<h2>Nurse practitioner, Pauline Phillips joins Lowcountry Medical Group</h2>
In a continuing effort to improve patient access to primary care, Beaufort Memorial Hospital has added another nurse practitioner to its staff at Lowcountry Medical Group.

Pauline Phillips, FNP-C, will be working with board-certified internist Dr. Robert Parrick at the busy multi-specialty practice.

A nurse practitioner with family, pediatric and geriatric advanced nursing experience, Phillips most recently worked at a long term care and rehabilitation center in Columbus, Ohio, treating patient with both chronic and acute diseases.

Phillips is a graduate of Ohio State University where she earned both her B.S. in Biology and Master of Science degree in Nursing with a specialty in Family Practice. During her graduate studies she served clinical rotations in family and pediatric practices, as well as at a healthcare clinic and retirement community. She also worked for a year as a volunteer nurse at a free walk-in clinic in Delaware, Ohio.
<h2><a href="http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/WHOS-NEWS-RYAN-ROBERTS-e1450407964962.png"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-26767" src="http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/WHOS-NEWS-RYAN-ROBERTS-e1450407964962-150x150.png" alt="WHOS NEWS RYAN ROBERTS" width="150" height="150" /></a>Local firefighter receives award</h2>
Ryan Roberts is a firefighter who has been with the Lady’s Island /St Helena Fire District for a little less than a year. He enrolled in a paramedic class that is nine months long and he was recently awarded the David S Bacon “best of the best” award for finishing top of his class.