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Joseph D. Bouvier, MD, Joins Phoenix Children’s Specialty and Urgent Care –

East Valley Center

New Pediatric Specialist is introduced to meet the high demand for advanced

urgent care in East Valley

PHOENIX, Ariz. (July 24, 2009) – Joseph D. Bouvier, MD, has joined Phoenix Hospital’s Specialty and Urgent

Care – East Valley Center in Mesa, Ariz. The center, which opened 2007, represents the Hospital’s ongoing efforts

to make available its special brand of family-centered care to areas outside metropolitan Phoenix. In addition to the

East Valley Center, a new Northwest Valley Specialty and Urgent Care Center recently opened in Glendale. The

6,018-square-foot center located on Loop 101 and 51st Avenue in Glendale will provide care to the rapidly growing

Northwest Valley.

Dr. Bouvier graduated with his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester,

Mass. He went on to complete his internship and residency training in pediatrics at the University of Arizona,

Tucson, Ariz. Dr. Bouvier was in fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine at Baylor, Houston, Texas. Most

recently, he was in private practice in Glatsonbury, Conn., and was an adjunct professor at the University of

Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Conn.

“We are pleased to have Dr. Bouvier joining us in the pediatric urgent care services at the Hospital’s East Valley

Center,” says Bob Meyer, president and CEO of Phoenix Children’s. “With school out for the summer and warm

weather upon us, outdoor activities such as bike riding, hiking and swimming expose our children to both injury

and heat-related sicknesses. These conditions place a high demand on the urgent care coverage we provide in the

East Valley and Dr. Bouvier’s presence will address the expected spike in activity.”

With a background in pediatric emergency medicine, Bouvier joins an experienced and knowledgeable staff of

physicians who offer a variety of medical services for infants, children, and adolescents.

“As an urgent care/emergency pediatrician, I enjoy caring for the acute needs of our children,” Bouvier says. “I

have a great deal of experience in orthopaedics, minor trauma, asthma care, envenomations (bites and stings), and

general acute care pediatrics, and endeavor to give the best care to all the children who walk through our doors in

the East Valley.”

The urgent care component of the center provides convenient medical coverage during the hours youngsters and

their parents need it most. Its medical team is part of the nationally renowned Phoenix Children's staff and offers

every child the world-class care people have come to expect from the Hospital.

Phoenix Children’s Hospital is Arizona’s only licensed children’s hospital, providing world-class care in more than

40 pediatric specialties to our state’s sickest kids. Though Phoenix Children’s is one of the 10 largest freestanding

children’s hospitals in the country, rapid population growth in Arizona means the Hospital must grow as well.

Phoenix Children’s recently announced a $588 million expansion plan to bring its special brand of family-centered

care to even more patients and families. The plan includes a significant upgrade of the Hospital's current campus,

an aggressive physician recruitment effort, and new satellite centers in high growth areas of the Valley. For more

information, visit the Hospital’s Web site at www.phoenixchildrens.com.

EDITOR’S NOTE: A photo of Bouvier is attached.

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