Relocation of various outpatient units to make access easier on and off Geisinger Medical Center campus
Sep. 28—DANVILLE — Though there are big plans on the horizon at Geisinger Medical Center, including an 11-story, $880M expansion, officials said moving several outpatient units off-campus is making access easier for patients.
The Danville expansion project is expected to begin in 2025, starting with the planned demolition of Dickey Clinic to make room for the tower.
Services in the Dickey Clinic, which has been used for neurosciences and general internal medicine, have already begun their relocation to Justin Drive to reduce traffic and place high-volume clinics in easier-to-access locations, according to Megan Brosious, chief administrative officer for Geisinger's central region
Just off Woodbine Lane and neighboring other Geisinger facilities, the building formerly known as Justin Drive 2 is now a multi-specialty clinic, Geisinger officials said.
Brosious said moving clinics off-campus was about "moving what we can and making the experience easier."
According to Brosious, deciding what clinics to move involved critical considerations of each unit and its role.
"Some clinics just need to stay," Brosious said. "They have the right synergy to be on campus."
The multi-specialty clinic on Justin Drive will house endocrinology, neurophysiology, neurology and general internal medicine, according to Dave Wojtowicz, administrative director of Geisinger's central region.
The building was formerly used as office space, but with the pandemic and mass shift to working from home, Wojtowicz said officials repurposed the office space to clinical space.
Endocrinology, neurophysiology and neurology clinics have already made the move from Geisinger Medical Center to Justin Drive. General internal medicine will move in the middle of October, Wojtowicz said.
In terms of exam space, the new location offers an increase of between 10 and 15 percent,
Officials estimated the multi-specialty clinic unloaded more than 100,000 visits a year from Geisinger Medical Center's campus.
