Kaiser Permanente Alexandria Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente opened a brand new 40,000-square foot medical center Monday in Alexandria's Potomac Yard neighborhood. The center will employ about 100 people.
Kaiser is the country's largest nonprofit health care system.
The newly constructed medical center will offer a wide range of primary care and specialty care services, including adult and pediatric care, women’s health, optometry and physical therapy. The one-stop medical center will also offer pharmacy, radiology and laboratory services.
“Kaiser Permanente will open three new medical centers in Virginia this year to provide nationally recognized care to our members and jobs to our communities,” said Kim Horn, regional president of Kaiser Permanente, in a statement.
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Industries for the Blind headquarters building at 3000 Potomac Ave. in Alexandria.
Industries for the Blind headquarters building at 3000 Potomac Ave. in Alexandria will include Kaiser Permanente.
“Through these facilities and our advanced telehealth capabilities, Kaiser Permanente delivers high quality care where, how and when our members want it," she said. "We are proud to provide our growing membership with local access to excellent care right here in Alexandria.”
Kaiser Permanente provides its members with physician care and online access to appointments and care. "We are thrilled to bring our award-winning Permanente medicine to Alexandria.” said Richard McCarthy, MD, associate executive director of the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, which provides care for Kaiser Permanente members in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Located at 3000 Potomac Ave., the Alexandria Medical Center is Kaiser Permanente’s first medical center in Alexandria. The medical center is located in a 100,000-square-foot building that also serves as the National Industries for the Blind’s new headquarters.
To celebrate the grand opening, Kaiser Permanente will host a community day Saturday, April 13, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Residents are welcome whether they are Kaiser Permanente members or not for a free day of family-friendly fun with wellness activities, a moon bounce, rock climbing wall, spin art bikes, a farmers’ market and a live cooking demonstration by Jonathan Till, the executive chef of Evening Star Café.
The event will take place at the center 3000 Potomac Ave., Alexandria, Va., 22305.
Kaiser Permanente also noted that it is committed to improving the health of the communities where its members and employees live and work. The company has invested more than $4.7 million to increase access to its quality health care for underinsured individuals residing in Alexandria.
Kaiser Permanente will open two other new medical centers in Virginia this year. The 38,375-square-foot Colonial Forge Medical Center, which will be located on the Stafford Hospital campus, and the 36,423-square-foot Haymarket Crossroads Medical Center, which will be located near I-66, will both open later this year, the company said.
