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FORMER WESLEY HEALTH CLUB CONVERTING TO MEDICAL OFFICES, NEW RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE A former Wesley Healthcare fitness facil - ity will be revamped into upscale medical offices and provide space for a 20-bed - room Ronald McDonald House Charities program. The former Health Strategies building, which will be renamed Wesley Medical Plaza, was built in 1988 and purchased by Wesley Medical Center in 1999. Wesley has always owned the land beneath the building. The $13 million project involves the redesign and reconfigura - tion of the first two floors of the building, says Bill Voloch, Wesley Healthcare CEO. The space had previously been a fitness facility. The third through fifth floors already house 10 medical-related offices. Of the nearly 82,000 square feet that will be redesigned, 60,000 square feet will be converted into additional physician space. The remain - ing space will become the new Wichita home for Ronald McDonald House Charities. WESLEY HEALTHCARE SEEKING HCA APPROVAL FOR PROJECTS In June, the Wichita City Council approved a $100 million industrial revenue bond (IRB) request by Wesley Healthcare that will help ex- pand its medical services and workforce. IRBs are tax-exempt loans to finance capital improvements. But it's just one step in the process for strengthening Wesley Healthcare's business strategy in Wichita, says Bill Voloch, Wesley CEO and President. "A lot of this has to be approved by HCA, our parent company," Voloch says. Headquartered in Nashville, HCA is the largest for- profit healthcare system in the U.S. The new project will help bring at least 60 jobs as a result of the proposed expansions that include $9 million in new equipment, such as an interventional biplane system for treating aneurysms in the brain and a new MRI, and renovation and expansion of its medical- surgical unit. RAO V. CHUNDURY, MD, JOINS GRENE VISION GROUP Ophthalmologist Rao V. Chundury, MD, has joined Grene Vision Group. He joins Samuel W. Amstutz, MD, to expand Grene Vision Group's oculoplastics services. He will see patients in Wichita and Hutchinson. Dr. Chundury is a fellowship-trained aes - thetic and reconstructive oculofacial surgeon who has practiced oph- thalmology since 2014. He offers the latest techniques in cosmetic facial rejuvenation and functional eyelid/midface/orbital surgery. His clinical interests include medical and minimally invasive treatments for a variety of eyelid, orbit and tearing conditions. Dr. Chundury graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in biology and earned his master's, medical and business degrees from Indiana University School of Medicine and Kelley School of Business in Indianapolis. He completed his residency at St. Louis University, where he was chief resident, followed by a two- year ASOPRS fellowship in aesthetic and reconstructive oculofacial surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute. He has published more than 30 publications/book chapters, is a reviewer for several journals and has presented novel re - search at numerous national meetings. Dr. Chundury is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Ophthalmic and Reconstructive Surgery. He also Susan Smythe, CEO and Executive Director of Ronald McDonald House Charities, and Mike Miller, RMHC Board President, signed a beam that will be installed in a new Ronald McDonald House under construction in space donated by Wesley. M D N E W S . C O M /// M D N E W S G R E AT E R K A N S A S ■ 2 018 1 7