A new cardiologist has joined Dosher Memorial Hospital’s medical staff.
 
James McCriskin has opened a cardiologist physician practice at Dosher Wellness Center located at 3009 Medical Plaza Lane in Southport, according to officials with Dosher Memorial Hospital. The office is staffed by McCriskin, who is with NHRMC Physician Group-Cape Fear Heart Associates.
 
McCriskin is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a Fellow of the College of Cardiology.
 
Dosher Wellness Center is home to board-certified family medicine physicians Kristos Vaughan and Leigh Vaughan. The hospital's Cardiac Rehabilitation, satellite Physical Therapy and X-ray services were relocated to the complex.

Cape Fear Heart Associates is Dosher’s first tenant at the medical complex that opened last September.
 
The building was financed through a partnership of St. James Plantation and Summit Healthcare Group, a private developer, at a cost of $6 million. Dosher holds a master lease on the building from the partnership and received funding for an additional $1.9 million to equip the facility for specific health and wellness services.