From left to right: Queen Anne’s County Commission President Phil Dumenil, University of Maryland Shore Regional Health Director of Surgical and Ambulatory Services Penny Pink, State Delegate Steven J. Arentz, State Delegate Jay A. Jacobs, and UM Shore Regional Health President and CEO Ken Kozel take part in a ceremonial “wall breaking” on June 11 at the site of a new ambulatory surgery center to be built at UM Shore Medical Pavilion at Queenstown.
University of Maryland Shore Regional Health will begin construction on an ambulatory surgery center at UM Shore Medical Pavilion at Queenstown. Scheduled to open by Dec. 31, 2014, the new Surgery Center at Queenstown will provide a range of outpatient surgery options for residents of Queen Anne’s County and the surrounding region.
The $7 million facility is initially being funded by University of Maryland Medical System and will be managed by UM Shore Regional Health. The 11,000-square-foot Surgery Center at Queenstown will have one Class C general purpose surgery suite and three procedure rooms.
“This expansion of outpatient surgical procedures will bring more health care choices closer to home for the people of Queen Anne’s County and the surrounding region,” said William Huffner, MD, chief medical officer for UM Shore Regional Health.
“The Surgery Center at Queenstown is one more way we are living our mission — creating healthier communities together — by expanding opportunities to meet the health care needs of people in our region,” said Ken Kozel, president and CEO of UM Shore Regional Health.
“We value our partnership with UM Shore Regional Health and are pleased to see this facility expanding to meet the growing health care needs of Queen Anne’s County,” said Queen Anne’s County Commission President Philip Dumenil.
The Surgery Center was designed by the architecture firm Hord Coplan Macht Inc. of Baltimore. General contractor for the project is The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.
UM Shore Medical Pavilion at Queenstown is a modern, state-of-the-art facility that is quickly growing as a premier address for health providers on the Eastern Shore. Situated along Route 50 next to the UM Shore Emergency Center at Queenstown, it is a highly visible and accessible center of high quality medical services for the region.
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