Drexel Town Square Health Center to offer full spectrum of services, add jobs
Milwaukee, Wis., (November 16, 2016) – The new Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Drexel Town Square Health Center will bring an unprecedented level of healthcare services as well as nearly 150 new jobs to Oak Creek and surrounding communities.
Slated to open next fall, the 109,000-square-foot health center will offer a complete spectrum of services under one roof, from primary care and urgent care to an outpatient surgery center and a cancer center. Fourteen doctors are expected to practice at the Drexel Town Square location when it opens, including 10 specialists representing 13 different specialty care areas. In addition, occupational health services and support services including laboratory, imaging and pharmacy will be available.
“People tell us they want high quality care that’s convenient and fits their lives. We strive to provide the right care in the right place at the right time, and Drexel Town Square Health Center is designed to deliver on that,” said Mark Lodes, MD, president, Froedtert & MCW Community Physicians. “Many of our patients come from the Oak Creek, South Milwaukee, Caledonia and Racine County areas, and this location will be a comprehensive, close-to-home option with a streamlined connection to the Froedtert & MCW academic medical center if needed.”
Plans for the Froedtert & MCW health network to join the Drexel Town Square development were announced in early 2015. According to Lodes, the Froedtert & MCW planning team studied the community’s needs and took a thoughtful, measured approach to determine the appropriate services to offer. He said details may change since the health center’s opening date is a year away, but the comprehensive lineup of services planned for the Froedtert & MCW Drexel Town Square Health Center includes:
- Primary care: family and pediatric medicine with extended appointment hours; obstetrics and gynecology
- Urgent care: seven days a week, 7 am to 11 pm
- Specialty care: cardiology, dermatology, endocrinology, gastrointestinal, ear/nose/throat, ophthalmology/optometry, orthopaedics and sports medicine, neurology, pain management, plastic surgery, and urology
- Outpatient surgery center: 16,500 square feet of space including two operating rooms, two procedure rooms, extended recovery and observation rooms
- Cancer center: 17,000 square feet of space with surgery, medical oncology and radiation oncology capabilities. Focus on breast, prostate/urologic, lung/thoracic and colorectal cancers; as part of the Froedtert & MCW Cancer Network also will offer care for other cancers and benign blood disorders
- Support services: Mammography, CT, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, and general imaging; cardiac diagnostics, rehabilitation services, non-cancer infusion services, retail pharmacy
- Occupational health: Employer services including employee health and work injury assessment and care, employment-related exams and testing
The Froedtert & MCW Drexel Town Square Health Center is expected to create about 145 new full- and part-time jobs in its first year, with additional job growth expected in subsequent years. The health center will be located at the corner of Drexel Avenue and Sixth Street, Oak Creek.
HSA PrimeCare is the developer. The architect is Eppstein Uhen Architects and CG Schmidt is the general contractor.
The Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin regional health network is a partnership between Froedtert Health and the Medical College of Wisconsin. It comprises eastern Wisconsin’s only academic medical center, Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee; Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls; and St. Joseph’s Hospital, West Bend. The health network also includes more than 2,700 physicians across 25 primary and specialty clinical locations representing the collaboration of Wisconsin’s largest multispecialty physician practice with a community-based physician group. The network’s three hospitals have 804 staffed beds, more than 40,000 annual admissions and nearly 966,000 annual outpatient visits. Froedtert & MCW network physicians have more than 775,000 annual patient visits at its health centers and clinics. For more information, visitfroedtert.com.
