Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital centralizes, expands pediatric urgent care, outpatient clinics in new Puyallup medical pavilion
Pictured, from left: Ben Whitworth, chief operating officer, Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Network; Christine Bozich, MD, medical director, Mary Bridge Children’s Urgent Care; Barbara Thompson, MD, chief medical officer, Mary Bridge Children’s Health Network; Florence Chang, president, MultiCare Health System; Cal Kierum, MD, pediatrician, Woodcreek Pediatrics; Jeff Poltawsky, president and market leader, Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Network; James Hudson, CEO, Woodcreek Pediatrics; Jim Beatty, president, MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, March 21, 2023.
TACOMA, Wash. — Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Network relocated several pediatric clinics in Puyallup to a new medical pavilion, centralizing services to improve access to care for patients in East Pierce County.
“We’re excited to open this facility and believe it’ll help many patients and families receive comprehensive care much closer to home,” said Jeff Poltawsky, president and market leader of Mary Bridge Children’s. “By expanding our available services in Puyallup, families in East Pierce County and the surrounding area can now have a similar experience to that of our Tacoma outpatient center, where they have access to their child’s primary care team as well as many pediatric specialists and therapies to help their children thrive, heal and live their lives to the fullest.”
The new 40,000-square-foot medical pavilion, located at 1700 Fifth St. SE in Puyallup, is now home to the following Mary Bridge Children’s clinics:
Mary Bridge Children’s Pediatrics – Evergreen
- Primary care for children up to 18 years old
- Providers and staff fluent in Spanish
- 15 exam rooms
Woodcreek Pediatrics – Puyallup
- Mary Bridge Children’s affiliate primary care clinic for children up to 18 years old
- Pediatric sports medicine
- 18 exam rooms
Mary Bridge Children’s urgent care
- Pediatric-only urgent care for patients up to 20 years old
- Online scheduling and virtual appointments available
- Nine exam rooms
Mary Bridge Children’s outpatient center
- Same care teams from Mary Bridge Children’s Tacoma outpatient center
- Pediatric specialty ambulatory services:
- Audiology
- Ear, nose and throat
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- General surgery pre- and post-operative care
- Imaging, including digital X-ray
- Neurology
- Nutrition services
- Orthopedics
- Pulmonology
- Rheumatology
- Sleep medicine
The new pavilion is located near, but not connected to, Mary Bridge Children’s ark-shaped therapy services building on the MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital campus. In addition to bringing new specialty clinics to Puyallup, the pavilion also provides increased space for the relocated clinics.
The new pavilion is also shared with MultiCare adult medical specialties, including endocrinology, infectious disease, nephrology, pulmonology and rheumatology. For more information about adult services at this location, visit www.multicare.org.
For more information about Mary Bridge Children’s, including how you can support expanding access to care for all kids, visit stg-marybridge.mccdn.io.
About Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital
Founded in 1955, Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital is the state-designated Level II Pediatric Trauma Center for Western Washington, offering comprehensive care and resources for critically ill and injured children, and is the only pediatric hospital in Southwest Washington. Mary Bridge Children’s also provides primary, specialty, therapy and urgent care services at its outpatient centers and clinics across the Puget Sound region, including Tacoma, Puyallup, Gig Harbor, Olympia, Auburn, Covington, Maple Valley, Federal Way, Renton, Bonney Lake and Silverdale.
Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Network is more than a place for children to heal. It’s a place for them to grow and thrive. A place for families to come for solutions and support. A place where medical expertise and passion for children and families work together in perfect balance. Mary Bridge Children’s serves children and families, regardless of ability to pay, thanks to generous contributions to the Mary Bridge Children’s Foundation.
Mary Bridge Children’s is a part of MultiCare Health System, the largest community-based and locally governed health system in Washington state. For more information about Mary Bridge Children’s, visit marybridge.org or follow on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or our Kite Strings blog.