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Mondawmin Mall is shown in this 2008 file photo. (The Daily Record/ Maximilian Franz)
UM Medicine bringing new ‘health village’ to west Baltimore at Mondawmin Mall
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University of Maryland Faculty Physicians entered into an agreement to lease 17,000 square feet of space at The Village at Mondawmin, which would establish a new community “health village,” University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Dean Mark T. Gladwin, MD and Faculty Practice President William F. Regine, MD, announced Tuesday.
It is part of a larger effort to work in partnership with the west Baltimore community to develop and implement health care delivery based on neighborhood needs and to improve patient access to health care.
The Faculty Practice group of UMSOM is comprised of 1,300 physicians and providers in more than 80 medical specialties and subspecialties who lead the clinical education of future generations of providers; faculty are also involved in advanced research and clinical trials, while also delivering clinical care to patients throughout Maryland.
When the new Faculty Practice opens at The Village at Mondawmin next year, it will offer primary care services aimed at prevention including pediatrics, yearly wellness visits and geriatrics. Faculty physicians will also offer advanced primary care services and subspecialty services such as cardiology, endocrinology and gastroenterology. Nutrition counseling, prenatal care, treatment of HIV and other infectious diseases and mental health services will also be provided.
The Village at Mondawmin redevelopment is being undertaken by TouchPoint Empowerment Center LLC, an entity owned personally by Tim Regan, president and CEO of The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company.
The University of Maryland Faculty Practice joins CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Whiting-Turner, an expanded and relocated TouchPoint Baltimore and Edenbridge PACE of West Baltimore as future tenants in the building. These tenants represent 75% of the leasable space in the project. Discussions are ongoing with other potential tenants, including a day care provider, restaurants and retail establishments.
