Nurse Practioner Veronica Smalheiser Joins Beaufort Memorial Lowcountry Medical Group
January 24, 2021
Beaufort Memorial Lowcountry Medical Group continues to expand its primary care services, adding a nurse practitioner to the 18-year-old practice.
Veronica Smalheiser, formerly a nurse practitioner for the Bridge to Home Transitional Care Program at Beaufort Memorial Hospital, will be working with Lowcountry Medical Group internists Drs. Nicholas Dardes and F. Carl Derrick III.
A First Honor Graduate of the Medical University of South Carolina with a Master of Science in Nursing, Smalheiser earned board certification as an Adult Nurse Practitioner and Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner in 2013. She is also board certified as a Cardiovascular Nurse Practitioner through the American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine.
As part of her graduate training, she worked more than 550 hours at the Lowcountry Medical Group, assessing, diagnosing and treating adult and geriatric patients. Her husband, Dr. Stuart Smalheiser, is an interventional cardiologist in the practice.
Smalheiser began her nursing career in 2007 at University of Florida, where she served as an intensive care nurse and charge nurse in the hospital’s coronary care unit.
She joined BMH in 2010 and went on to earn her certification as a critical care registered nurse. Prior to taking a position with Lowcountry Medical Group, Smalheiser worked for five years in Beaufort Memorial Hospital’s Emergency Department. The last four years, she also was working in the hospital’s radiology/catheterization lab.
Along with primary care, Beaufort Memorial Lowcountry Medical Group includes specialists in gastroenterology, gynecology, cardiology, oncology, neurology and orthopedics. It also offers outpatient imaging and lab services.
The office is located at 300 Midtown Drive, near the Parris Island Marine Corps Recruit Depot. For more information on the practice, visit www.lcmedicalgroup.com.
To schedule an appointment with Veronica Smalheiser or any of the other health care professionals at Beaufort Memorial Lowcountry Medical Group, call (843) 770-0404.