Memorial Physician Clinics Welcomes John Bechtel, MD
GULFPORT, Miss. – April 20, 2026 – Memorial Physician Clinics is pleased to welcome John Bechtel, MD, to the practice of Radiation Oncology. Dr. Bechtel is currently seeing patients at Memorial Radiation Oncology Services, located at 1340 Broad Ave., Suite 140, in Gulfport. He will transition to Memorial Biloxi Radiation Oncology Services Cedar Lake, located at 1732 Medical Park Drive in Biloxi, upon completion of the move.
Dr. Bechtel earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Missouri–Columbia School of Medicine in Columbia, Missouri. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Missouri–Columbia Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, before going on to complete his residency in Radiation Oncology at the University of North Carolina Hospitals Department of Radiation Oncology in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Dr. Bechtel is board-certified in Radiation Oncology and is accepting new patients.
For more information, please call (228) 575-2950.
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Memorial Health System has been serving the Mississippi Gulf Coast since 1946. Located in Gulfport, Mississippi, Memorial is a not-for-profit public community hospital organized under the laws of the state of Mississippi and is jointly owned by the City of Gulfport and Harrison County. Memorial Health System includes three hospitals (Gulfport, Biloxi, and Stone County) licensed for 481 beds, a state-designated Level II Trauma Center, two nursing centers, outpatient surgery centers, satellite outpatient diagnostic and rehabilitation centers, and more than 100 Memorial Physician Clinics. Memorial offers several of the region’s most comprehensive clinical programs and medical specialties unique to the area, including a Level III Neonatal ICU and Mississippi’s first nationally certified Primary Stroke Center. Memorial is accredited by The Joint Commission, a Baby-Friendly Designated hospital, and is a member of the Mississippi Healthcare Collaborative. Visit wearememorial.com to learn more.