Construction Update
updated 6/29/06

Emergency Department Expansion Project is Complete!!


June 28, 2006 -- Construction is complete and Sheridan Memorial Hospital’s Emergency Department has now relocated back to the east side of the hospital.

"Persons who need to come the Emergency Department need to look for the large red EMERGENCY signs on the east side of the hospital. If you are coming to the Emergency Department, you may enter via the Medical Arts Complex entrance (east of the hospital) and follow the red emergency signs to the Emergency Department. Or if patients are unable to walk up to the doors, the driver may bring them up to the Ambulance Entrance under the large emergency canopy," according to Cecile Pattison of Community Relations at the hospital.

Emergency Department Expansion
     Sheridan Memorial Hospital is an area trauma hospital. Its Emergency Department is the first and only line of defense for medical emergencies and trauma in Sheridan County and the surrounding area.
A construction project to expand the hospital’s 25-year old Emergency Department began in April of 2005. This expansion will enable Sheridan Memorial Hospital staff to deliver professional emergency medical care to an increasing patient population in an environment that affords maximum patient privacy, confidentiality and safety. The project includes an increase from 2,800 square feet to 12,300 square feet.
     During the construction period of approximately 11 months, the Emergency Department has been temporarily relocated to the west side of the hospital. A wing of the hospital has been remodeled to accommodate emergency services. This temporary location actually has much more room than the old Emergency Room.
     Persons who need to come the Emergency Department should follow the signs past the hospital and turn north on Kentucky Avenue, which is the street that runs between the main hospital building and the Welch Cancer Center.

An update of recent events...
The Emergency Department moved to its temporary location on the west side of the hospital at 7 a.m. on Friday, April 15th.
click here for news release about the move
Temporary Emergency Entrance on West side of hospital.

- Groundbreaking Ceremony was held April 19th at 4:30 p.m.

Groundbreaking

May 16, 2005 -- view of demolition old Emergency Dept.  Medical Arts Complex in background.

January 16, 2006 - brick is going up on the new Emergency Department

As of  March 30, 2006:  The heating and air conditioning unit has been installed on the roof of the building.  The interior lights and booms have been installed.  We are very close to having a completed project, with the anticipated opening is early summer 2006.

June 21, 2006 -- Dr. John Addlesperger, State Auditor Max Maxfield, Hospital Board member Evelyn Ebzery and Hospital Foundation president Frank Boley dedicate the new Emergency Department.

On June 21, 2006 the New Emergency Department Dedication was held.  Sheridan Memorial Hospital Foundation Members who donated to the Emergency Department Expansion Project gathered in the new Emergency Department for a dedication ceremony.

  June 22, 2006 -- Helicopter takes off after Community Open House

On June 22, 2006, the community was invited to come see the new Emergency Department prior to its planned opening for Emergency Services.

June 28, 2006

At 7 a.m. on Wednesday, June 28, 2006, the Sheridan Memorial Hospital Emergency Department opened for Emergency use.  news article

- The Foundation is helping to finance this project and has exceeded the $2.4 million  fundraising goal!!

More about the project from the Hospital Foundation   

Medical Arts Complex 

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Before                                                                          
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Now                     Artist's rendering of new Medical Arts Complex

     Ambulatory or non-emergent healthcare in Sheridan is making a dramatic shift, a change for the better, and Sheridan Memorial Hospital is answering the call of the community to create high quality, affordable services and accessible facilities. The new Medical Arts Complex is one example of Sheridan Memorial Hospital’s commitment to making this effort a reality. The new facility will allow patients to experience direct point of service healthcare and ease of access with convenient parking facilities.
     A new Medical Arts Complex is now being completed. It is located on the east campus of the hospital grounds. This facility includes Sheridan Radiology - a medical imaging center, ancillary health services, and medical office suites, which means physicians can conveniently locate their offices on the hospital campus.
     Sheridan Radiology, which opened in November 2005, provides Northeast Wyoming with medical imaging capabilities equal to those found in major cities across the United States. It offers the latest technology for imaging services including a GE 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) unit, a Toshiba 16 slice Computer Aided Tomography (CT) machine, Computed Radiography (x-ray), and a Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS), all of which have digital capability and allow the Radiologist and your Physician to communicate quickly. Most importantly, the images are brilliant - clearer, sharper and more accurate than ever before.
     The imaging center has a special center for women’s imaging which offers screening mammography, stereotactic biopsy and ultrasound. Maximum privacy and comfort are the objectives, with a private waiting area and separate, conveniently located dressing rooms. 
Check out the website:  www.sheridanradiology.com

Anticipated openings of remaining offices in the Medical Arts Complex:
     Dr. Thomas Niethammer:  NOW OPEN
     Dr. Corey Jost:  NOW OPEN
     Dr. Lawrence Gill/Sheridan Women's Health:  NOW OPEN
     Alchemy Medi Spa:  NOW OPEN
     Dr. Jacqueline Adler:  NOW OPEN
     Sheridan Pharmacy:  NOW OPEN
     Medical Arts Lab: NOW OPEN
     Dr. Michael Strahan:  Plans are being finalized for this office space -- Fall 2006