Serving the Lowcountry and Coastal Empire of Georgia and South Carolina.
Dr. Scott Rojas is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area. He earned his undergraduate degree and did his medical residency at the University of California-Davis in the northern part of the state. During those days — the late 1980s and mid 1990s — the AIDS epidemic hit San Francisco harder than it did perhaps any other city in the country. In fact, Dr. Rojas said his family believes that his grandfather might have died from AIDS, the result of a blood transfusion.
With this background, Dr. Rojas said perhaps his decision to specialize as a medical doctor in infectious disease was a subconscious one. Dr. Rojas performed his fellowship at Stanford University’s Division of Infectious Disease and Geographic Medicine. He also worked at the AIDS Research Center at the Veterans Administration Palo Alto Health Care System.
At the time of his training, HIV and AIDS were a big deal and people were having crazy infections. Dr. Rojas saw many different infections which he felt was the biggest challenge to medicine at that time. Infections can affect the entire body. He was drawn to treating infectious diseases knowing he would be dealing with the whole body and not just one part of it.
After completing his residency and fellowship, Dr. Rojas remained in California to practice. However, in 2002, he joined Lone Star Infectious Disease Associates, bringing him back to Texas where he had attended medical school, having earned his Doctor of Medicine degree at Baylor University College of Medicine. In 2005, he joined Tarrant County Infectious Disease Associates, where he remained until joining SouthCoast Health in early 2017. During his years at Tarrant County Infectious Disease Associates, Dr. Rojas participated as a sub-investigator in more than 70 clinical trials.
Dr. Rojas met his wife, Karen, in Monterey California, who was a representative with a pharmaceutical company. Karen is a Louisiana native who attended the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, where she earned a degree in occupational therapy.
Part of the reason for the Rojas’ move to Savannah was born out of the family’s desire to return to the state where Karen had spent significant time. The Rojas’ have five children ages three to nine: Ella, Ryker, Eliza (the latter two are twins), Emilia and Rhodes. The children are attending Blessed Sacrament.
Dr. Rojas enjoys going to the beach and traveling and said he is glad to live closer to the coast. The family often vacations in Seaside, Fla., which is now a six-hour drive; formerly, it was 12 hours from the Dallas-Ft. Worth area.
At SouthCoast, Dr. Rojas is part of the three-physician infectious disease department. Like SouthCoast’s other infectious disease physicians, Dr. Rojas works out of both Memorial University Medical Center and St. Joseph’s/Candler Hospital, covering both SouthCoast Health patients and others who are not SouthCoast patients.
July, 2022
Very professionally courteous staff!
May, 2022
Love your new office and courteous staff
April, 2022
Experience was good. Would not want to do this every time but every now and then it wasn?t bad. Was not severely sick at this appointment. I am really pleased with my provider and Lauren in the infusion clinic for the care I receive.
April, 2022
Dr and entire staff very helpful and courteous!
July, 2021
The Dr and staff were very friendly, helpful, and understanding. Definitely a very good health care provider.
April, 2019
From check-in with Michelle through checkout and scheduling with Mary and Duane and Dr. Rojas in between the experience (and education received) in this practice is incredibly professional and comfortable. Thanks to ALL I encounter.
March, 2019
I really like this doctor but when you have two doctors treating the same thing and they don't talk to each other and they don't agree on the course of treatment....the recommendation is "Let's get a third opinion!"
October, 2018
Relatively new. I am VERY impressed.
August, 2018
Dr. Scott Rojas and his nurse Duane have went over and beyond for me. They are always available, helpful and extremely nice. I highly recommend them to anyone else looking for a specialist like Dr. Rojas.
July, 2018
Everyone in the office is so friendly and caring. I wish Dr. Rojas could be my general practitioner. I have only ever had one doctor that cared that much.
May, 2018
Always a pleasure to visit this facility. No long waiting times in the waiting room and Dr. Rojas is very personable and explains things so that they are understandable to the average patient.
SouthCoast Health is pleased to now offer virtual visits to existing patients. The practice’s offices also remain open for in-person patient visits.
SouthCoast Health Announces Virtual Visits for Existing PatientsSouthCoast Health was honored in 18 categories related to the healthcare/ medical field and was featured in Savannah Magazine’s September/October 2018 issue.
SouthCoast Health Receives Recognitions in 18 Categories in the 2018 Savannah Magazine “Best of” Issue