News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 7, 2014
MEDIA CONTACT: Peter Cohenno
Public Information Officer
Southcoast Health
Office: 508-973-5280
Mobile: 774-218-5530
cohennop@southcoast.org
www.southcoast.org/news/releases/
Amy Anderson, DO, endocrinologist, joins Southcoast Physicians Group
FALL RIVER, Mass. — Southcoast® Health today announced that Amy Anderson, DO, endocrinologist,
has joined Southcoast Physicians Group, and will see patients at 1030 President Ave., Suite 107, in Fall
River.
Prior to coming to Southcoast Health, Dr. Anderson completed her fellowship in endocrinology at
the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville, Va.
Dr. Anderson earned her doctorate in osteopathic medicine from Nova Southeastern College of
Osteopathic Medicine in Davie, Fla., where she also earned a masters of public health. She completed an
internship and residency in internal medicine in the Women’s Health Track at Virginia Commonwealth
University in Richmond, Va.
Dr. Anderson was awarded the Arthur Klein, MD Award for Humanism in Medicine at Virginia
Commonwealth University, and the Clinical Fellows Travel Grant and Abstract Award (Pfizer) from the
Endocrine Society. Her research project, “Etiologic Factors of Obesity Associated Hyperandrogenemia
During Puberty” was awarded the Endocrine Fellows Foundation – Endocrine Research Grant, and she
has been published in a number of peer-reviewed journals and other publications.
Dr. Anderson is board certified in internal medicine. She is a member of the Endocrine Society
and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. To schedule an appointment, call 508-676-
3411.
About Southcoast Health & Southcoast Hospitals Group
Southcoast Health is a community based health delivery system with multiple access points,
offering an integrated continuum of health services throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and East Bay,
Rhode Island. It includes the three hospitals that make up Southcoast Hospitals Group — Charlton
Memorial Hospital in Fall River, St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford and Tobey Hospital in Wareham.
Southcoast provides advanced clinical services, such as open heart surgery, angioplasty and heart
rhythm services, comprehensive cancer care, neurosurgery, weight loss surgery, plastic surgery, hand
surgery, orthopedic surgery, advanced imaging services and is the only provider of maternity services in
the region.
Southcoast is a not-for-profit charitable organization that depends on the support of the
community to provide services. More information is available online at www.southcoast.org. Connect to
Southcoast through social media at www.southcoast.org/connect/.
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