MD Now Urgent Care Centers Opens New Boynton Beach Location
Summary
The upscale Urgent Care center, owned by Dr Peter Lamelas, is the fifth of its kind to open in Palm Beach County.Dr Lamelas, a Board Certified Emergency physician and former ER Director for over 17 years, hit a home run when he opened the first medical center in Lake Worth, a suburb of West Palm Beach, in January of 2005.The urgent care centers have been so successful that Dr Lamelas, who also has a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, is scheduled to open a sixth location late November 2009.Dr Lamelas, a Board Certified Emergency physician and former ER Director for over 17 years, hit a home run when he opened the first medical center in Lake Worth, a suburb of West Palm Beach, in January of 2005.The new Urgent Care clinic boasts an atmosphere more reminiscent of a day spa than a cold and sterile medical clinic - with bottled water in the waiting room, granite countertops and artwork of natural surroundings throughout.physicals, Immigration exams, confidential HIV and STD testing, treatment of cuts, wounds and laceration repairs - even FAA pilot medical exams and provide all school and travel vaccines.A growing list of businesses refer their injured workers, drug screens and physical exams to MD Now because of their convenient hours and locations – most occupational medicine clinics close at 5pm – and for obvious economic reasons: The cost of urgent care is often less than one quarter of the cost of a visit to an emergency room or hospital based “Fast Track” unit.To what does Dr Lamelas attribute MD Now’s success?“Our centers are successful because I am involved in every aspect of our business.