Vidant Medical Group and Vidant Beaufort Hospital Welcome New Physicians to Beaufort County | Eastern North Carolina Now

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For Immediate Release:

    Washington, N.C.     Vidant Medical Group and Vidant Beaufort Hospital are pleased to announce the addition of three new physicians to the Beaufort County community.

    "We are excited about the addition of such quality physicians as Dr. Robert McLaurin, Dr. Urvi Ghandi and Dr. Quoc Phan to our network of providers in Beaufort County," said Travis Douglass, executive vice president and director of Vidant Medical Group. "We look forward to working with them in the region to improve access to care for our communities."

    Dr. Robert McLaurin, a radiation oncologist, will join the Marion L. Shepard Cancer Center in April. Dr. McLaurin received his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati College Of Medicine and completed a residency in radiation oncology at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. He is board certified and has more than 25 years of experience in radiation oncology. He also received an MBA from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School in 2001. Dr. McLaurin currently is president and CEO of Precision Radiation Oncology Systems and the director of the Franklin County (NC) Cancer Center.

    The staff at Vidant Internal Medicine -Washington, formerly Pamlico Internal Medicine, will welcome Dr. Urvi Gandhi to their practice this summer. Dr. Ghandi received her medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine and has spent the past three years completing her internal medicine residency at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, NJ. Dr. Ghandi takes personal interest in the community in which she serves by volunteering. She has participated in the Big Brother/Big Sister - Little Brother/Little Sister tutoring program, participated in annual food and clothing drives, helped disabled patients through aquatic rehabilitation and she has volunteered with Habitat for Humanity.

    The staff at Vidant Family Medicine - Chocowinity, formerly Chocowinity Family Care, will welcome Dr. Quoc Phan later this summer as well. Dr. Phan received his medical degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, TN in 2005 and completed his residency training at Duke University in family medicine in 2008. Dr. Phan comes to Beaufort County from Alaska, however spent the early part of his medical career at Cape Fear Valley Hospital in Fayetteville and two years at CarolinaEast Health System in New Bern. He owns a home in the New Bern area and is looking forward to returning to eastern North Carolina.

    "We are pleased to welcome these physicians to the medical staff at Vidant Beaufort Hospital and to our local medical community," says Harvey Case, president of Vidant Beaufort Hospital. The addition of these new physicians in Beaufort County will help further our mission of providing excellent access to care to the people of our region."

    For more information please contact:

    Pam Shadle,
      Manager of Marketing, Public Relations and Development
      Vidant Beaufort Hospital

      Phone: (252) 975-4134 or pam.shadle@vidanthealth.com