Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children Bring Expanded Outpatient Pediatric Specialty Care to Newtown Square

Wilmington, Delaware
Tuesday, June 03, 2008 @ 06:08 PM EDT

- Nemours Children’s Clinic Newtown Square Opens to Patients -

Newtown Square, PA - Nemours and the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children recently announced the opening of the Nemours Children’s Clinic Newtown Square, located at 3855 West Chester Pike within the Bryn Mawr Hospital Health Center in Newtown Square, PA. The new 8,000 square-foot facility represents a $1.2 million investment in expanded pediatric specialty care in Newtown Square and the surrounding community.

“Nemours, in partnership with Bryn Mawr Hospital and Main Line Health, is committed to the Delaware Valley community and to the Newtown Square Clinic,” stated Bernard J. Clark III, MD, chief executive of the practice, Nemours Children’s Clinic - Delaware Valley. “We’re pleased to bring multi-specialty services to children and families in their community through convenient and streamlined care.”

The new facility offers a dozen specialties and more than 20 Nemours specialists for convenient and collaborative patient care. Specifically, the clinic features medical services including cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology/oncology, neurology, pulmonary and weight management, and surgical services including general surgery, neurosurgery, orthopedics, otolaryngology and urology. Among other benefits, the partnership with the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children brings the hospital’s pediatric audiologists on-site to provide a range of diagnostic evaluation and hearing screening services.

“We’re pleased to meet the health care needs of children in the Main Line communities through the expertise of pediatric specialists from Nemours and the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, combined with the resources of Bryn Mawr Hospital,” stated Andrea Gilbert, president of Bryn Mawr Hospital.

Additional features of the Nemours Children’s Clinic Newtown Square include:

A streamlined check-in and check-out process, including pre-registration designed to minimize appointment wait time.
On-site state-of-the-art equipment including two fully-equipped audiology booths, EKG and echocardiography services.
Two fully-equipped vital sign rooms and thirteen exam rooms including four ENT dedicated rooms and two procedure rooms.
Additional on-site services provided through Bryn Mawr Hospital Health Center including laboratory, imaging and pediatric rehabilitation services.

Normal clinic operating hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call (800) 416-4441.

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About Nemours

Nemours, one of the nation’s largest pediatric health systems, is dedicated to achieving higher standards in children’s health. Nemours offers an integrated spectrum of clinical treatment coupled with research, advocacy, and educational health and prevention services extending to all families in the communities it serves. Starting with Alfred I. duPont’s bequest over seventy years ago, Nemours has grown into a multi-dimensional organization offering personalized clinical and preventive care focused on children.

Nemours owns and operates the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware and major children’s specialty clinics in Delaware (Wilmington), Florida (Jacksonville, Orlando and Pensacola), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr) and New Jersey (Atlantic City and Voorhees). Having recently received preliminary approval from the State of Florida, Nemours will establish a new full-service children’s hospital as part of an integrated pediatric health campus in Orlando. KidsHealth.org, the world’s most visited pediatric health care Web site for parents, kids and teens, is a project of Nemours.

Nemours employs over 4,400 individuals, including 430 pediatric physicians, specialists and surgeons who cared for approximately a quarter of a million children in 2007. The organization’s goal is to align with parents, physicians, community leaders, children’s advocates and elected officials to ensure optimal wellness for every child. Additional information about Nemours can be found at www.nemours.org.