St. Joseph's/Candler - SC Cancer Specialists

St. Joseph’s/Candler and South Carolina Cancer Specialists work together to provide residents of Bluffton, Hilton Head and the rest of the Low Country the most advanced treatment options without having to go far from home.

South Carolina Cancer Specialists serve LCRP patients in the Low Country

With two locations in the Low Country, SC Cancer Specialists offer advanced chemotherapy and other infusion services. Additionally, patients have access to the full range of services provided by the Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion including genetic counseling, dietitian, survivorship program, board-certified pharmacists and clinical trials. Dr. Gary W. Thomas is the medical director of the St. Joseph’s/Candler-SC Cancer Specialists partnership. Dr. Thomas has been practicing oncology and hematology in the Low Country since 1993. He is joined by Dr. Gregory Haidemenos and Dr. J. Keegan Bakos.

The Highest Quality Cancer Care

SC Cancer Specialists successfully completed a three-year certification program for outpatient hematology-oncology practices that meet nationally recognized standards for quality cancer care. It is the only practice in the Low Country and Savannah region to earn the certification. The recognition comes from the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Quality Oncology Practice Initiative Certification Program (QOPI). 

Dr. Gary Thomas, board-certified medical oncologist and Medical Director SC Cancer Specialists St. Joseph’s/Candler.
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Jonathan K. Bakos, MD

Jonathan K. Bakos, MD

Hematology/Oncology Internal Medicine

St. Joseph's/Candler - SC Cancer Specialists
45 Hospital Center Commons
Hilton Head, SC 29926
(843) 689-2895
St. Joseph's/Candler - SC Cancer Specialists - Bluffton
100 Buckwalter Place Boulevard
Bluffton, SC 29910
(843) 208-2895

About Jonathan K. Bakos, MD

Dr. J. Keegan Bakos earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in zoology from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He then earned his Doctor of Medicine from Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine in Fairborn, Ohio. Dr. Bakos did both his internship and residency in internal medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. That was followed by his fellowship in hematology and oncology also at MUSC. Dr. Bakos is licensed to practice in both Georgia and South Carolina and is board certified in internal medicine. He’s a member of the American College of Physicians, American Society of Hematology, American Society of Clinical Oncology and South Carolina Oncology Society.