Campaign Priorities

With some 15,000 surgeries performed each year at Overlook, it’s imperative that we not only increase our capacity, but also fully address the needs of patients requiring very specialized procedures. To that end, the Reeves Same Day Surgery Center will be completely renovated and expanded to include two additional surgery suites, a refurbished family waiting room with private consultation area, and enhanced pre- and post-op units. For inpatient surgeries, multiple new state-of-the-art surgical suites are planned which will, among other things, optimize our ability to perform complex procedures within a broad range of specialties including neuro, orthopedics, urology, and others.

Major renovations to the Frank and Mimi Walsh Maternity Center represent our continued commitment to providing outstanding family-centered care for our moms and babies. The expanded space will feature new cesarean-section suites, birthing suites, and all private postpartum rooms with enhanced proximity to a renovated NICU. Redesigned for maximum efficiency and collaboration of the maternity care team, the unit will be poised to welcome future generations with the kind of safe and soothing environment so essential to a calm patient experience.

A redesigned inpatient unit will bring together the entire neuroscience team, with all single patient rooms to allow for privacy, comfort, and support from loved ones. Our neuro ICU will be expanded, as will our acute stroke and spine surgery capabilities, while a new epilepsy monitoring unit will provide timely 24/7 clinical responses to patients with seizure disorders. Dedicated neurosurgical operating rooms will feature state-of-the-art technology to handle the most complex vascular, brain tumor, and skull base procedures. And new outpatient space will be home to our centers of excellence, bringing together our neurologists and neurosurgeons and their multi-disciplinary teams to provide comprehensive care coordinated by our patient navigators.

When it comes to our most critically ill patients, safety and comfort are paramount for those who require the highest degree of medical monitoring and the highest level of medical care. Newly designed private rooms will be larger and more technology-enabled to provide for the 24-hour care needed by our sickest patients whose conditions are not stable enough for transfer to a regular hospital room. The renovated space will allow our CCU health care providers to deliver extraordinary care in a thoughtfully designed environment.

At Overlook, we are proud to provide excellent cardiac care in a community medical center setting. Construction of a new state-of-the-art cardiac unit with single rooms will allow us to offer intensive, intermediate, and/or standard acute care without moving patients, thereby enhancing their safety and comfort. Furthermore, an expansion of the services provided by the Thomas Glasser Caregivers Center, to include a satellite center on the new unit, will foster an improved healing environment for both patients and families.

The newly constructed Hersh Children’s Center links the Meri and Sol Barer Inpatient Pediatric Unit to the Michael Gordon Reeves Pediatric Emergency Department for better coordinated care of our young patients. Once inside the new Bouras Emergency Department, patients are triaged to separate specialized areas for adults and children, with increased capacity for faster care. A new on-site employee parking garage has freed up space for patients and visitors in the East and West Garages, while eliminating the need for street and remote parking in the community.