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Healthcare converges at One Oak Medical Complex STORY BY CALEB TURRENTINE PHOTO BY DANIEL DYE
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t is hard to miss one of the latest additions to the Wetumpka area as a brand-new, three-story building is complete along Highway 231. What was once a vacant lot filled with trees and tall grass is now home to the One Oak Medical Complex, giving residents of Elmore County a major upgrade to health services located closer to home. The Wetumpka Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the end of June and everyone inside has hit the ground running. Business partners Dr. Spencer Coleman and Dr. Rocky Lyons were integral in creating the project and they will have
their practices located on the first floor of the building with several other services surrounding it. “For the almost 10 years I’ve been here, most of our specialty care had to drive to Montgomery,” Lyons said. “That distance, especially with elderly patients, would inhibit them going in a timely manner plus the financial burden it would take. We’re eliminating those obstacles and I think that’s important.” Joining Lyons and Coleman on the first floor will be Wetumpka Pharmacy plus X-ray and ultrasound services. On the second floor, two businesses
will be open five days a week and work out of the facility fulltime. Montgomery Cardiovascular Associates is in Suite A with Dr. Paul Moore and Dr. Scott Sims leading the practice in Wetumpka. Alabama Orthopedic Specialists also moved its local offices into the new facility. Phoenix Rehab will be providing its services five days per week on the third floor. “One of the things that makes us unique is that we pulled the best of the best,” Lyons said. “We’re not tied to one system or another. It’s one of the newest and certainly best laid out facili-
