15 Oct UW Health hosts ribbon cutting at Eastpark Medical Center
Patient appointments begin Oct. 28
Today, UW Health hosted a ceremony to celebrate the opening of Eastpark Medical Center.
This more-than-475,000-square-foot, seven-story facility, the largest medical facility to be completed in the United States in 2024, will be home to more than 600 staff upon opening, according to Dr. Peter Newcomer, chief operating officer, UW Health.
“We’ve designed this facility to offer convenient and coordinated care,” he said. “We’re thrilled to begin seeing patients at this incredible, state-of-the-art center.”
With demand for high-quality health care at an all-time high, Eastpark is opening at an important time, according to Dr. Alan Kaplan, chief executive officer, UW Health.
“Eastpark will transform patient care with world-class clinicians, life-saving therapies, cutting-edge technologies and world-changing research all under one roof,” he said. “The convenient location and enhanced care coordination are making the highest quality patient care accessible to patients throughout Wisconsin and beyond.”
Eastpark will offer more than 40 types of specialty care for adults, including cancer care provided through the UW Health | Carbone Cancer Center, Wisconsin’s only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, according to Dr. Lee Wilke, senior medical director of clinical cancer services, UW Health, and professor of surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.