From staff reports
To increase access to much-needed urology care in the Lowcountry, Beaufort Memorial Urology Specialists has begun seeing patients in the Okatie Medical Pavilion, in addition to the practice’s Beaufort office.
The practice expansion comes amid a simultaneous nationwide increase in demand for urology care and decrease in supply of urology providers, according to the American Urological Association.
“Beaufort Memorial is making enormous progress in our goal of increasing access to quality medical care for our growing community,” Beaufort Memorial President and CEO Russell Baxley said in a news release. “As we examine the needs of our patients, it’s plain that urology is a high-demand specialty area. Expanding our excellent urology practice to Okatie is a significant step forward in ensuring we meet that demand.”
Board-certified urologist Dr. Louis Remynse will lead the new office. He will be joined by board-certified physician assistants Matt Baker and Kristin Callaghan.
Dr. Remynse brings nearly four decades of clinical and surgical experience to Urology Specialists, where he diagnoses and treats a wide range of chronic and acute urological disorders, among them benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), kidney stones and urinary incontinence. A member of the Society of Urologic Oncology, Dr. Remynse specializes in robot-assisted surgical treatments for bladder, kidney and prostate cancers. In total, he has performed more than 1,250 da Vinci robotic surgeries.
Baker, PA-C, PharmD, a self-described “Lowcountry boy,” is experienced both as a physician assistant and as a pharmacist. He works with the clinical team to assess and manage treatment for acute and chronic urological disorders that most frequently can be addressed with medication rather than surgery. He recently joined Urology Specialists after seven years at a urology practice in Bluffton, where he gained expertise in cystoscope procedures and active monitoring of patients with an elevated PSA level and those at the conclusion of their prostate cancer treatment.
Callaghan, PA-C, has a combined background in emergency medicine and urology. She worked in emergency medicine in Charleston and then for a urology practice in Savannah, Ga., before coming to work at BMH as an emergency medicine physician assistant. After seven years in the BMH emergency department, she joined Coastal Carolina Urology Specialist and then rejoined the BMH family when the practice was acquired by BMH in 2023. Her clinical interests include the treatment of kidney stones, urinary incontinence, urinary tract infection (UTI), benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer.
