BEAUFORT MEMORIAL WELCOMES
the following new doctors to the
medical staf:
Cathy Bagley, MD,
an obstetri-
cian/gynecologist, has joined the
staff at Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton
Comprehensive Health Services,
Inc., and is seeing patients at
Port Royal Medical Center. She
received her medical degree from
Dartmouth/Brown Program in
Medicine in Hanover, N.H., in
1986. She completed her residency
in obstetrics and gynecology at
Cook County Hospital in Chicago
in 1990. She is board-certified in
obstetrics and gynecology.
Erik Baker, MD,
an internal
medicine specialist, has joined
the staf at Blufton Primary Care
and will begin seeing patients
there in February. He comes to us
from Jamestown, N.Y., where he
has been in private practice since
1999. A graduate of the University
of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in
1996, Dr. Baker completed his in-
ternal medicine residency at UPMC
Montefore/Presbyterian Hospitals
Program in 1999. He is board-
certifed in internal medicine.
Candace Renee Clocker, MD,
a
pediatric specialist, has joined the
staf at Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton
Comprehensive Health Services,
Inc., and is seeing patients at
Chelsea Medical Center. She
received her medical degree from
Saint George’s School of Medicine
in Grenada, West Indies, in 2007.
She completed her pediatric
residency at Saint Joseph’s Hospital
and Regional Medical Center in
Paterson, N.J., in 2010. She is board-
eligible in pediatrics.
M. Randy Dalbow, MD,
an
PROVIDING OPTIMAL CARE
to
patients with cancer takes a team
approach, and the role of the pri-
mary care physician in that care is
increasingly critical as the ranks of
cancer survivors continue to grow
and people are living longer follow-
ing a diagnosis.
Tis was the focus of a physician
education symposium co-presented
by the Duke University School of
Medicine and Beaufort Memorial
Hospital in mid-November. Te
Beaufort Memorial Cancer Program
Erik Baker, MD
Kimberly N. Davis,
MD
Cathy Bagley, MD
Candace Renee
Clocker, MD
New doctors join BMH staf
and Keyserling Cancer Center are
afliated with Duke.
“Cancer screening, treatment
and management practices evolve
so quickly, and a patient’s primary
care physician is often in the best
position to provide counseling
and ongoing health management
to patients who are at high risk or
who have survived a cancer diag-
nosis,” says BMH Oncology Services
Medical Director Majd Chahin, MD,
medical oncologist.
Called “Managing the Health
Healthy living, even with cancer
BMH, Duke educate doctors about managing cancer patients’ health
M. Randy
Dalbow, MD
internal medicine specialist, will
join Philip Cusumano, MD, at
Lady’s Island Internal Medicine
in April. He comes to Beaufort
from the University of Pittsburgh
Medical Center. Before that, he was
in solo practice in Wexford, Pa., for
18 years. He received his medi-
cal degree from the Autonomous
University of Guadalajara,Mexico.
He completed his residency in
internal medicine at Allegheny
General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa.
He is board-certifed in internal
medicine.
Kimberly N. Davis, MD,
a
pediatric specialist, has joined
the practice of Dr. James Simmons
at All Children’s Pediatrics. She
received her medical degree from
Stony Brook School of Medicine in
Stony Brook, N.Y., in 2004. She com-
pleted her pediatric residency at
Children’s National Medical Center
in Washington, D.C., in 2007. She is
board-certifed in pediatrics.
of Your Patients with Cancer,” the
half-day program was designed for
primary care physicians, physician
assistants, nurse practitioners,
surgeons, and others who manage
the long-term health of patients. It
was held at the Beaufort Memorial
Keyserling Cancer Center and fea-
tured discussions on topics ranging
from “Te Role of Diet and Exercise
in Breast Cancer” to “Targeted
Terapies for Colon Cancer.”
Panelists included local cancer
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