<strong>From staff reports</strong>

Beaufort Memorial has added a family medicine physician to the medical staff at its Beaufort Memorial Primary Care practice.

Dr. Ross Watson comes to the Lowcountry from his residency at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. A graduate of American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine in St. Martin, Netherlands Antilles, the California native earned an undergraduate degree in biology from University of California, Irvine.

After graduation from college, Dr. Watson served on emergency medical services crews throughout the West before going to medical school. During residency he volunteered at an outreach center for runaway and homeless youth.

At Beaufort Memorial Primary Care, Dr. Watson joins board-certified internists Drs. Andrea Hucks and Alejandro Garcia Salas, and board-certified nurse practitioners Mary Beth Donovan, Ronda O’Connell and Amy Wagner. He will begin seeing patients later this month, partnering with them to prevent, diagnose and treat acute and chronic illness.

Located in the Beaufort Medical Plaza, 989 Ribaut Road, Beaufort, the practice provides a full range of general adult outpatient medical care with an emphasis on wellness and chronic disease management and prevention. To schedule an appointment with Dr. Watson or any of the practice’s providers, call 843-522-7600.