LECOM Announces
Major Campus Expansion with Plans for a Health and Wellness Center
The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
will take a major step to promote healthy lifestyles in Erie with
the expansion of the campus to a new building adjacent to Millcreek
Community Hospital. LECOM will begin construction this year of the
LECOM Health and Wellness Center. The center will become part of the
continuum of health care that begins with the training of physicians
and pharmacists at LECOM and is maintained through medical services
at Millcreek Community Hospital, Millcreek Geriatric Education and
Care Center and the physician offices of Medical Associates of Erie.
LECOM President John M. Ferretti, D.O. and
Provost and Vice-president Silvia M. Ferretti D.O. have led the
project team to design a medically integrated wellness center that
not only will serve the fitness needs of LECOM students and
employees of Millcreek Health System, but also provide a facility
that will encourage Erie County citizens to pursue a better quality
of life.
“LECOM wants to be the community’s partner on
the path to health and well-being,” according to Dr. Silvia
Ferretti. “We envision a premiere fitness center and spa that
reflects the high quality of health care that we teach at LECOM.”
Dr. John Ferretti explains, “Osteopathic
Medicine is committed to preventive, total-person health care and
the first step in prevention is maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
The LECOM Health and Wellness Center will provide many choices for
exercise, health education and clinical healthcare.”
The nationally acclaimed healthcare
architectural and design firm of Marshall Erdman and Associates has
developed plans that integrate the amenities of the fitness center
with the clinical needs of patients in a three-story building. The
architects have created a healthy lifestyle atmosphere that welcomes
visitors and draws them into the fitness center that occupies the
first two floors.
The first level offers a day spa, three
swimming pools, aerobic and yoga fitness rooms. The center
includes basketball and racquetball courts, a snack bar and Internet
café, as well as meeting rooms, offices and a child-care area.
A three-lane, nine laps per mile running
track circles the second floor surrounding equipment for
cardiovascular and strength training and a bicycle spinning room.
This level will contain a physical therapy facility.
The third-floor will house clinical and
administration offices for Medical Associates of Erie. MAE will
offer Internal Medicine, Integrative Medicine, Geriatrics,
Orthopedic Surgery, and OB-GYN care from this location and relocate
physicians from scattered locations in Erie.
When the Center opens, Power Wellness
Management, a national health and wellness center management team,
will operate the LECOM facility. Power Wellness has participated in
the design of the fitness center and will coordinate the acquisition
of fitness equipment. LECOM selected Power Wellness based on the
company’s experience and its commitment to improving the quality of
life in the community.
LECOM expects to start construction this
spring at West 54th and Peach Streets. The College expects to open
the center in late September 2008. Over the next few months, the
Project Team will continue preparing plans for the Health and
Wellness Center and to complete the necessary local and state
permits necessary to complete construction.
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