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Peconic Bay Medical Center’s long-planned women’s health expansion is starting to take shape.
Hospital officials, donors and community members recently gathered at Strong’s Water Club in Mattituck to celebrate the completion of the first phase of infrastructure work on the Emilie Roy Corey Center for Women and Infants, a major project expected to bring expanded maternity, neonatal and women’s healthcare services to Eastern Suffolk County by the second half of 2027.
Once completed, the center will become the first dedicated women’s and infants facility of its kind in the region, allowing many East End families to access specialized care much closer to home.
“Today was a true celebration of what happens when a community decides to invest in itself,” said Dr. Amy Loeb, president of Peconic Bay Medical Center and the PBMC Foundation. “Choosing to live and raise a family in Eastern Suffolk County should never mean compromising the quality of your healthcare.”
Named in honor of philanthropists Emilie and Michael Corey, whose lead gift helped make the project possible, the center is designed to bring a wide range of women’s health services under one roof.
Plans call for breast health services, urogynecology, labor and delivery, teleneonatology and the future development of a Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The facility will also feature private patient rooms, dedicated operating rooms and a separate entrance.
For many East End residents, specialized maternal and neonatal care has traditionally meant long drives to hospitals farther west on Long Island, often during some of life’s most stressful moments. Hospital officials say the new center is intended to change that by making advanced care available closer to home for the nearly 300,000 people who live across the region.
“We are happy to support Peconic Bay Medical Center, especially in the work of providing services to the underserved,” Emilie and Michael Corey said in a joint statement. “The Center for Women and Infants fills a gap that has been neglected for many years.”
The project is part of Peconic Bay Medical Center’s broader expansion in recent years. Earlier this month, the hospital opened the Bill and Ruth Ann Harnisch Neurosciences Center, making it the first hospital in Eastern Suffolk County capable of performing cerebral mechanical thrombectomy, an advanced procedure used to treat certain types of stroke.
Construction on the Emilie Roy Corey Center for Women and Infants is expected to continue over the next year, with the facility slated to open during the second half of 2027.
Top: The center (show above under construction) is named in honor of philanthropists Emilie and Michael Corey, whose lead gift helped make the project possible. (Credit: PBMC/courtesy)
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