Maury Regional Health is expanding to serve the Lawrence County community with the addition of Lawrence Health Center, which will offer a comprehensive spectrum of outpatient services when it opens in spring 2026. However, for those seeking to establish care earlier, Lawrence Health Center’s new primary and pediatric care teams are now welcoming patients in nearby Mount Pleasant until the new facility’s completion.
Thomas Bernhoffer, MD, and Alana Brown, MD, will provide primary care and pediatric services, respectively for Maury Regional Medical Group (MRMG) at Lawrence Health Center. They will be joined by Martha Kristin Woodside, FNP, a primary care nurse practitioner already with MRMG. The trio is now welcoming adult and pediatric patients at MRMG Primary Care in Mount Pleasant until Lawrence Health Center opens in spring 2026.
“We are ecstatic about the new Lawrence Health Center opening next spring, but we don’t want the community to have to wait to establish their care,” said MRMG President Nathan Miller. “By scheduling with our team now at their temporary home in Mount Pleasant, patients can begin establishing their new care team without delay, supporting a seamless transition and continuous care for when we officially open the doors of our new medical office building in Lawrenceburg.”
Dr. Bernhoffer is a board-certified specialist in family medicine who earned his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. He completed his residency at the Toledo Hospital Family Residency Program in Toledo, Ohio.
Dr. Brown is a specialist in pediatrics who earned her medical degree from the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine in Cupecoy, Sint Maarten. She completed her residency in pediatrics at the University School of Medicine in Wichita, Kansas.
Woodside is an advanced practice provider who joined Maury Regional Medical Group in 2023 after previously serving as a registered nurse at Maury Regional Medical Center. She received her master’s degree in nursing from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, a bachelor’s degree in nursing from American Sentinel University in Denver, Colorado, and an associate degree in nursing from Columbia State Community College.
To schedule with Dr. Brown, Dr. Bernhoffer or Ms. Woodside, call MRMG Primary Care in Mount Pleasant at 931.244.6090 or visit MauryRegional.com/MountPleasant.
Expected to be completed in spring 2026 in the absence of unforeseeable delays, the three-story, 60,000-square-foot Lawrence Health Center will be home to:
- Primary, pediatric and specialty care from Maury Regional Medical Group for continuous, coordinated care throughout all life’s chapters
- Convenient diagnostics to minimize the need for travel, including outpatient imaging (X-ray, ultrasound, CT, mammography and bone densitometry), pulmonary function testing and a sleep medicine center
- Comprehensive rehabilitation services for adults and children, including physical and occupational therapy as well as speech-language pathology
- Accessible support services, such as an outpatient pharmacy, occupational health center and specialty care through the facility’s leasing partners
“As our region continues to grow, we are committed to delivering exceptional care close to home,” said Maury Regional Health CEO Martin Chaney, MD. “This state-of-the-art facility will offer a wide array of outpatient services — including primary, pediatric and specialty care — to provide Lawrence County residents of all ages with the trusted Maury Regional Health care they know and rely on without the need to travel to Columbia.”
Lawrence Health Center is just one of many expansion projects underway or in the planning phases at Maury Regional Health. Improvements at the Maury Regional Medical Center campus in Columbia include the development of an Orthopedic Surgical Institute to accommodate the growing number of joint replacements, renovation of the emergency department, expansion of the heart center, parking and thoroughfare improvements, additional childbirth beds and expansion of the front entry to relocate key patient and visitor services toward the main entrance. To learn more about Maury Regional Health’s strategic plan for the future, visit MauryRegional.com/StrategicPlan.
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