Staff report

TowneBank announced Monday the grand opening of the Nansemond River Medical Center set for 5 p.m. today at 150 Burnetts Way in Suffolk. A ribbon cutting ceremony is planned to celebrate the center’s opening in the Suffolk area.

This three-story, 32,000 square foot medical center sits on 2 1/2 acres of land and is adjacent to the Obici hospital. Financed by TowneBank, the Nansemond River Medical Center will house Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center, Inc., Tidewater Prosthetic Center Inc., Virginia Oncology Associates and the Neurosurgical Associates.

&uot;We are extremely proud of this partnership due to the significant contribution that the center will provide to the health and well-being of Suffolk residents and the surrounding western tidewater communities,&uot; says Dawn S. Glynn, senior vice president for TowneBank’s Private Banking Group.

&uot;The construction of the Nansemond River Medical Center to our practice culminates a six year period of growth in Suffolk and the western Tidewater area. With this it will allow us to step up to the next level of Orthopaedic services,&uot; said Anthony J. DiStasio II, M.D. of the Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center, Inc. &uot;TowneBank has made this experience a pleasure for us and we have relied heavily on their expertise throughout this process.&uot;