General Practitioners

• Medical Weight Loss
• Pediatric Care
  Rhonda Cook, a native of Charleston, SC, joined LFM in January 2002. She earned her BSN a well as her MSN from USC. Rhonda has a special medical interest in pediatrics. She now lives in Chapin with her husband David and their four sons: Daniel, Adam, Andrew, and Matthew. Rhonda enjoys reading and shopping.
• Primary Care
  In 1996 we became a pilot site for the Physician’s Enhanced Plan (PEP) in partnership with SCDHEC. This program made sure that offices were available to patients and encouraged patients to call their primary care provider before presenting to the ER. It allowed emergency departments to call the primary care provider for non-urgent visits which saved the state over 1 million dollars in its first year. LFM participated in this initiative until its end in 2007.
• Smoking Cessation
• Family Practice
  Lovelace Family Medicine, PA was established in August 1988 by Dr. Oscar Lovelace, Jr. in honor of his grandfather, Drury Lovelace, a Prosperity dairy farmer. The office is located in the town of Prosperity, SC in Newberry County just off I-26, 30 miles west of Columbia, and 6 miles from Lake Murray. Since we opened our doors, our focus has been on providing comprehensive, preventative health care by emphasizing the physical, mental, and spiritual health of our patients.
• Emergency Care
  Recent studies find value in the boosters. One study looked only at adults age 65 or older, finding that the bivalent booster reduced the risk of hospitalization by 84% compared to someone not vaccinated, and 73% compared to someone who had received only the monovalent vaccine. Another study of adults found those who had gotten the bivalent were less likely to need COVID-related emergency room care or urgent care.
• Immunizations

Gynecologists

• Gynecology
  At Lovelace Family Medicine we are proud to offer a wide range of services to our patients. Beginning with a baby’s first two week child health check and continuing throughout our patient’s lives, we are proud to say that we take care of patients of all ages. In our office we are able to offer full primary care services for both pediatric and adult patients, including comprehensive preventive exams and Medicare Annual Wellness Visits, OB-GYN care including ultrasounds for OB patients, and a variety of procedures not normally available in primary care offices.
• Obstetrics
  Dr. Lovelace, originally from Columbia, founded LFM in 1988. He graduated from Clemson University in 1981 with honors, where he served as student body president, and from the Medical University of South Carolina in 1985. He served as chief resident at the University of Virginia in Family Medicine in 1988. Dr. Lovelace has special medical interests in obstetrics, as well as preventive and agricultural medicine. Dr. Lovelace was selected as the 2012 South Carolina Family Physician of the Year by the SC Academy of Family Physicians and the 2015 Academy of Family Physicians National Physician of the Year. He has also served as the chairman of the Governor’s Healthcare Taskforce. He and his wife Mary have four children: Ben, Spencer, Erin, and Luke. Dr. Lovelace enjoys shrimping, swimming, and playing hambone.
• Pregnancy
• Labor and Delivery
  We deliver at Newberry Hospital’s recently refurbished “New Beginnings” maternity department. Attractive, modern birthing rooms provide a relaxing atmosphere and encourage family participation. At the hospital, you will have the option of keeping your baby in the room with you as well as access to a fully equipped nursery. The well trained nursing staff at Newberry Hospital works with our doctors to give you the best possible birth and postpartum experience. Childbirth education classes are offered through Newberry Hospital.

Internists

• Nephrology
  Lindsay joined LFM in June of 2009. She is a Newberry native and married to another local, Jay Piersol. Lindsay received her BSN from Lander in 2006 and her MSN from Clemson in 2008. She has previously worked in oncology and nephrology. Lindsay and her husband have three children, Hunter, Olivia, and Harper. Lindsay enjoys spending time with her family, reading, and shopping.

Psychiatrists

• Mental Health

Endocrinologist

• Diabetes Care

Radiologist

• Ultrasound

Physical Therapists

• Sports Medicine