News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 17, 2012
MEDIA CONTACT: Stephanie Poyant
Public Information Officer
Southcoast Health System
Office: 508-961-5280
Cell: 774-634-1460
Fax: 508-961-5876
Pager: 508-387-2532
poyants@southcoast.org
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W. Scott Keigwin, DO, joins Southcoast Physicians Group
TIVERTON, R.I. — Southcoast Health System has announced that family practice
physician, W. Scott Keigwin, DO, has joined Southcoast Physicians Group and will see patients
at Tiverton Family Medicine, 1334 Main Road in Tiverton, R.I.
Dr. Keigwin received his doctor of osteopathic medicine from Kansas City University in
Kansas City, Mo. He completed his residency at Dartmouth Family Practice Medical Center in
Lebanon, N.H., and Augusta, Maine, and his internship at Lutheran Medical Center in New York
City. He is certified by the American Board of Family Practice.
Dr. Keigwin is an Associate Professor at the Alpert Medical School at Brown University
in Providence, R.I. He was the Medical Director of Hospice at Visiting Nurse Services of
Newport and Bristol Counties. He is also a member of the American Academy of Hospice and
Palliative Care and certified in medical acupuncture. He has served as Hospice Medical Director
for 12 years.
Dr. Keigwin has been practicing in Tiverton for more than 18 years. He is accepting new
patients and will offer walk-in hours and evening appointments. For appointments call 401-6255552.
About Southcoast Health System & Southcoast Hospitals Group
Southcoast Health System is a community based health delivery system with multiple
access points, offering an integrated continuum of health services throughout Southeastern
Massachusetts and 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,
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/.
Southcoast™ is a trademark of Southcoast Health System Inc.
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