Master Facility Plan

A new Surgical Services wing opened on Level 3 of the hospital in early June. This stunning new space features south facing views, 10 private Pre-Operative rooms and eight Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) bays. The space also includes a new staff lounge, additional offices and locker rooms.

Howard Head Sports Medicine’s Vail Clinic reopened with five new treatment tables, new training equipment and office space for the clinicians. Therapists now have more room to work with each patient, and higher ceilings allow for new exercises—golfers will be able to practice their swing, for example. The carpeted floors have been replaced with a high performance compressed rubber athletic flooring. Finally, space has been allotted for EXOS, a new service to help guide patients in meeting their individual fitness performance goals through strength and endurance training.

A new addition to the Patient Care Unit features five new, private patient rooms designed to promote a healing environment in a new location off the PCU corridors. With incredible views of the mountains, the rooms offer a quiet, serene atmosphere for improved patient- and family-centered care. With more space in each room, the entire care team can meet at the bedside. Physical and occupational therapy can also now be conducted in the room.

The Intensive Care Unit features five brand new, state-of-the-art ICU patient rooms that have been designed with patient-centered care and safety as a priority. To this end, the rooms are positioned directly off of a centralized nurse station. In addition, the new space provides more efficient work areas for VVMC's entire care team, including space for medication preparation and quick access to medical supplies. "The new Intensive Care Unit is a beautiful, highly functional space for our most critically injured or ill patients and their families," explains VVMC President and CEO Doris Kirchner. "This is an important step in improving our facility to better serve the community." 

The Steadman Clinic and Steadman Philippon Research Institute cut the ribbon on an expanded, 26,056-square-foot facility at VVMC on February 22. The space includes brand new patient rooms and physician offices for The Steadman Clinic, as well as the Steadman Philippon Research Institute's surgical skills lab, robotics lab, regenerative medicine lab, biomotion lab and new administrative offices. The enhanced space is more than one-third larger than the research institute and The Steadman Clinic's previous footprint at the hospital.

The Cardiac Catheterization and Electrophysiology Lab allows physicians to visualize the heart's structures to treat problems such as blocked arteries and arrhythmias.