Valley Business FRONT, Issue 157, October 2021

Carilion Children’s opens at Tanglewood > Carilion Children's Tanglewood Center - in the former JC Penney location – is a consolidation of Carilion's pediatric outpatient services. The 30 million-dollar, 150,000 square foot (two-story) makeover is now complete. Dr. Donald Kees is the interim chair of the Carilion Pediatrics Department: “ a lot of patients who come there may have multiple specialists they need to see. One of our general pediatric offices [including pediatric dentistry] will be located there [as well]. A lot of services under one roof. It’s been a long time coming.” The decor is stylish and sort of playful in places, in part to make it more comfortable for the children who will come there for treatment. “For a long time, we’ve had an identity crisis, people would say ‘what’s Carilion Children’s?” adds Kees, “well now it’s very visible.”

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