About Lorie Cospelich

Lorie Cospelich has been part of the Memorial Hospital at Gulfport staff for 17 years. During that time, she has served in employee services, as office manager for three pediatric clinics and one walk-in clinic and as office manager in the hospital’s Cancer Center. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis on healthcare from Southern New Hampshire University. She was named program coordinator for the GME in March 2020.

About Dr. Schepens

Steven Schepens, MD is a 1996 graduate of the University of South Alabama College of Medicine and completed his residency in 1999 at the University of South Alabama Department of Family Medicine. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Family Medicine and a former assistant professor at the University of Alabama Department of Family Medicine. He has more than 20 years of experience treating all aspects of medical care but is particularly focused on management of chronic disease such as diabetes and hypertension.