To enhance and expand access to women’s health care for Lowcountry residents, Beaufort Memorial has added obstetrician and gynecologist Curtis J. Elam, M.D., FACOG, and nurse practitioner Melissa Mesenburg, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, to Beaufort Memorial Obstetrics & Gynecology Specialists. The two board-certified providers will see patients in the practice’s locations in both Beaufort and Okatie.
Throughout his decades-long career, Elam has gathered expertise in general, routine and specialized obstetrical and gynecological care for women at all stages of life (menopause, prenatal and high-risk obstetrics and family planning), and has an extensive background in laparoscopic and robotic surgeries, including pelvic floor reconstruction and urogynecologicaltreatment of stress urinary incontinence with either slings or sutures.
He’s joining Beaufort Memorial from a position as staff physician and OBGYN department head at the Clyburn Center for Primary Care, as well as OBGYN staff physician at Aiken Regional Medical Center, both located in Aiken, S.C.
Mesenburg will be assisting the practice’s board-certified physicians during surgical procedures, in addition to offering widely ranging OBGYN care to patients in the practice’s Beaufort and Okatie offices. She graduated with a Doctor of Nursing Practice, Family Nurse Practitioner from The Medical University of South Carolina in 2020, having focused her doctoral thesis on improving women’s health through educational initiatives.
At Beaufort Memorial Obstetrics & Gynecology Specialists, Elam and Mesenburg join board-certified Drs. Chris Benson, Marlena Masavage and Tiffany Bersani; certified registered nurse practitioner Maggie Bisceglia; certified physician assistant Peyton Erb; and certified nurse-midwife Catherine Tambroni-Parker.
With locations in the Beaufort Medical Plaza, at 989 Ribaut Road in Beaufort, and OkatieMedical Pavilion, at 122 Okatie Center Boulevard North, the practice provides the full range of women’s health services, including comprehensive obstetrical and gynecological care for patients at every stage of their lives. The latest screening and diagnostic technologies, among them state-of-the art digital ultrasound, are available in both locations.
To schedule an appointment with Elam, Mesenburg or any of the practice providers, call 843-522-7820.
