Welcome Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, SC to the OBHG family with today’s OB hospitalist program kick-off and full obstetrics emergency department (OBED) coverage coming in Q2-2024.
Hospital leadership is looking to the partnership with OBHG to enhance the OB safety culture, support the community physicians and nurses, and improve physician recruiting efforts to the hospital. Grand Strand Medical Center is sister hospital to five OBHG partners in HCA’s South Atlantic Division.
Grand Strand Medical Center currently sees approximately 700 annual deliveries. This program will be OBHG’s 11th partnership in South Carolina, 25th partnership with HCA Healthcare, and our 6th partnership with HCA South Atlantic Division.
The team at Grand Strand Medical Center includes Dr. Ashekia Pinckney, Dr. Norman Navarro, Dr. Jennifer Risinger, Dr. Whitney Thoma, Dr. Douglas Addy, Dr. Casey Wadsworth, Dr. Erma Waxman, Dr. Laura Pezzuto, Dr. Christine Hemphill, Dr. Judith Hoover and Dr. Tracy Slone
Dr. Risinger will serve as Interim Site Director for this program.
This is the 4th OBHG program to start in 2024! OBHG looks forward to partnering with Grand Strand Medical Center and positively impacting the lives of their physicians, women, and babies in the Myrtle Beach, SC community.