March 28, 2024

MedStar Opens East Run Center

East Run

MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital has expanded its services in St. Mary’s County, cutting the ribbon on the new, larger East Run Center in Lexington Park on March 14, 2018.

MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital Chief Operating Officer Stephen Michaels said the $2.3 million investment to build out East Run has created additional access to primary care, coordination of care, a laboratory, behavioral health services, Health Connections classes and programs, and at some point there will be dental care.

“We understand the importance of this project to the revitalization of Lexington Park and the economic driver that has been established,” Dr. Michaels said.

The bottom floor of the 45,000-square-foot East Run Center includes health care services. MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital’s Primary Care office, which was first opened in the Charter School building on Great Mills Road, relocated to East Run in early February, as well as the Laboratory Center and Axis Healthcare Group which provides behavioral health services. AccessHealth, a care coordination program through MedStar St. Mary’s, was in the center in January.

MedStar had community partners in the project, including The Cherry Cove Group, the Department of Social Services, Walden Sierra, the Minority Outreach Coalition, Southern Maryland Center for Independent Living, St. Mary’s County Housing Authority, Community Development Corporation, St. Mary’s Health Department, and many branches of St. Mary’s County government.

“Cherry Cove sees this project as the catalyst to a revitalization that will allow for greatly improved healthcare and a multitude of other services in the Great Mills area,” said Brian Norris, who is president and chief executive officer of The Cherry Cove Group.

“Our hope,” Dr. Michaels said, “is that East Run will make it easier for everyone in the southern end of the county and those passing who work at nearby Patuxent River Naval Air Station or a local contractor to receive quality care closer to work or home.”

For more information and one-click access to a full list of resources available at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital, visit their Leader Page.

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