July 5, 2016
West Columbia, S.C. – Lexington Medical Center is pleased to welcome W. Randal Westerkam, MD, FAAPMR, RMSK, to its network of care. Dr. Westerkam joins the board-certified physicians at Lexington Brain and Spine Institute as a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician, or physiatrist.
Dr. Westerkam will treat a wide variety of medical conditions affecting the brain, spinal cord, nerves, bones, joints, ligaments, muscles and tendons. By thoroughly evaluating patients’ conditions, needs and expectations, Dr. Westerkam is able to create treatment plans that improve their quality of life without surgery.
A physiatrist can help people with persistent pain or limited function as a result of an accident, injury or chronic condition; people considering surgery or those recovering from it; anyone with an illness or treatment for an illness that has diminished his or her energy or ability to move easily; patients recovering from the effects of a stroke or other problems related to nerve damage; and people with chronic pain from arthritis, a repetitive stress injury or back problems.
Board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation with additional certification in sports medicine and American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography certification in musculoskeletal sonography, Dr. Westerkam is an American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Fellow and a National Board of Medical Examiners Diplomate. With nearly 20 years of experience in private practice, he most recently worked in Columbia and served as an assistant professor at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine.
Dr. Westerkam graduated cum laude from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina with a Bachelor of Science in psychology and earned his Doctor of Medicine from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. After his internship at University of North Carolina Hospitals in Chapel Hill, Dr. Westerkam completed a physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. He also served as chief resident.
Dr. Westerkam is accepting new patients.
Lexington Brain and Spine Institute
146 North Hospital Drive, Suite 120B
West Columbia, SC 29169
(803) 936-7035
LexingtonBrainAndSpine.com
Lexington Medical Center is a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It anchors a health care network that includes five community medical centers and employs a staff of more than 8,000 health care professionals. The hospital is ranked best hospital in the Columbia Metro and #2 hospital in South Carolina by U.S. News & World Report and was named one of the “Best Places to Work in South Carolina” by SC Biz News, in partnership with the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and Best Companies Group. Lexington Medical Cancer Center is an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence and has a clinical research and education affiliation with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center. The network includes a cardiovascular program recognized by the American College of Cardiology as South Carolina's first HeartCARE Center. The network also has an occupational health center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, an Alzheimer's care center and more than 70 physician practices. Lexington Medical Center operates one of the busiest Emergency departments in South Carolina, treating nearly 100,000 patients each year. The hospital delivers more than 4,000 babies each year and performs more than 25,000 surgeries. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies.
