Contact: Danielle Perry
Phone: (978) 463-1175
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August __, 2012
Anna Jaques Hospital Welcomes
Internist Dr. Lydia Jeffcoat
Internal Medicine Specialist Returns to Newburyport and Joins Coastal Medical
Associates
NEWBURYPORT, Mass. --- Anna Jaques Hospital announces the relocation of internal
medicine specialist Lydia Jeffcoat, MD. Dr. Jeffcoat will join respected internal medicine
specialists Kay A. Ficht, MD and William G. Jackson, MD; and Nurse Practitioners Melissa A.
Mahoney, ANP-BC, and Anja J. Comeau, FNP-BC. Located at the Newburyport Medical Center,
Coastal Medical Associates is known for providing comprehensive care for adults. Dr. Jeffcoat is
clinically interested in women’s health issues as well as fitness and nutrition. She is known
throughout the Merrimack Valley for her warm bedside manner is considered one of the area’s
finest primary care physicians.
“It is a unique experience to return to the place where I began my career as a physician
almost 20 years ago,” said Dr. Jeffcoat. “Anna Jaques offers an experience that is the best of both
worlds for my patients – technology and expertise, as well as a warm and caring environment.
Newburyport is a wonderful community and I am eager to partner with my patients to actively
engage in their health care.”
Board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr. Jeffcoat earned her
medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina.
She completed both her internship and residency at the University of South Florida College of
Medicine. Her professional affiliations include the American College of Physicians and the
American Medical Association.
Dr. Jeffcoat will see patients after September 4, 2012. Coastal Medical also offers
convenient walk in hours for sick visits Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 9:00am.
Appointments can be made by calling (978) 465–0635. More information can also be found at
http://www.coastalmedical.net or contacting coastalmedical@ajh.org.
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