and is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. He spends his free time with his wife, two children and riding road bikes with his dad.

Dr. Coker is a native to South Carolina and was born and raised in North Charleston. He received a bachelor of science from the College of Charleston and majored in Biology. He went on to study medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina and graduated in 1984 with a Doctorate of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine also at the Medical University of South Carolina. He has dedicated himself and his practice of cardiology to the tri-county area and has been with Trident Cardiology for over thirty years.

Dr. Hodskins grew up in the small mountain town of Blue Ridge, Georgia. She received a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Georgia in 2011. She attended medical school at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center in Memphis, Tennessee. She then moved to Charleston where she completed both her internal medicine residency and cardiology fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina.

Dr. Hodskins is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease. In her free time, she enjoys spending time outdoors with her husband, traveling, and watching college football.

Dr. Funke is a native to Summerville, SC where he grew up and attended Summerville High School. He remained in the area for his undergraduate degree at the College of Charleston studying biology where he also started the college’s club tennis team. He moved on to the Medical University of South Carolina to study medicine and graduated with a Doctorate of Medicine in 2007 from medical school and decided to stay near the ocean for training in internal medicine in Charleston. Deeply rooted locally he pursued a fellowship in cardiology and interventional cardiology at the Medical University in Charleston and then was fortunate enough to join Trident Cardiology Associates in 2014 to serve the community where he was raised.

Chris Kennedy, MD, provides expert cardiology care to patients at Trident Cardiology Associates, PA, with locations in Ladson, Walterboro, and Moncks Corner, South Carolina.

Dr. Landes grew up in Northern California. Upon completion of her undergraduate degree at Brandeis University she stayed in Boston, Massachusetts for her Doctorate of Medicine at Tufts University. She then relocated to Los Angeles, California and finished her residency in internal medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She subsequently completed additional specialty cardiovascular fellowship training in Women’s Heart Disease at the Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center. After falling in love with the low country she moved to Charleston, South Carolina for fellowship in cardiology at the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Landes is excited to join Trident Cardiology Associates.

Her special interests include prevention of atherosclerotic heart disease, angina, women’s heart health, echocardiography and cardio oncology. In her free time Dr. Landes enjoys spending time with her family, reading quietly on the porch swing, and attempting to garden.

Dr. Mataosky grew up on a horse farm in Maryland. Graduated from Loyola College then went to Georgetown University School of Medicine. He joined the Army after College. He completed Flight training at Ft Rucker and then Special Forces training at Ft Bragg. He completed his medical training while in the Military. After completing his internship in 1990 he was deployed to Desert Shield. He is a Colonel in the USAR with 35 years of service. He went through 9 Deployments to include 5 to Iraq and Kuwait, Egypt, Bosnia and Afghanistan. He was awarded ARCOMs (7), Meritorious Service Medals (4), Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, NATO, Expeditionary Medals, and Bronze Star (2) unit.

He is married with a set of twins. He loves spending time with family, like boating with his son and volleyball with his daughter.

He considers himself very fortunate and proud to provide Cardiovascular health service to the Low Country.

Dr. McCarty was born and raised in Arkansas and after attending Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, he decided on medicine as a career. He earned his Doctorate degree in Medicine from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock prior to expanding his horizons on the east coast. He fell in love with Charleston and completed an internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina. He was fortunate enough to be able to remain in Charleston for fellowship training in Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology at MUSC. Dr. McCarty joined Trident Cardiology Associates in 2011 after Dr. Von Lehe decided upon a long deserved retirement.

Dr. Sandhu grew up in Irmo, SC, and has called Charleston home since the beginning of her medicine training. She graduated from Irmo High School, and went to Atlanta, GA where she completed her BS in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology at Emory University, with a minor in religious studies. She returned to SC for her medical training at the Medical University of South Carolina and was fortunate enough to remain there for the duration of her training through medical school, intern year, medicine residency, cardiology fellowship, and interventional cardiology fellowship. Close family ties and a deep connection to the Charleston community led her to search for employment in Charleston, and she is excited to care for patients locally with the other providers at Trident Cardiology!

Dr. Sandhu is board certified in Cardiovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiology. In her free time, she enjoys being outside, reading, watching and playing sports, and spending time with those people that are important to her.

Dr. Yarbrough grew up in South Carolina and graduated from Wofford College in 1994. He set on a path toward medicine early on in the footsteps of this father, a medical doctor. He continued on to Charleston where he completed medical school at the Medical University of South Carolina. He completed an internship and residency at the University of Texas, Southwestern, in Dallas, Texas prior to moving back to the Carolinas where he was accepted into a cardiology fellowship at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina at the Baptist Medical Center. There he also completed a fellowship in interventional cardiology before moving back to Charleston in 2005.

Ashley is a nationally certified Physician Assistant. She grew up outside of Frederick, Maryland and relocated to Charleston in 2011 to attend Charleston Southern University. She graduated in 2016 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology along with minors in Health Promotion and Spanish. She worked in rural health prior to obtaining her Masters in Physician Assistant Studies. Ashley is passionate about patient education and serving the community here in the Tricounty area. She loves to spend time with her husband and her dog Rocky.

Nichole Casey is a Nationally certified PA. I am originally from a small town outside of Charlotte, NC and attended UNC Charlotte for undergrad where I received my bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science with a minor in Biology. Before starting grad school, I worked as an EMT in Charlotte. I relocated to Charleston in 2019 to complete my master’s degree at Charleston Southern University. In my spare time, I enjoy meeting new people and I am passionate about advocating for patients in need. I enjoy traveling, exploring the outdoors with my dog Gracie, and spending time with those close to me. 

Trinka A. Douglas, RN, MSN, ACNP-BC joined our group in November 2018. She has been a nurse practitioner in Cardiology for many years. She grew up in this area attending Stratford High School, always knowing that she wanted to be in medicine. In 1999, she graduated from Texas Christian University with a Bachelor's Degree in in Nursing. It is there that her love of cardiology and critical care began. After working for one year in CVIUC and two years in outpatient Cardiology, Trinka decided to further her career. She attended the University of Texas Arlington and obtained her Master's Degree in Nursing and became a Board Certified Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. She is certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Since graduation in 2005, she has worked in Cardiology in Texas and here in the Lowcountry.

Tim is a board certified nurse practitioner. He grew up here locally in Charleston, and attended the College of Charleston for his undergraduate studies. He worked previously as an EMT, as well as an RN in inpatient cardiology at MUSC for 6 years prior to obtaining his Masters of Science in Nursing. Tim is passionate about providing high-quality care and education to people in the community. When not at work, he enjoys spending time with his wife, son, and 2 dogs.

Laurie Thompson is a Family Nurse Practitioner certified through the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She received her Masters of Science in Nursing at Saginaw Valley State University and her Bachelors of Science in Nursing at the University of Toledo. Her clinical interests include pre-and post-procedure management and preventative medicine.  Laurie is looking forward to providing quality care to the patients of Charleston and the surrounding areas. She strives to create a professional, wholesome, and honest relationship with the patient and their family.