Carilion Family practice Rev – Ian price photo

Carilion Clinic celebrated the opening of its newest Family and Community Medicine office at the corner of Route 419 and Starkey Road with a ribbon-cutting this morning. The new facility is adjacent to Carilion’s Velocity urgent care center, so some services can be shared. Patients are now being accepted; there are 8 exam rooms on site in what once the former location for Barrel Chest. They are now accepting new patients. Two physicians and a nurse practitioner will staff the new family medicine location for Carilion, which has office hours Monday through Friday from 8am until 5pm. Dr. Michael Jeremiah is a Carilion senior vice president; he spoke at the ribbon-cutting today: