<b>BMH Lowcountry Medical Group adds PA</b>

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Beaufort Memorial Lowcountry Medical Group has added a new board-certified physician assistant to its medical staff.&nbsp;

Margaret Miler, PA-C, will be working with board-certified gastroenterologists Drs. John Crisologo and Richard Stewart. The GI team also includes board-certified physician assistant Kimberly Thorpe.

A Charleston native, Miler joined the busy multi-specialty practice after working a year at East Cooper Coastal Family Physicians in Mount Pleasant. Her duties at the internal medicine clinic, which specializes in geriatric care, included performing physical exams; ordering and interpreting labs and other diagnostic studies; making diagnoses and developing and implementing treatment plans; and overseeing care and follow-up for hospitalized patients.&nbsp;

A magna cum laude graduate of the College of Charleston with a degree in biology, Miler served as a certified medical assistant in Summerville for a year before beginning her physician assistant studies at the Medical University of South Carolina. She graduated in 2015 following five-week rotations in eight different specialties, including Internal Medicine, Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology, Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics and Family Medicine.&nbsp;

Miler has been an active volunteer with several local charitable organizations in Charleston, including a yoga marathon for Louie’s Kids and a yoga flow for clean water benefiting Water Mission. In 2012, she participated in a medical mission trip to Costa Rica.

Along with the GI practitioners, Lowcountry Medical Group includes specialists in family and internal medicine, gynecology and cardiology.&nbsp;

To make an appointment with Miler or any of the practice’s health care providers, call 843-770-0404.

<b>Alzheimer’s patients topic of discussion</b>

As people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias progress in their journey and the ability to use words is lost, families need new ways to connect. &nbsp;

RiverOaks Assisted Living is offering a discussion on tips on how to communicate with a person struggling with Alzheimer’s.

This discussion will be held from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15, at RiverOaks Assisted Living, 1251 Lady’s Island Drive in Port Royal.

To reserve a space and for more information, contact Candace at 843-521-2298 or via email at CCamp@royalriveroaks.com

This free educational program is hosted by RiverOaks Assisted Living and Alzheimer’s Family Service of Greater Beaufort.