Akron Children’s Hospital

From The Vindicator:

The facility has been open more than a month, but Akron Children’s Hospital’s second Trumbull County pediatric primary-care office at 661 Mahoning Ave. NW got a public reveal Thursday.

The office has 12 exam rooms and three medical providers. It is in the remodeled former American Red Cross Building.

The site has historical significance, being in front of the Pioneer Cemetery, an early Connecticut Western Reserve burial grounds dating back to 1804. It is the gravesite for 12 Revolutionary War veterans, among others.

Akron Children’s Hospital turned the building into a modern architectural structure that one hospital official said he believes is pleasing to “the eyes and mind of a child.”

“It’s just really remarkable,” Dr. Norman Christopher, chairman of the Department of Pediatrics for the hospital, said of the building’s new look.

The hospital has a facility at 5000 E. Market St. near Howland High School that serves about 10,000 children annually and opened in 2011.

The newest facility is expected to serve about 3,000 patients.

But Dr. Christopher said he expects the new facility to be “bursting at the seams” before long and need additional space in the same way the other Warren location has been “wildly successful.”

The hospital also has 25 pediatric facilities in Northeast Ohio, including the Beeghly Campus on Market Street in Boardman.

Both Warren locations offer services such as well-child visits or routine checkups, immunizations, sports, school and camp physicals, treatment for illness and injury and chronic disease management.

From WFMJ:

WARREN, Ohio – On July 8th, Akron Children’s Hospital will open its newest primary care office just off Mahoning Avenue on Warren’s west side, providing families, who live in that area of town, access to pediatric services.

“There is a physician that is a pediatrician, Dr. Cecil Desai, that had a practice in Warren for over 30 years and he is retiring and he is partnering with us at the end of his career and we are expanding and taking over his practice and moving to this location,” said director of primary care services Ben Teske with Akron Children’s Hospital Pediatrics.

The pediatric primary care office will employee two physicians, as well as two nurse practitioners and a number of other medical personnel, who all will work to perform routine check-ups, administer shots and conduct physicals. They’ll also treat illnesses and injuries and will help children and their families manage chronic diseases.

“As we’ve looked at the market here there is not a lot of pediatric services on this side of Warren. So, it made sense to stay in this area where he (Dr. Desai) had his practice and where there is a lack of pediatric healthcare available,” said Teske.

Finishing touches are being made to the 5,000 square foot facility, which will have 12 exam rooms.

“We would have the ability to serve up to probably about up to 10,000 patients with four to five providers working out of this office and we plan to extend our hours into the evening and on weekends,” said Teske. “So, we expect it to be a very busy practice.”

Medicaid and most insurance plans will be accepted at the new office, which is accepting new patients.

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