By MOLLY DAVIDSON / Staff Writer

HOOVER—St. Vincent’s One Nineteen celebrated the completion of a project more than 10 years in the making with a Dec. 8 ribbon cutting and blessing ceremony for the facility’s expansion.

The 40,000 square-foot, $15.6 million addition includes an outpatient surgery center for same-day surgeries with four operating rooms and two procedure rooms, professional office space and an urgent care center.

“When we set out to create One Nineteen, more than 10 years ago, we had big plans to create a new kind of health care,” Senior Vice President, Ascension Health and Birmingham Market Executive Neeysa Biddle said. “One Nineteen’s campus has far outreached our expectations.”

The St. Vincent’s One Nineteen campus incorporates many facets of health care and wellness, from physical fitness and spa treatments to health screenings and more than 50 physicians in 14 specialties. Currently, the facility sees 2,000 patient visits each day.

The expansion adds new dimensions to the St. Vincent’s One Nineteen health care model, Biddle explained.

“It is a critical and very important part of our clinically integrated (facility),” Biddle said.

Along with offering new services for patients, the expansion will allow current practices to grow and thrive, Dr. John Farley, medical director of St. Vincent’s One Nineteen and clinical lead of the St. Vincent’s Health System Medical Group explained.

In addition to the new facility, the expansion includes a Sisters’ Garden and additional parking.

“Health care is changing… with that change comes the opportunity to think in new ways and better ways than before,” Vice President, Ascension Health and Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer Nan Priest said. “(St. Vincent’s One Nineteen) is truly a model of health care like no other.”

Before the ribbon was cut on the new facility, a blessing was offered to all St. Vincent’s employees and associates. St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church Rev. Joseph Culotta performed a holy water blessing on the building.

St. Vincent’s One Nineteen is located at 7191 Cahaba Valley Road. The urgent care center and out-patient surgery center will open to the public after Jan. 1, 2016.