COLUMBUS, Ohio — OhioHealth plans to build a standalone comprehensive women’s center on the southeast corner of its Riverside Methodist Hospital campus. 

What You Need To Know

  •  OhioHealth plans to build an all-in-one provider for women and their families

  •  The facility will provide both inpatient and outpatient services including maternity services, neonatal intensive care, OB-GYN services, female urology, and mammography services, among others

  • The facility's design includes almost 600,000 square feet and is projected to cost more than $600 million

The facility’s design includes almost 600,000 square feet and is projected to cost over $600 million. The facility will provide both inpatient and outpatient services to women and their families. 

It is designed to be an all-in-one provider, including maternity services, neonatal intensive care, obstetrics and gynecological services, female urology, and mammography services, among others. 

“When it comes to the structure of the building, both externally and internally, our intention is to bring in women’s voices, experiences and insights into the design and planning of the comprehensive center,” said Kristina Stuecher, OhioHealth Vice President and project executive of the OhioHealth Women’s Health Center. “We will be steadfast in our commitment to create spaces and experiences that are welcoming for all.” 

Riverside Methodist, according to OhioHealth, has been the busiest maternity hospital in Ohio with nearly 7,000 babies delivered at the facility in 2022. 

OhioHealth said its goal with this new facility is to diversify the knowledge, backgrounds and life experiences of associates and patients served. 

“At OhioHealth, the health and wellness of our patients and of all women in our community matter. We are honored to continue providing a variety of services by opening new doors for those we serve to be healed, to be sheltered, to be fed, to be seen, heard and to be cared for,” Vice President of the OhioHealth Women’s Health Clinical Service Line, Jason Melillo, MD, said, “This space will allow our clinicians and associates to build more and even stronger lifelong relationships with their patients and families.”