Gastroenterologist, Nurse Practitioner Join Beaufort Memorial Lowcountry Medical Group Specialty Care
June 26, 2023
To address the shortage of digestive health services for residents of Beaufort County and beyond, Beaufort Memorial has added two new board-certified providers to Beaufort Memorial Lowcountry Medical Group Specialty Care. Michael Sciarra, D.O., a gastroenterologist, and Marie Wilkinson, a nurse practitioner, will see patients by appointment at the practice locations in Beaufort and Okatie.
Dedicated to preventing, diagnosing and treating disorders of the digestive system and associated organs, Sciarra brings a range of expertise to the practice of gastroenterology. Fellowship trained, he specializes in performing routine and complex GI procedures as well as in treating chronic and acute GI disease.
Sciarra, who was born, raised, educated and trained as a physician in New Jersey, also had practiced in the state—15 miles from where he grew up—for the entirety of his medical career before coming to the Lowcountry. In private practice at Riverview Gastroenterology in Edgewater since 1997, he was at the time of his relocation on the medical staff at three nearby medical centers; the director of the gastroenterology fellowship program at Hackensack Meridian/Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen and Hackensack; and an associate professor at Touro University's Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in New York City.
He earned his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Osteopathic Medicine (now known as Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine), then completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in gastroenterology at Saint Michael’s Medical Center in Newark.
Wilkinson comes with in-depth experience in the provision of urgent and emergency care. At Lowcountry Medical’s gastroenterology practice, she works to promote patients’ digestive health, assisting its board-certified gastroenterologists and advanced practice providers with clinical assessment and pre- and post-operative care.
Most recently, she served as a nurse practitioner at Tampa General Hospital Urgent Care in Florida and assisted in the opening of the Clinical Decision Unit in TGH’s emergency department, overseeing care for patients who were not yet ready for transfer or discharge.
The Delaware native holds a master's degree in nursing with a family nurse practitioner specialty and a bachelor's degree in nursing from the University of Delaware.
“We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Sciarra and Ms. Wilkinson to our medical staff,” said Russell Baxley, president and chief executive officer at Beaufort Memorial. “As members of our gastroenterology clinical team, the two will not only provide patients with expert care, but also help us to meet the area’s critical need for additional GI services.”
At the practice, Sciarra and Wilkinson join board-certified gastroenterologists John Crisologo, M.D. and Richard Stewart, D.O. and certified physician assistants Kristen Johnson and Kimberly Thorpe.
With locations at 300 Midtown Drive in Beaufort and Beaufort Memorial Okatie Medical Pavilion, 122 Okatie Center Blvd. North, Okatie, Beaufort Memorial Lowcountry Medical Group Specialty Care is a multispecialty practice that provides a full range of women’s health and digestive health services, including prevention, diagnosis and treatment, case management and care coordination. The medical group includes providers specializing in gynecology and gastroenterology. Imaging and laboratory services are available onsite.
For more information or to make an appointment with Sciarra, Wilkinson or any of our other GI providers, call 843-770-4588.
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