About Us
Sandhills Pediatrics traces our roots to the first pediatrician in the Southeast, Dr. William S. Weston, who began practicing in the early 1900′s. We were founded in 1975 by Dr. S. Nelson Weston and Dr. Charles A. James with the merger of their successful practices. Dr. Nelson Weston is the grandson of Dr. William S. Weston and also practiced with his father, Dr. William S. Weston, Jr. Dr. James founded his original practice in 1960. Our founders have since retired but we continue to carry their long and distinguished history of comprehensive pediatric care into the future.
Currently we have nineteen pediatricians, all of whom are certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, to serve the needs of your children and adolescents. We have expanded to five convenient locations to better serve the entire Midlands region. We are committed to provide the highest quality comprehensive and caring pediatric care available anywhere to children and adolescents from birth through the college years.
Locations in; Downtown Columbia, Northeast Columbia, Irmo, Lexington and West Columbia
Absolute Total Care: Individualized Approaches to South Carolina Healthcare
Absolute Total Care has a commitment to improving the health of the community one individual at time through affordable and reliable health care plans.
We do this through our focus on the individual, whole health and local involvement.
Focus on individuals. We believe treating people with kindness, respect and dignity empowers healthy decisions and that healthier individuals create more vibrant families and communities.
Whole health. We believe in treating the whole person, not just the physical body.
Active local involvement. We believe local partnerships enable meaningful, accessible healthcare.
Absolute Total Care (ATC) has been a part of the managed care marketplace in South Carolina since 2007, providing full-risk managed care for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) members under the Medicaid program in South Carolina. Absolute Total Care is a wholly owned subsidiary of Centene Corporation, providing services that are not limited to medical, home health, disease management and behavioral health. Absolute Total Care operates in all 46 counties in the state of South Carolina.
The Athena Advantage℠ encompasses an entire tool box available to students to help them succeed academically, prepare for high stakes exams, and give them the necessary critical thinking skills for the 21st century workplace. Athena’s best-in-class curricula offerings include math, reading, and writing as well as SAT®/ACT® test preparation. These curricula offerings align to new and more rigorous standards, both in Common Core and non-Common Core states.
At Athena, we will provide your child with a thorough educational assessment and develop a learning plan aligned to meet the standards of your child’s grade, both in Common Core and non-Common Core states. We’ve developed the Athena API-or Assessment for Personalized Instruction. Our assessments are research based, time-tested, and administered with experienced educational staff. Most of the time, certified teachers will tutor your child twice per week for about 60 to 90 minutes of instruction per visit. We work with students individually or in small peer groups. We generally recommend focusing on one subject at a time but will accommodate two subject students by parent request.