SouthCoast Health continues to grow and expand its services with the addition of three new physicians: Drs. Ryann E. Cowart, Christa L. Jillard and Margaret B. McCormack.

Dr. Cowart will practice family medicine out of SouthCoast Health’s Eisenhower Drive office in Savannah. Dr. Jillard is a general surgeon who will practice out of SouthCoast Health’s Hodgson Memorial Drive office in Savannah, Liberty Medical Center office in Hinesville and Westbury Park office in Bluffton, S.C. Dr. McCormack is a doctor of osteopathic medicine specializing in internal medicine. Dr. McCormack will be the hospital-based primary care physician whose exclusive role will be to manage SouthCoast Health patients admitted to Candler Hospital in Savannah.
 
“These three physicians represent tremendous assets to our practice,” SouthCoast Health administrator John Marrero said. “Our goal is to offer the best care possible in as many locations as we can and these three well credentialed individuals, with their range of specialties, will enable us to do that on a larger scale.”

Dr. Cowart will help to boost SouthCoast Health’s primary care services in family medicine. Dr. Cowart was born and raised in Savannah before her family relocated to western North Carolina, where she attended high school. She said she is delighted to be back practicing medicine in her hometown.

Dr. Jillard performed a fellowship in endocrine surgery and will be SouthCoast Health’s third surgeon in that specialty, joining Dr. E. Stephen Yeager and Dr. Jeffrey S. Mandel, both of whom are experienced in thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal and pancreatic disorders. In addition to endocrine surgery, Dr. Jillard’s other areas of focus will be breast surgery and women’s health.

As a hospital-based physician, Dr. McCormack will devote all of her professional time to the care of hospitalized patients and will not see patients outside of the hospital. She will have access to the patient’s complete medical history and will work hand-in-hand with the patients’ primary care physician to coordinate treatment and care.