Dr. William Strat STAVROU, Sr.^{[1, 2]}

• Name	William Strat STAVROU  [3, 4]
  Prefix	Dr.
  Suffix	Sr.
  Gender	Male
  HIST	of Sumter, South Carolina New cardiology practice opens Palmetto Health addressing 1 of area’s top concerns PHOTO PROVIDED From left, Dr. Francis R. Gilliam III, Dr. Thomas W. Schultz and Dr. W. Strat Stavrou have opened a new cardiology practice in Sumter. Posted Friday, December 9, 2016 6:00 am GEDDINGS BY JIM HILLEY JIM@THEITEM.COM Palmetto Health-USC Medical Group has announced the opening of a new cardiology practice in Sumter. Palmetto Heart, a practice for advanced cardiac care opened at 250 W. Wesmark Blvd. on Oct. 5. "With Palmetto Health coming to the Sumter community, we knew it would be important to provide excellent heart care for our community," said Practice Manager Tiffany Geddings. Geddings said a recent community health survey showed heart disease as one of the top-three health concerns in Sumter along with diabetes and obesity. "Obviously, there is a need for excellent heart health care, and we wanted to bring that to Sumter," she said. "There is no need for someone to have to drive 90 miles to get good care." Practicing with Palmetto Heart in Sumter will be Dr. Thomas Schultz, a graduate of the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is board certified in interventional cardiovascular medicine and internal medicine. Also practicing with the organization is Dr. F. Roosevelt "Rosey" Gilliam III, a graduate of Duke University School of Medicine; and Dr. Strat Stavrou, a graduate of the Medical University of South Carolina. Geddings said Schultz is an interventionalist and Gilliam is an electrophysiologist, which she describes as being like a "plumber" and an "electrician." The plumber, or the interventionalist, takes care of things that clog up the arteries or effects blood flow, she said. An electrophysiologist takes care of the electrical impulses of the heart, such as de-fibrillators, implants and pacemakers, she said. "Anything that has to do with the rhythm of the heart," Geddings said. "They both practice general cardiology, which can be anything from congestive heart failure to high blood pressure, uncontrolled blood pressure, atrial fibrillation - anything that goes along with your heart function." She said Stavrous practiced in the Sumter area for more than 30 years before moving his practice to Manning. "He's coming back to Sumter and starts with us on Monday," Geddings said. "He is a general cardiologist and has done some (surgical) procedures before, but mainly he is here to see patients day in and day out in the office." Geddings said a primary goal of the practice is to say "yes" to patients. "Yes, we can either do it ourselves or we can find a facility or organization - hopefully here at Palmetto Health Tuomey - (that can treat the patient), but if they can't, we will send to them Columbia. We are trying to build Tuomey," she said. Geddings said Palmetto Heart is planning to move to the fourth floor of the Medical Office Building on the Tuomey campus so the physicians can be on call for immediate needs and to allow for future expansion. "It is our goal to add another two cardiologists to bring us up to six," she said, including Dr. Osbourne Schuler whose practice is affiliated as USC Pediatric Cardiology. "We are striving to find excellent physicians who meet our standard of care for patients," Geddings said. She said Sumter patients will find many of the staff of Palmetto Heart are familiar faces. "My staff, including myself, have all worked in cardiology - most of them for 14 to 25 years - in this community," she said. "A lot of our patients know our staff, making them extremely comfortable. "It is not only good to have excellent physician care but it doesn't matter how good the physician is if the staff is terrible," she said. Palmetto Heart is located at 250 W. Wesmark Blvd., and is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays and from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays.  [1, 2, 3]
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  Father	William Dowie STAVROU   d. Bef 22 Feb 2003
  Mother	Agnes EDGE,   b. 1931, Socastee, South Carolina d. 16 Apr 2017, National Healthcare Center, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 86 years)
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  Family	Janice GUESS
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  Children	1. William Strat “Strat” STAVROU, Jr.   2. Jackson Guess STAVROU   3. Miles Cauthen “Cauthen” STAVROU
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