Board Certified Vascular Surgeon Joins Tidelands Health
Dr. Ganesha Perera, a board‑certified, fellowship‑trained vascular surgeon, has joined Tidelands Health and is accepting new patients.
Dr. Perera diagnoses and treats a wide range of vascular conditions, including carotid artery disease, peripheral arterial disease, varicose veins and other venous disorders. He performs advanced vascular procedures such as angioplasty, stenting, bypass surgery and other minimally invasive and open interventions.
He sees patients at two Tidelands Health Vascular Surgery locations: 4367 Riverwood Drive, Suite 130, Murrells Inlet, and 606 Black River Road, Suite 301, Georgetown.
He is certified by the Board of Certification in vascular surgery and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
Dr. Perera earned his medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine. He completed his residency at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center, followed by a vascular surgery fellowship at Cleveland Clinic.
To schedule an appointment with Dr. Perera, call 1-866-TIDELANDS.
Get to know Dr. Perera in this video.
SPOTLIGHT
Taylor Lewis Earns South Carolina Youth of the Year Title
After earning the Pee Dee Area Youth of the Year title in March, Taylor Lewis moved on to the state event. During the April 2026 Pee Dee Area Youth of the Year event, Lewis was named the South Carolina Youth of the Year and earned another $2,500 in scholarships. She will travel to the Southeast Regional Youth of the Year Event this summer.
As noted by officials with Boys and Girls Club of the Pee Dee Area, growing up in a town with a population less than 500, Lewis felt opportunity was out of reach. The colorful walls and laughter echoing through the Club piqued her interest when she stepped inside as a shy 6-year-old.
“The Club didn’t just give me a place to go afterschool – it helped me re-write my story,” Lewis says. “I learned how to lead, how to listen, how to grow.”
The 8-year Club member attends Connexus Academy and participates in a variety of sports, cheer, volleyball, and soccer, as well as being active at her church and in the Young Missionary Society.
“I refuse to let where I started determine where I finish,” she says.
Lewis plans to be one of the top lawyers in South Carolina after attending either Clark Atlanta University, Howard University, or Columbia University. Not for the title or money, but because she knows what it feels like to be voiceless. “I want to fight for kids who were like me – and tell them, ‘You’re not forgotten. You are seen, and your story matters.’”
That’s what the Club meant to her. “They [the staff] saw me as someone worth investing in,” Lewis says. “Because of you, I now walk with my head high, my heart full, and my dreams within reach.”
Lewis has won Youth of the Year two years in a row for the Rick & Susan Goings Boys & Girls Club in Hemingway.
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Pee Dee Area have had state winners before, the last ones being Genesis Majors from the Lake City Club in 2025 and Justin McNair from the Lake City Club in 2023. Majors currently attends Francis Marion University while McNair attends Florence Darlington Technical College.
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