From left: Paul Zucker, Vice President, Ambulatory Operations, Phillips Ambulatory Care Center (PACC); Kelly Cassano, DO, Chief of Ambulatory Care, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Burton Drayer, MD; Susan Somerville, RN, President, Mount Sinai Beth Israel; Stacy Coleman, Vice President of Operations, PACC; and Elizabeth Sellman, MPA, Chief Operating Officer, Mount Sinai Beth Israel.
Mount Sinai Beth Israel employees joined together on Friday, January 22, for a groundbreaking ceremony kicking off renovations to the Phillips Ambulatory Care Center’s (PACC) lobby and façade. This marks the first step in an overall renovation and redesign of the facility.
“Mount Sinai continues to invest in the future state of PACC as a first-class ambulatory care center in the heart of downtown Manhattan,” says Burton Drayer, MD, Chief Executive Officer, Mount Sinai Doctors Faculty Practice, and Dean for Clinical Affairs, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. “Ultimately, we expect that a modernized facility will reflect the high level of quality care our talented staff provides our patients.”
The ceremony included remarks by hospital leadership highlighting the structural and cosmetic changes that PACC is undergoing and provided attendees the opportunity to ask questions. A presentation of design renderings displayed plans for a modern PACC lobby that will feature a contemporary staircase, which will offer patients and staff direct access to the second floor, as well as other efficiencies. Already, the Duane Reade pharmacy has been relocated from the lobby to the second floor; the elevators are undergoing improvements; and construction has begun on the building’s façade.
PACC has been providing comprehensive outpatient services to the New York community since 1996. Its services include primary and specialty care, onsite diagnostic services, and a state-of-the-art ambulatory surgery center.