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Surfside

1600 Hwy. 17 North
Surfside Beach, SC 29575

Phone: (843) 238-1461
Fax: (843) 828-0622

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Hours

Mon Fri - 8 am - 8 pm
Sat - 8 am - 8 pm
Sun - 8 am - 8 pm

Insurance providers
for this location:

  • Aetna/non-CCN (except when another PCP is listed on card)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal (FEP)
  • Blue Choice
  • Humana (except Open Access (EPO))
  • ChoiceCare Network or CCN (includes Aetna under the CCN network)
  • First Health
  • Great West
  • MedCost
  • Medicaid - SC Only
  • Medicare - Part B
  • SuperMed (formerly Carolina Care Plan and PHS) - Urgent Care Only
  • Select Health
  • Tricare
  • United Healthcare - Urgent Care Only
  • Unison - Urgent Care Only
  • Wellpath
  • Cigna Healthcare
  • Beech Street
  • Tricare Prime (Pre-authorization required)
  • Coventry
  • Blue Choice Medicaid
  • Absolute Total Care
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield State (SHP)
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Mark A. Gauthier, MD

  • Graduated from the University of Nebraska in Omaha
  • ACLS Provider and Instructor
  • ATLS Provider
  • Member of the American College of Emergency Physicians, ACEP, and Emergency Residents Association
  • Presentor for the ACEP Scientific Assembly

James C. Hughes III, MD

  • Board-certified by the American Board of Surgery
  • MD degree from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC
  • General rotating internship and 5 years general surgery residency at MUSC
  • BS from the University of South Carolina
  • Federal Aviation Administration Senior Aviation Medical Examiner
  • Lt. Commander, US Naval Reserves, US Naval Hospital, Charleston, SC
  • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and member of the South Carolina Surgical Society
  • Member of US Coast Guard Auxiliary
  • Dr. Hughes is a pilot. Other interests include photography and salt water fishing

James D. Woodcock, FNP

  • Board-certified in Family Practice by the American Nurses Credentialing Center
  • Master of Science, Family Nurse Practitioner, Sage Graduate School, Albany, NY
  • Bachelor of Arts in Nursing from the University of South Carolina/Coastal Carolina University
  • Licensed Family Nurse Practitioner with prescriptive privileges
  • Current certifications in ACLS, BLS, PALS
  • Member of American College of Nurse Practitioners and American Nurses Credentialing Center

Jeanne P. Gates, PA

  • Certified Physician Assistant
  • Graduate, Physician Assistant Program, University of Pennsylvania, Hershey, PA
  • AS degree, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT
  • Previous Emergency Department PA and Nurse
  • Practised as Staff Nurse, Hawaii, Guam, Virgin Islands
  • former disaster Nurse in MASH unit
  • Instituted Diabetes education and counseling groups in several areas of the United States