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Summerville residents of all ages are
well-served by the dedicated medical
community in Dorchester County
and its neighbors. With the many
primary care and specialty medical
offices in the area, the residents of
our community are assured of timely,
professional and accessible care.

Lowcountry Care

Summerville Medical Center is a facility of Trident
Health, which also includes Trident Medical Center,
SMC Grows Services for Women and Children two freestanding emergency rooms, Moncks Corner
Medical Center and Centre Point Emergency, and two
urgent care centers, CareNow Urgent Care Goose Creek
The Southern hospitality and charm The construction and renovations of the and CareNow Urgent Care North Charleston.
that define the Lowcountry must be women’s and children’s care unit include:
irresistible because people just can’t stay construction of a nearly 50,000 square foot Summerville Medical Center
away. Dorchester County, along with nearby space that will provide an additional 30 patient 295 Midland Parkway
Berkeley and Charleston counties, are beds; the addition of comfort-focused labor and Summerville, SC 29485
welcoming 50 new residents into the area delivery rooms; a C-section procedure room; (843) 832-5000
each day, and the influx is expected to be a newborn nursery rooms and Level II Nursery
three-year trend. The results: nearly 55,000 rooms; and advanced monitoring and imaging Summerville area residents have additional options
new residents by 2019. equipment to support an intensive care step- for healthcare, including Trident Medical Center, Roper
Summerville Medical Center (SMC), a down unit. St. Francis, the Medical University of South Carolina,
hospital within the Trident Health system, and the Dorchester County Health Department.
Trident Health’s Trident Medical Center is

is prepared to meet the demand of this big “ Last year, more than 2,600 considered North Charleston’s critical care hospital. The
population expanse in an equally big way. The 313-bed facility includes a Level II Trauma Center and
theme of families has been the heart of SMC at Trident Health with more than the Joseph M. Still Burn Clinic. The hospital’s breadth of
1,100 babies born at SMC.
for the past 25 years, which is what led to families welcomed new babies “ services includes specialty facilities such as the award-
their new consolidation project for women’s Lisa Valentine, CEO winning Heart Center, Trident Breast Care Center, and
and children’s services. This $53 million Summerville Medical Center the South Carolina Institute for Robotic Surgery. Trident
expansion project broke ground in Medical Center’s expertise also includes behavioral
March 2017. health through Lowcountry Transitions, a 17-bed unit
“With today’s groundbreaking we look Children’s services are expanding as well. for patients with mental illness.
forward to the next chapter in what we think In addition to the hospital’s pediatric ER, Supporting the hospital’s services is a team of
is a unique and warm relationship with Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), and more than 1,000 employees and a medical staff of
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), SMC has
Greater Summerville families,” SMC’s CEO recently added board-certified and fellowship- more than 500 physicians. Through their expertise,
Lisa Valentine commented during the event. trained pediatric specialists in general surgery, attention to detail, and compassionate patient and
When completed, the expansion will gastroenterology, ear, nose and throat, plastic family-centered care the hospital has earned a wide
allow Trident Health to consolidate all of its surgery, and radiology. variety of national accreditations. Chief among these
women’s and children’s services at SMC. The Women’s Hospital with an additional are: Advanced Certification for Heart Failure; Advanced
“We look forward to having our physician 30 beds, Labor & Delivery rooms, and Level Certification as a Primary Stroke Center; Hip and Knee
specialists, subspecialists, Level II Nursery II Nursery opened in May 2018. Summerville Joint Replacement Accreditation.
professionals, and other staff who care for Medical Center will celebrate the fully completed Located in one of the fastest growing regions in
women and children at our hospital in one center in spring 2019. South Carolina’s Lowcountry, Trident Medical Center is
location,” said Valentine. ~by Dana Brown preparing for future growth. A $13.5 million expansion

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