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It all started with one patient in 1979
Woodcreek Pediatrics - Mary Bridge Children's has served the families of East Pierce County since 1979 when its founder, Dr. Henry Reitzug, started practicing pediatric medicine in the Puyallup Valley. Initially located near the Washington State Fair Events Center, Dr. Reitzug’s practice rapidly outgrew the original office and in 1984 moved into the (now former) location off of Meridian Street. Dr. Mark Grubb was the first pediatrician to join Dr. Reitzug in 1987.
More pediatricians joined the practice and in 1990 the name Woodcreek Pediatrics was adopted. By the 1990’s the community was growing beyond the boundaries of Puyallup to South Hill and Bonney Lake. To serve this expanding population, Woodcreek Pediatrics opened satellite offices on South Hill in 1997 and another in Bonney Lake in 1998.
In response to the busy lifestyles and demands of family life which often mandate non-traditional office hours, Convenience Care by Woodcreek – a walk-in urgent care clinic – was started in 2002. It was set up to accommodate the urgent medical needs of not only children, but their parents and adults in general.
To further meet the needs of Woodcreek patients, Woodcreek Behavioral Health was started in 2002 and is based in the Puyallup office, though we have behavioral health therapists at all of our care sites.
In the fall of 2004, Woodcreek became the largest tenant in the brand new Sunrise Medical Campus – a 15-acre medical campus on South Hill. At our Sunrise location, we offer general Pediatrics, urgent care services through the Mary Bridge Children's network, and expanded Allergy & Asthma services.
In the fall of 2011, Woodcreek Pediatrics’ Bonney Lake office moved to the brand new Bonney Lake Medical Office Building.
In 2017, Woodcreek began working with Mary Bridge to formalize a relationship several years in the making and on January 1, 2018 the company made its affiliation with Mary Bridge Children's official. Now known as Woodcreek Pediatrics - Mary Bridge Children's, our goal continues to be serving the communities of East Pierce County with conveniently located, innovative, and excellent health care, responsive to the changing needs of families. At a result of the affiliation, we have become a part of the Mary Bridge Children's primary care network and our families benefit from the outstanding partnership we have with the specialists located there.
In 2020, we partnered with the Puyallup School District to offer a school-based behavioral health clinic at Emerald Ridge High School. This program allows us to provide critically important healthcare to students at ERHS and nearby Glacier View Middle School while minimizing time away from important classes.
2022 brought even more change: our Convenience Care clinics rebranded to integrate into the Mary Bridge Children's urgent care network. Unfortunately, this means that after 20 years of service to all our patients' family members, we were no longer able to care for adults at these sites. However, this change allowed us to focus on treating our pediatric patients with the skill and commitment that are Woodcreek hallmarks.
On top of that, at the end of 2022 we moved out of Woodcreek's original clinic - and our home for over forty years - into a brand new building just south of Good Samaritan Hospital. This new space allowed us room to expand so that we can meet the ever-growing needs for pediatric care in East Pierce County, and allows us rapid and easy access to many specialty clinics, right across the hall. It also allowed us to launch another new specialty clinic, focusing on sports medicine, to provide yet another avenue of care for children and adolescents in our community.
Woodcreek Pediatrics - Mary Bridge Children's has served the families of East Pierce County since 1979 when its founder, Dr. Henry Reitzug, started practicing pediatric medicine in the Puyallup Valley. Initially located near the Washington State Fair Events Center, Dr. Reitzug’s practice rapidly outgrew the original office and in 1984 moved into the (now former) location off of Meridian Street. Dr. Mark Grubb was the first pediatrician to join Dr. Reitzug in 1987.
More pediatricians joined the practice and in 1990 the name Woodcreek Pediatrics was adopted. By the 1990’s the community was growing beyond the boundaries of Puyallup to South Hill and Bonney Lake. To serve this expanding population, Woodcreek Pediatrics opened satellite offices on South Hill in 1997 and another in Bonney Lake in 1998.
In response to the busy lifestyles and demands of family life which often mandate non-traditional office hours, Convenience Care by Woodcreek – a walk-in urgent care clinic – was started in 2002. It was set up to accommodate the urgent medical needs of not only children, but their parents and adults in general.
To further meet the needs of Woodcreek patients, Woodcreek Behavioral Health was started in 2002 and is based in the Puyallup office, though we have behavioral health therapists at all of our care sites.
In the fall of 2004, Woodcreek became the largest tenant in the brand new Sunrise Medical Campus – a 15-acre medical campus on South Hill. At our Sunrise location, we offer general Pediatrics, urgent care services through the Mary Bridge Children's network, and expanded Allergy & Asthma services.
In the fall of 2011, Woodcreek Pediatrics’ Bonney Lake office moved to the brand new Bonney Lake Medical Office Building.
In 2017, Woodcreek began working with Mary Bridge to formalize a relationship several years in the making and on January 1, 2018 the company made its affiliation with Mary Bridge Children's official. Now known as Woodcreek Pediatrics - Mary Bridge Children's, our goal continues to be serving the communities of East Pierce County with conveniently located, innovative, and excellent health care, responsive to the changing needs of families. At a result of the affiliation, we have become a part of the Mary Bridge Children's primary care network and our families benefit from the outstanding partnership we have with the specialists located there.
In 2020, we partnered with the Puyallup School District to offer a school-based behavioral health clinic at Emerald Ridge High School. This program allows us to provide critically important healthcare to students at ERHS and nearby Glacier View Middle School while minimizing time away from important classes.
2022 brought even more change: our Convenience Care clinics rebranded to integrate into the Mary Bridge Children's urgent care network. Unfortunately, this means that after 20 years of service to all our patients' family members, we were no longer able to care for adults at these sites. However, this change allowed us to focus on treating our pediatric patients with the skill and commitment that are Woodcreek hallmarks.
On top of that, at the end of 2022 we moved out of Woodcreek's original clinic - and our home for over forty years - into a brand new building just south of Good Samaritan Hospital. This new space allowed us room to expand so that we can meet the ever-growing needs for pediatric care in East Pierce County, and allows us rapid and easy access to many specialty clinics, right across the hall. It also allowed us to launch another new specialty clinic, focusing on sports medicine, to provide yet another avenue of care for children and adolescents in our community.