Rome Health to begin work on new physician center in August

ROME, N.Y. — Rome Health expects construction will begin in August on a new, $13.1 million capital project to create a new physician center on its main campus in Rome.

The organization anticipates approval of its application for a certificate of need for the project this summer, Cassie Evans Winter, VP of communications and marketing at Rome Health, tells CNYBJ in an email. 

Pending that state approval, Rome Health anticipates that the new physician center would open in June 2022. 

Rome Health is the rebranded name of Rome Memorial Hospital, which is located at 1500 N. James St. in Rome.

Rome Health has selected King + King Architects and the Hayner Hoyt Corporation, both of Syracuse, to design and construct the new physician center. 

Primary and specialty-care clinics are currently scattered across multiple locations within two miles of the hospital, Mark Murphy, who was serving as president and CEO of Rome Health at the time of the announcement, said.

“Bringing them together on the hospital’s main campus will provide greater convenience for patients with the proximity of diagnostic testing and pharmacy in a single location,” said Murphy, who has since returned to St. Joseph’s Health and resumed his role as VP, chief strategy officer.

AnneMarie Walker-Czyz started work as Rome Health’s new president and CEO March 1. 

Primary care and specialty physicians, diagnostic testing, lab tests, and pharmacy services will all be available in one location, he added.

The project involves renovating existing administrative space on the ground floor and first floor and finishing the open space under the Bartlett Wing, which faces Black River Boulevard.

When complete in June 2022, providers from the hospital’s affiliated practices will relocate to the new center. These include primary-care providers from Rome Medical Group and Delta Medical, as well as many of the specialists from Rome Medical Practice.