Dr. Denise Gabrielle Sese is a pulmonary and critical care specialist with a subspecialty in pulmonary vascular disease. Her research interest is in patient centered outcomes in pulmonary hypertension, patient education interventions, and the integration of primary palliative care in pulmonary hypertension. She is currently the medical director for the chronic thromboembolic disease program at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is also the quality and education director for pulmonary hypertension at MUSC. She has received several awards including an early career award from CHEST in 2021, the MUSC professionalism (humanism award) in 2022 and is the inaugral recipient of the Ben Clyburn clinician educator award  in 2025 for her proposal to create a communication curriculum for providers taking care of patients with advanced lung disease .