Longtime Tampa Health Care Provider Doctor's Walk-In Clinic Changing Name to MedExpress in February

Doctor's Walk-In Clinic, a trusted urgent care provider in the Tampa Bay market since 1980, will officially be re-named MedExpress Urgent Care beginning in February 2011. MedExpress acquired the group of eight centers in January 2009. The re-branded centers will remain at their current locations to continue serving the residents of Tampa Bay.

"The name is changing but the experience our patients have come to expect at Doctor's Walk-In Clinic will still be there. At MedExpress, we are focused on delivering great care fast," said MedExpress CEO Frank Alderman, MD. "Our staff and medical teams have long established a commitment to exceeding the expectations of our patients by providing quality urgent care that is friendly, convenient and affordable."

"It has been a joy to see our Tampa Bay clinics evolve and progress as they have," said Doctor's Walk-In Clinic Medical Director Kimberly Gibson, MD. "Ever since our partnership with MedExpress began nearly two years ago, I knew we shared the same values and held a mutual sense of responsibility to serve our community. We are excited to be taking the next step and look forward to the future."

The Tampa Bay area's inaugural MedExpress will open to patients even before the other centers switch names. A brand new center will open in the Largo Mall, 10500 Ulmerton Road, Suite 202, on December 16.

MedExpress Urgent Care is a full-service, walk-in health care center, offering treatment for everyday illness and injury to all ages. There is always a physician on duty, supported by a full medical team. Doctor's Walk-In Clinic currently operates centers in Brandon, Carrollwood, Clearwater, Lutz, New Tampa, Northside, Seffner and West Tampa. Also in December MedExpress will be opening a new center in Largo.