Bayfront Health St. Petersburg Announces Plans for New Women’s Pavilion

St. Petersburg, FL (September 15, 2022)- Bayfront Health St. Petersburg is leading the way when it comes to improving women’s health in Tampa Bay. The hospital has announced plans to build the Bayfront Health Women’s Pavilion on the main downtown St. Petersburg campus. The three-story, 60,000 square foot state-of-the-art outpatient complex will be a technologically advanced facility dedicated to women’s health and wellness.

The Women’s Pavilion will have the latest imaging tools for screening and diagnostic capabilities for a team of a highly trained and compassionate physicians. It will also be home to a multi-specialty practice with access to specialties like urogynecology.

Bayfront Health St. Petersburg is proud to partner with Women’s Care for its new facility. Women’s Care will provide many of its service lines in the new Pavilion. Women’s Care has grown tremendously throughout the years with more than 100 locations across the United States.

Bayfront Health St. Petersburg and Women’s Care have a combined experience of more than 100 years providing healthcare to the region. This strong commitment will lead to a stronger partnership for comprehensive women’s care in all stages of life and health.

“Construction of the Bayfront Health Women’s Pavilion and the partnership with Women’s Care will usher in the next generation of advanced healthcare for the region” said John Moore, President, Bayfront Health St. Petersburg. “We are focused on growth and becoming the premiere destination for women’s care in Tampa Bay.”

“We are proud to partner with Bayfront Health St. Petersburg to deliver expert ob-gyn and specialty services. The partnership aligns with our dedication to supporting the health and well-being of women in the local community,” said Ellen Bower, chief operating officer at Women’s Care. “As we rapidly expand nationwide as a leading U.S. women’s healthcare group, we are committed to providing an environment that creates a holistic patient experience and the state-of-the-art women’s pavilion will help make this possible in Tampa Bay.”

The new women’s pavilion will be located at 700 6^th Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, on the east side of Bayfront Health St. Petersburg. The hospital has selected Haskell, Inc., to design and construct the facility.

The Bayfront Health Women’s Pavilion is expected to open in early fall 2024.

A high-resolution rendering of the facility can be found here.

About Bayfront Health St. Petersburg

The 480-bed Bayfront Health St. Petersburg was founded in 1910. It was acquired October 1, 2020 by Orlando Health, a private, not-for-profit healthcare organization with $8 billion of assets under management. The hospital’s areas of clinical excellence include heart and vascular, surgical services, rehabilitation services, neurosciences, maternity care and – as home to the only state-accredited Level Two Adult Trauma Center in the St. Petersburg region – emergency services and trauma care.

Bayfront Health St. Petersburg is integral to the 3,200-bed Orlando Health system which serves the southeastern United States through 10 award-winning hospitals, 9 hospital based ERs, including Central Florida’s only Level I Trauma Center, and 7 free-standing emergency rooms; rehabilitation services, cancer and heart institutes, imaging and laboratory services, wound care centers, physician offices for adults and pediatrics, skilled nursing facilities, an in-patient behavioral health facility, home healthcare services in partnership with LHC Group, and urgent care centers in partnership with FastMed Urgent Care. More than 4,200 physicians, representing more than 100 medical specialties and subspecialties have privileges across the system, which employs more than 23,000 team members.

Orlando Health’s Graduate Medical Education (GME) program hosts more than 350 residents and fellows including more than 40 who are enrolled at Bayfront Health St. Petersburg’s OB/GYN, Family Medicine, Sports Medicine and Pharmacy programs.

In FY21, Orlando Health served more than 160,000 inpatients and 3.6 million outpatients. During that same time period, Orlando Health provided approximately ¬¬¬$648 million in total value to the communities it serves in the form of charity care, community benefit programs and services, community building activities and more. Additional information can be found at https://www.bayfrontstpete.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

About Women’s Care

Women’s Care is a leading women’s healthcare group in the U.S., providing comprehensive patient care in obstetrics, gynecology, women’s health and cancer care through all phases of life, from pre-teen to post-menopausal years. With a national network of 100+ locations, a state-of-the-art clinical laboratory, and 400 ob-gyns and specialists, we perform more than 2.4M annual patient encounters and deliver more than 23,000 newborns a year. With a focus on preventive care, we encourage patients to ‘Start with you.’ Visit womenscareobgyn.com.