WellSpan broke ground last week for its Neuroscience and Pain Center, which will be located at 228 St. Charles Way, York.
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Participating in the groundbreaking ceremony for the Neuroscience and Pain Center, are, from left to right, Todd Barron, M.D., Lori Clark, Joseph Krzeminski, M.D., Susan Stahl, Frederick Flaccavento, M.D., Charles Chodroff, M.D., and Tim Kinsley.
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The 33,000-square-foot building will bring together neuroscience specialty services that are currently operating at five different locations.
The building will house Neurosurgery, Adult Neurology, Pediatric Neurology, Physiatry and Pain Management.
Todd Barron, M.D., of WellSpan Pediatric Neurology, said the overall theme of the new center is convenience for patients and increased coordination among specialists.
Providers at the center will offer continual care from infancy and early childhood to adulthood.
The facility also will allow for a variety of lifestyle management programs and activities focused on improving functions of daily living such as Tai Chi, art therapy and dance.
“Patients will now have care in their own backyard that they may have had to travel to Hershey or Baltimore for in the past,” said Lori Clark, administrator, Neurosciences.
Neuroscience is the study of the nervous system. Areas of interest are the spine, stroke, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, movement disorders and concussion management.
A growing and aging population is expected to increase demands for neuroscience services.
Nationwide, outpatient services for neurosciences are expected to grow by 21 percent in the next 10 years.
The new center will enable WellSpan to expand the number of office visits from 16,650 to more than 61,000 per year. The number of exam rooms will increase from 29 to 53.
Kinsley Construction is building the center and WellSpan will lease space. The center is expected to be completed at the end of 2010 or the beginning of 2011.
Members of the Neuroscience Patient Advisory Council and Parkinsons Patient Advisory Group were integral in the planning of the facility.
