Bluffton Primary Care
Providers
Beaufort Memorial Bluffton Primary Care is a full-service practice focused on preventive health and wellness for adults and families. Staffed by a board-certified internist and family medicine specialists, Bluffton Primary Care physicians have full access to the hospital’s comprehensive health care services, as well as referral relationships with 150 board-certified physicians, including specialists practicing in the Bluffton office. To make an appointment with Bluffton Primary Care call 843.706.8690.
Jonathan Hutchings, DO
Heather Hutchings, DO
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Jonathan and Heather Hutchings both received their D.O. (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine) from Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine in Pikeville, KY. They then completed a 3-year residency in family medicine at East Tennessee State University, Quillen College of
In 2004, they moved to Hardeeville to open their practice, and joined the medical staff of Beaufort Memorial in the summer of 2008. They are especially interested in caring for the whole patient as a person, rather than just treating symptoms of illness.
“Our decision to join with Beaufort Memorial Hospital is based on our commitment to providing our patients the highest quality healthcare. Beaufort Memorial Hospital has been in business since 1944, and the hospital has grown and prospered since that time. Today, the hospital has over 160 Board certified medical specialists on staff, and offers a broad range of services for both inpatients and outpatients. It was recently designated by Medicare as the region’s sole community provider.
Beaufort Memorial is affiliated with Duke University Medical Center in heart and cancer care, resulting in the highest quality services in both of those fields of medicine. It is the only hospital in South Carolina affiliated with Duke. The Keyserling Cancer Center is located in Port Royal, and offers patients convenient services in one location. In addition to the facilities in Beaufort and Port Royal, Beaufort Memorial provides a wide range of clinical and physician services through their Bluffton Medical Services office in Westbury Park, next to Wachovia and Hargray. Our relationship with Beaufort Memorial will give our patients access to a broad range of high quality services and specialists.”
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Lynne B. Williams, P.A.
Lynne Williams has been a practicing Physician Assistant for the past 13 years, and has been in the Lowcountry since 2005. She completed her physician assistant education and training at Duke University through their Physician Assistant Program, where she earned a Master of Health Sciences in May 1999, and a Certificate of Completion in August 1999. Lynne graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Sports Medicine from Elon University in Elon, NC in May 1994.
Physician Assistants (P.A.s) serve as extensions of physicians in the work that they do. Under the supervision of a physician, they are trained to provide many of the same services as a physician.
Williams enjoys practicing preventive medicine, taking into account the broad range of physical, social, and emotional factors that impact overall health. She believes in taking time to get to know her patients and looking beyond an acute problem so she can understand the full spectrum of influences on each person’s health.
Williams’ experience includes working in a number of community health centers, health departments, and urgent care centers. Most recently, she was the Clinical Lead of an Occupational Health department at an area hospital. She is certified in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).
She assists the physicians and staff of Beaufort Memorial Bluffton Primary Care.
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