By Steven Truant
Baltimore Watchdog Staff Writer
Johns Hopkins Medicine showcased a new $80 million expansion while hosting a health fair at Pavilion III at Green Spring Station in Lutherville on Saturday.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Johns Hopkins Medicine at Green Spring. Pavilion I, which opened in 1994, and Pavilion II have housed various services and treatment centers. Now with the three-story Pavilion III many of the services have been merged so patients will have easier access to a wider variety of primary and specialty care, especially orthopedic surgeries.
“We’ve wanted to expand for many years,” said Gill Wylie, president of Johns Hopkins Medical Management Corp. “It just took a long time to figure out exactly where we would expand because we wanted to be adjacent to our other pavilions.”
“We have a new ambulatory surgery center, which is one of the largest in Maryland that will also be in this building,” which was dedicated on Friday, he added.
Wylie estimated that half a million people are served a year but said the new facility will boost the number to more than 700,000 people yearly in three to four years.
Pavilion III’s 110,000-square foot facility offers services ranging from radiology, medical oncology and a muscular skeletal center on the second floor, otolaryngology and facial plastics on the second floor, and an ambulatory surgery center, as well as urology services on the third floor.
Wylie said there is free and surface parking with more than 2,200 spaces available.
Pavilion III hosted the health fair, offering free screenings for blood pressure, hepatitis C, oncology, melanoma, Lyme disease, vision checks and educational tables.
“We are grateful for this opportunity to help to promote our practice, spread awareness about our practice to the community and to see the other Johns Hopkins vendors that are out here,” said Linda Stark, the practice administrator for Johns Hopkins Community Physicians.
The health fair was to celebrate the opening of the expansion at Pavilion III, but Wylie said that if it is a hit, they will continue to do them in years to come.
“I think it’s a great idea, I just got my blood prick for the hepatitis screening and I’m going to do the blood pressure event,” said Nina Booker, a Johns Hopkins employee. “I’m walking around learning a lot of good information.”