Summerville Medical Becomes 1st in State with OB/GYN Hospitalist

Summerville Medical Center has partnered with Ob Hospitalist Group to provide 24/7 obstetrics and gynecological hospital care.

The program will be available in August. Summerville Medical will be the first in the state to offer a program with a dedicated OB/GYN hospitalist team, where all obstetricians and gynecologists participating in the program are board certified, and have received additional training in advanced fetal monitoring, risk management and operative delivery.

The OB/GYN Hospitalists at 94-bed Summerville Medical Center are: Susie Wilson, MD; Tawanna Gilliard, MD; Melissa Pearce, MD; Greg Miller, MD; and Ann Gorman, MD. 

If for some reason a patient’s personal physician is not available, or if the patient does not have a physician, the OB/GYN hospitalist will evaluate the progress of the patient’s labor to provide a safe, healthy delivery, or will assess her gynecologic condition as appropriate.

OB/GYN hospitalists are active members of the Summerville Medical Center medical staff and communicate directly with key medical personnel in the hospital, including medical and surgical consultants, discharge planners, social workers, clergy, and others. This communication is essential to ensure a positive, safe and comfortable experience throughout the patient’s delivery process.

The goal of the new service will be to give patients quicker access to individual care, in the event their personal physician is not available or if they do not have a personal physician.