RMC Hosting Grand Opening Event for RMC Primary Care Practice,
New RMC Vein Clinic and Mobile Services Van |
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The Regional Medical Center is hosting a grand opening ceremony and open house event on Thursday, March 7, from 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. to celebrate the new location of RMC Primary Care, which is staffed by James H. Brunson Jr., MD and primary care providers Melanie T. Sheppard, PA and Donna F. Gill, DNP, FNP, as well as the new Vein Clinic and Mobile Services Van. The Primary Care Practice and the Vein Clinic are located in the RMC Annex Building (3000 St. Matthews Road, Orangeburg). RMC’s new Mobile Services Van will also be featured at the event. Members of the community are invited to attend.
Certified by the American Board of Family Medicine, James H. Brunson Jr., MD, has practiced medicine in Orangeburg since 1979. Melanie T. Sheppard, PA, a 2011 graduate of the Medical University of South Carolina, joined the practice in October 2012. Donna F. Gill, DNP, FNP, the newest provider in the practice, joined the practice in January 2013; she received her doctorate of nursing practice degree from the University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences. | Click on the image below
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The new RMC Vein Clinic opened several months ago. An estimated 25 percent of women and 15 percent of men suffer from venous disease. Symptoms include: varicose veins, restless legs and venous ulcers; aching, fatigue or heaviness in legs; throbbing or burning leg pain; and/or cramping, swelling and numbness in the leg. If left untreated, venous disease can lead to blood clots, skin ulcerations and other serious complications. The Vein Clinic offers free venous disease screenings each month. It is estimated that heredity plays a role in 80 percent of all venous disease cases. Other causes include aging, obesity, leg trauma, hormones, pregnancy and occupations that require prolonged standing or sitting. Vein treatments are performed on an outpatient basis at the Vein Clinic, and four of RMC’s board-certified general surgeons, Julius Babb, MD, Dion Franga, MD, Michael Hill, MD, and Joseph Redcross, DO, are performing these most advanced venous disease procedures.
RMC’s Mobile Services Van has the equipment and capacity so that RMC staff can provide digital mammography, vascular screening, vein screening, ultrasound, health screenings and health education at sites throughout Orangeburg and Calhoun counties and surrounding areas.
For more information about the screenings and treatment options offered at the Vein Clinic, please call (803) 395-4555. To schedule an appointment at RMC Primary Care, call (803) 395-2576. For more information about RMC’s new Mobile Services Van, call (803) 395-4708. |