Board-Certified Medical Oncologist

Comes to Beaufort Memorial

Darren E. Mullins, M.D., a board-certified, fellowship-trained medical oncologist, has joined Beaufort Memorial Oncology Specialists, part of the hospital’s nationally recognized Keyserling Cancer Center in Beaufort.

Dr. Mullins brings extensive knowledge of the full range of established and emerging therapies—among them chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, biological therapy, immunotherapy and targeted therapy—to the treatment of a wide variety of cancers, including those of the breast, prostate, head and neck, GI system and blood.

The Tennessee native had spent the whole of his career at medical oncology practices in the South before deciding to, as he put it, “do something different.” In 2017 he accepted an offer to establish a new practice and service line at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska, returning to home base after six rewarding, productive years to join Beaufort Memorial. No stranger to the Palmetto State, Mullins founded Waccamaw Oncology in Georgetown/Murrells Inlet and practiced there from 2002 through 2013.

He holds a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham and a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry, cum laude, from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, and completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis and a fellowship in medical oncology at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center in Charlottesville,

(now known as UVA Health).

“Dr. Mullins brings unmistakable expertise and compassion to the practice of medical oncology, a specialty that requires both,” said Russell Baxley, president and chief executive officer at Beaufort Memorial. “Area patients will greatly benefit from his care.”

Awarded full accreditation with special commendation from the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons, the Keyserling Cancer Center in Beaufort and the New River Cancer Center in Okatie provide access to medical oncology, radiation oncology, cancer surgeries, and lab, imaging, infusion and breast health services. Both centers are affiliated with the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC Health) and its experienced subspecialists to provide additional treatment options when needed, as well as access to promising clinical trials, allowing local treatment for even the most complex cancers.

As part of the hospital’s two cancer centers, the Beaufort Memorial Oncology Specialists practice offers treatment for broadly ranging cancers and benign hematological conditions. Dr. Mullins will treat patients at the Beaufort medical oncology office, located in suite 310 of Beaufort Medical Plaza, 989 Ribaut Road, with board-certified nurse practitioners Katy Jones and Susanne Baisch. Dr. Stephen Tiley leads the Okatie medical oncology office at the New River Cancer Center, located in the Okatie Medical Pavilion, 122 Okatie Center Blvd. North.

For more information or to make an appointment with Mullins or any of the other medical oncology providers, call (843) 522-7350, or visit BeaufortMemorial.org/cancer.