Well I couldn't find any position with that specific title. But there is an opening for a chief of primary care.

http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/Search.aspx?q=chief%20of%20surgery&jbf574=VA*&vw=d&re=0&fedemp=N&fedpub=Y&caller=basic.aspx&ss=0&pg=1&cnme=charleston&rad=20&rad_units=miles

Here is also link to the medical center leadership.

http://www.charleston.va.gov/page.cfm?pg=46
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Name: Peter Shamamian, MD
Title(s): Chief of Surgery, Ralph H. Johnson VAMC ; Vice Chair of VA Affairs ; Professor of Surgery
MD Degree: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (1989)

He was appointed back in January, is that who you are looking for?
http://www.ddc.musc.edu/images/photos/shamamianPeter.jpg
Source(s):
http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/surgery/events/newsletter/SurgeryNewsle...
http://www.ddc.musc.edu/public/aboutus/people/physicians/surgery.cfm

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Location: Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center

Quote:

The Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center is a primary, secondary, and tertiary care facility that serves more than 40,000 Veterans in 15 counties along the South Carolina and Georgia coastline in our main medical center or one of four community-based outpatient clinics in Myrtle Beach, SC; Savannah, GA; Beaufort, SC; Goose Creek, SC.

Peter Shamamian did hold the title of Chief of Surgery.
http://www.ddc.musc.edu/public/aboutus/people/physicians/surgery.cfm

However

John G. Allison, MD, ChB
Associate Professor of Surgery
Chief of Surgery: Ralph H. Johnson Veteran's Administration Medical Center

M.D. degree awarded by University of Capetown, 1964
Residency: University of Capetown

Certifications:
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edin.)
Fellow of the College of Surgeons of South Africa

phone: (843)577-5011 ext. 7330

is probably the Chief now.

http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/surgery/divisions/general/faculty/allison.htm
Source(s):
http://www2.va.gov/directory/guide/facility.asp?id=28

http://www.charleston.va.gov/

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