Mercy holds dedication/blessing ceremonies for new Mercy
Personal Physicians site at Ellicott
City and the expanded site at Reisterstown as Mercy continues to grow its
primary/specialty care network.
BALTIMORE, Md., May 17, 2024
/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- As part of Mercy Health Services' ongoing
efforts to expand the reach of the 149-year Sisters of Mercy
tradition of quality health care, Mercy has officially
opened Mercy Personal Physicians at Ellicott City and dedicated the newly expanded
Mercy Personal Physicians at Reisterstown site.
"We are very pleased to expand our
physician network by offering excellent clinical services within a
community of compassionate care..."-- Dr. David N. Maine, President and CEO, Mercy Health
Services.
Located at 3290 N. Ridge Road, Suite 220, 2nd floor, Mercy
Personal Physicians at Ellicott
City is a comprehensive, one-stop, medical facility
featuring primary care, specialized physician care, and a variety
of diagnostic and laboratory services.
"We are very pleased to expand our physician network by offering
excellent clinical services within a community of compassionate
care to the residents Howard
County and the region," said Dr. David N. Maine, President and CEO, Mercy Health
Services.
The new 7,666 square foot community physician site will serve
the patients and families living and working throughout
Howard County, including
Columbia, Ellicott City, and Marriottsville as well as the nearby
communities of Catonsville and
Oella.
The Ellicott City location will
host eight primary care providers as well as 16 specialists,
including 10 surgical specialties, such as orthopedics and joint,
sports medicine, upper extremity and foot and ankle, neurosurgery,
spine, breast surgery, gynecology, general and vascular surgeries,
as well as cardiology, pain and rheumatology.
The new site features 22 exam rooms supporting the primary care
and specialist providers, x-ray and laboratory services with
additional space for future growth.
Primary care physician Ayesha F.
Cheema, M.D., serves as the site's medical director.
To learn more about the Ellicott
City site providers, services and online patient appointment
scheduling, visit EllicottCityDocs.com or call 410-801-CARE
(2273).
Located at 114 Business Center Drive in Reisterstown, Maryland, Mercy Personal
Physicians at Reisterstown is a
comprehensive, one-stop, medical facility featuring primary care,
specialized physician care, and a variety of diagnostic and
laboratory services.
The Reisterstown site finds its
roots in the Worthington Personal Physicians group which was
established in 1992. New construction at Reisterstown began in July 2023, expanding the facility from 11,100 to
16,600 square feet. The site features 11 new exam rooms, an
expanded lab, X-ray, a new entrance for specialty testing services,
new front entrance with vestibule, a consolidated check-in area,
and more.
Mercy Personal Physicians at Reisterstown serves the neighborhoods and
communities of Western Baltimore
County, including Reisterstown, Owings
Mills, Glyndon,
Pikesville and Randallstown. Patients are also seen from
neighboring Carroll County, as
well as Sykesville, Eldersburg, Finksburg, Westminster, Manchester and Hampstead.
More than 32,000 primary care and specialist patient visits are
expected per year.
The Reisterstown location
currently hosts 12 primary care providers as well as specialists in
fields of cardiology, pulmonary, general surgery, digestive health
(gastro), urology, gynecology, orthopedics, plastic and
reconstructive surgery, spine care, vascular, and sports
medicine.
Primary care physician Dr. Hina
Ghafoor serves as Medical Director of both Mercy Personal
Physicians at Reisterstown and at
Manchester.
"To facilitate check-in, our site at Reisterstown now features easy-to-use kiosks
as we seek ways to streamline and quicken the process of getting
patients to their providers," Dr. Ghafoor said.
Mercy Personal Physicians at Reisterstown is part of the Reisterstown
Business Center, located directly across from Franklin Middle School on Reisterstown's historic Main Street, and just
one mile east of I-795.
Founded in 1874, Mercy Medical Center is a Catholic health care
facility, sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy, as well as a teaching
hospital for the University of Maryland School
of Medicine. Located in downtown Baltimore at 345 St. Paul Place, Mercy is part
of Mercy Health Services, Inc., which also includes Stella Maris, Central
Maryland's largest long-term/geriatric care facility located
in Timonium, MD, as well as a
network of community health centers.
The Ellicott City and
Reisterstown locations are part of
Mercy's growing network of primary and specialty care sites which
also includes Overlea,
Lutherville, Glen Burnie, Hunt
Valley, Manchester,
Annapolis and Columbia, and Canton.
For more information, visit Mercy online at
http://www.mdmercy.com or call 1-800-M.D.-Mercy.
Media Contact
Dan Collins, Mercy Medical
Center, 410-332-9714, dcollins@mdmercy.com, www.mdmercy.com
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