On March 10, the University of Texas Medical Branch Pediatric and Adult Primary Care Clinic in Friendswood will open its doors at a new location at 1715 S. Friendswood Dr., Friendswood.
Although this new space will be less than a half mile away from the current location, what patients will find in the new building will be quite different.
“We're expanding to not only have Primary Care, Pediatrics and Psychiatry, as we currently do, but to also include Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Neurology and Orthopedics specialties as well,” said Stephenie Pharr, director of Ambulatory Operations at UTMB. “We're also increasing the access for existing imaging services such as X-rays and ultrasounds.”
In addition to these changes, the new clinic also include an on-site pharmacy so that patients can walk out potentially the same day as their appointments with the treatments they need.
In the community for more than two decades, the care teams within the current clinic have watched the area they serve grow, so they're excited to be increasing the services available to this population.
“I'm so excited about the changes coming for this community,” said Dr. Carolyn “Becky” Risinger, UTMB physician, clinical associate professor and medical director for the clinic. “Having more service options also means added expertise as we enhance our multidisciplinary team approach. We're already a strong unit from the doctors and nurses you see to the medical assistants and patient service specialists on board, we all work together to provide the best possible care to every patient every time.”
For clinic-specific questions, contact the team on site directly at (281) 482-5695.