Hospital expands pediatric services in southwest Riverside County
SAN DIEGO – Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018 – With many new services up and running and more to come, Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego is offering an enhanced level of outpatient pediatric care to families in southwest Riverside County through its comprehensive Medical Plaza in Murrieta, Calif.
Located just off Interstate 215 at Hancock Ave., Rady Children’s Medical Plaza will both consolidate existing outpatient services and provide new options for area families. Patients will have access to the following specialty services through Rady Children’s Specialists of San Diego:
- Allergy & Immunology
- Cardiology
- Dermatology
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- Nephrology
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopedics & Scoliosis
- Otolaryngology (ear, nose, throat)
- Pediatric Surgery (consultations)
- Pulmonary/Respiratory Medicine
- Radiology
- Rehabilitation Medicine
- Rheumatology
- Sports Medicine
- Urology
Other services in the building include pediatric primary care through Children’s Primary Care Medical Group.
“We are thrilled to have the opportunity to provide expanded services to children and families in the community where they live,” said Donald Kearns, M.D., president and CEO of Rady Children’s. “Our goal is to deliver a superior level of care and service to this vibrant community.”
In addition, a host of new developmental services and clinics, such as the Autism Discovery Institute, speech-language pathology, the Developmental Evaluation Clinic and the High-Risk Infant Follow-Up Clinic, are already open to patients. A second location of the innovative Alexa’s Playful Learning Academy for Young Children (PLAYC) is slated to open on Sept. 4. Alexa’s PLAYC is a unique early education program providing toddlers and preschool-age children with a warm and loving environment that stimulates physical, social, intellectual and emotional growth, including treatment for those with autism spectrum disorder. Future plans also include an onsite urgent care facility.
On Aug. 11, community members of all ages will tour the new facility at a grand opening celebration, hosted from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Parents and kids will have the chance to explore clinics, connect with Medical Plaza staff and other Rady Children’s experts, and enjoy some fun and games along the way.
For more information on Rady Children’s Medical Plaza Murrieta and its current and planned offerings, visit https://www.rchsd.org/murrieta.
About Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego:
Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego is a 551-bed pediatric care facility providing the largest source of comprehensive pediatric medical services in San Diego, southern Riverside and Imperial counties. Rady Children’s is the only hospital in the San Diego area dedicated exclusively to pediatric healthcare and is the region’s only designated pediatric trauma center. In June 2018, U.S. News & World Report ranked Rady Children’s among the best children’s hospitals in the nation in all ten pediatric specialties the magazine surveyed. Rady Children’s is a nonprofit organization that relies on donations to support its mission. For more information, visit www.rchsd.org and find us on Facebook, Twitter and Vimeo.
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