MUSC Health leaders and community partners celebrated the MUSC Health Bluffton Medical Pavilion's official opening. The ribbon-cutting marked a major milestone in expanding access to specialized healthcare in the Lowcountry.
“This ribbon cutting represents an important step forward in increasing access to high-quality, patient-centered care throughout South Carolina,” said Patrick J. Cawley, M.D., CEO, MUSC Health and executive vice president for Health Affairs, University. “By bringing additional cancer and specialty services, we are improving convenience for patients and strengthening the healthcare infrastructure that supports the Bluffton community and surrounding areas.”
The new three-story 54,000-square-foot medical pavilion consolidates existing services in the Bluffton area while introducing new specialties designed to enhance patient care and improve outcomes. Services offered at the pavilion include:
- Adult and pediatric primary care.
- A Hollings Cancer Center satellite clinic with oncology and infusion services.
- Pediatric specialty care and after-hours urgent care.
- Phlebotomy services.
- Pulmonary and sleep lab services.
- Vascular care.
Rapid population growth in Jasper and Beaufort counties increases the demand for accessible, high-quality healthcare. The pavilion improves access to coordinated, multidisciplinary care by bringing a broad range of providers and specialties into a single, convenient location.
“As Beaufort County continues to experience significant population growth, investments like this are critical to ensuring access,” said Rep. Bill Herbkersman. “This new pavilion helps meet the needs of our growing community while bringing more services closer to where people live and work.”
The MUSC Health Bluffton Medical Pavilion opened to patients on June 2.
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Founded in 1824 in Charleston, MUSC is the state’s only comprehensive academic health system, with a mission to preserve and optimize human life in South Carolina through education, research and patient care. Each year, MUSC educates nearly 3,500 students in six colleges and trains more than 1,060 residents and fellows across its health system. MUSC leads the state in research funding from the National Institutes of Health, including National Institute of General Medical Sciences COBRE awards. For information on our academic programs, visit musc.edu.
As the health care system of the Medical University of South Carolina, MUSC Health is dedicated to delivering the highest-quality and safest patient care while educating and training generations of outstanding health care providers and leaders to serve the people of South Carolina and beyond. In 2025, for the 11th consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report named MUSC Health University Medical Center in Charleston the No. 1 hospital in South Carolina. To learn more about clinical patient services, visit muschealth.org.
MUSC has a total enterprise annual operating budget of $8.9 billion. The more than 36,200 MUSC members include world-class faculty, physicians, specialty providers, scientists, contract employees, affiliates and care team members who deliver groundbreaking education, research and patient care.
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