ROANOKE, Ind. (WANE) — In an effort to better serve patients in southwest Fort Wayne, IU Health has opened a new facility in the area.

Located at 10101 Ernst Road near Lower Huntington Road and Interstate 69, IU Health Fort Wayne Southwest Medical Office Building is a 55,000-square-foot facility that offers primary doctors, advanced imaging, cardiology, orthopedics and general surgery.

“We’ve recruited doctors from multiple states and from other parts of the state to get them here and show them what we’re doing and how exciting it is,” said Brian Bauer, president of IU Health Northeast Indiana.

Bauer also said the new facility represents IU Health’s eighth location in the area and that he is excited to see where the new facility will lead IU Health.

Mark King, a medical director and family doctor at the IU Health Fort Wayne Southwest Medical Office Building, said he has worked for IU Health for four to five years and that the growth he has seen from IU Health during his tenure has been “amazing.”

“We’ve been able to grow in Fort Wayne to seven, eight, nine different locations already with plans to build [more] right here on this campus,” King said.

The new construction would be across the street from the IU Health Fort Wayne Southwest Medical Office Building but a timeline for that project has not been provided.