March 16, 2021
West Columbia, S.C. – Lexington Medical Center will hold a ribbon cutting for its new community medical center in Northeast Columbia on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 10:00 a.m.
Media members are invited to attend. Lexington Medical Center Northeast is located at 3016 Longtown Commons Drive, near the intersection of Clemson and Longtown Roads. Use the parking lot at the side of the building. The ribbon cutting will take place inside the atrium at the front entrance. COVID-19 guidelines including wearing masks and practicing social distancing are required.
Initially, Lexington Medical Center Northeast is offering urgent care; imaging services, including mobile MRI, X-ray, ultrasound, CT and women’s imaging; and physical and occupational therapy. There will also be a café and meeting space on the first floor.
Video and photographs of the new building will be available for download on Tuesday at LexMed.com/Northeast.
“Lexington Medical Center Northeast improves access to care for patients in this community and enhances the services they receive from other Lexington Medical Center providers,” said Tod Augsburger, Lexington Medical Center president and CEO. “This facility helps us meet the health care needs in a growing community and gives us the opportunity to provide a wider array of services for our patients.”
The second, third, fourth and fifth floors will house physician practices, as many Lexington Medical Center specialists are opening satellite offices at this facility. Physician practices including Lexington Podiatry and Southeastern Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine open on March 15. Lexington Urology will open an office there on April 1. This summer, Lexington Surgery, Lexington Medical Heart and Vascular Center and cardiac rehabilitation will open there.
Lexington Medical Center Northeast will be the largest community medical center in the hospital’s network of care. At more than 225,000 square feet, the five-story building is more than double the size of the hospital when it opened in 1971.
Urgent care will provide services through the evening hours to give patients an option other than visiting an emergency room. It will be open seven days a week from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Looking ahead, Lexington Medical Center hopes to add outpatient surgery services and a fixed unit MRI at the facility.
“Lexington Medical Center Northeast extends our network of care further into the community, improving access to our physicians, advanced practice providers and health care services, bringing them closer to our patients in Northeast Columbia,” said Lara Lott Moore, vice president in Physician Network Administration.
Lexington Medical Center Northeast
3016 Longtown Commons Drive
Columbia, SC 29229
LexMed.com
Lexington Medical Center is a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It anchors a health care network that includes five community medical centers and employs a staff of more than 8,000 health care professionals. The hospital is ranked best hospital in the Columbia Metro and #2 hospital in South Carolina by U.S. News & World Report and was named one of the “Best Places to Work in South Carolina” by SC Biz News, in partnership with the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and Best Companies Group. Lexington Medical Cancer Center is an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence and has a clinical research and education affiliation with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center. The network includes a cardiovascular program recognized by the American College of Cardiology as South Carolina's first HeartCARE Center. The network also has an occupational health center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, an Alzheimer's care center and more than 70 physician practices. Lexington Medical Center operates one of the busiest Emergency departments in South Carolina, treating nearly 100,000 patients each year. The hospital delivers more than 4,000 babies each year and performs more than 25,000 surgeries. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies.
