Founded in 1970, Hawthorn Medical Associates serves over 138,000 patients annually and has more than 150 of the area's finest primary and specialty care physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners. Hawthorn's primary care and specialty physicians are supported by a network of diagnostic and treatment services that are provided by skilled staff. When patients need an MRI, a colonoscop
y, help managing a medical condition or other specialty services, Hawthorn Medical can conveniently meet that need locally rather than having our patients travel to a hospital or outside of the area. Hawthorn Medical joined forces with Steward Health Care System to enhance patient care on the South Coast. Steward Health Care provides access to affordable, high-quality and economically sustainable care and wellness in ways never before imagined. Today, Steward Health Care is the largest private, physician-led health care network—caring for millions of people across the U.S.