Pulmonologist joins McCready medical staff

Dr. Jon R. Beacher is the newest member of the health-care team at the McCready Outpatient Center in Crisfield.

Beacher is a pulmonology, critical-care and sleep medicine specialist. He previously was a member of Peninsula Pulmonary Associates.

He sees patients with breathing disorders and coordinates smoking cessation strategies. He also has a special interest in the diagnosis and management of patients with lung cancer.

He earned his medical degree from the University of Chicago School of Medicine. He completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at Rush Presbyterian - St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago, followed by fellowships in pulmonary and critical-care medicine at New York University and Rush Presbyterian - St. Luke's medical centers.

With nearly two decades of experience, Beacher also has conducted medical research, taught and spearheaded program development for hospitals where he has worked.

“Raising the quality of care for clinical medicine has always been a goal of mine,” Beacher says.

Long-range plans call for Beacher to see patients in Princess Anne, where he anticipates holding office hours each Friday – once renovations to the Brittingham Lane building next to the Food Lion grocery store are complete.