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AdventHealth South Overland Park Celebrates Five Years of Caring for a Growing Community
October 7, 2026
AdventHealth South Overland Park Celebrates Five Years of Caring for a Growing Community
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Expanded access to care helps meet the needs of patients and families across Johnson County

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – AdventHealth South Overland Park is celebrating five years of providing patient care in the Bluhawk development at 165th Street and U.S. 69 Highway. In October 2021, AdventHealth expanded its freestanding emergency room and medical office building into an inpatient hospital with surgical services, intensive care, heart care, a medical-surgical unit and Birth Center, building upon the emergency care, imaging and laboratory services that first opened on the campus in 2017.

Located at 7820 West 165th Street in Overland Park, AdventHealth South Overland Park opened with 38 inpatient beds and has since expanded to 66 to meet the needs of the growing community. Shortly after opening, the hospital celebrated the first birth in its Birth Center, where more than 2,000 babies have now been welcomed into the world. Over the past five years, the hospital has grown from 150 to 395 team members, cared for thousands of patients, expanded its specialty services and made significant community benefit investments. Together, these milestones reflect AdventHealth South Overland Park’s continued commitment to evolve with the community and provide exceptional, whole-person care close to home.

“Over the past five years, AdventHealth South Overland Park has continued to grow alongside the community we serve, thoughtfully expanding our spaces and services to meet the needs of our patients,” said Dallas Purkeypile, CEO of AdventHealth South Overland Park. “We’re incredibly grateful for the trust our community has placed in us and look forward to continuing our mission of providing exceptional, whole-person care and extending the healing ministry of Christ.”

AdventHealth South Overland Park broke ground in October 2019, and the team worked diligently alongside project partners to maintain the construction timeline throughout the pandemic, recognizing the need to provide care close to home for patients in southern Johnson County and surrounding rural communities.

Services have steadily expanded over the past five years, including an expanded Birth Center, Medical-Surgical Unit (MSU), Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Progressive Care Unit (PCU), as well as the addition of an operating room, infusion clinic, primary care and a variety of physician specialties, including orthopedics, endocrinology, pulmonology, urology, gastroenterology, neurology and more.

“The South Overland Park campus is a wonderful example of the impact high-quality health care can have on the success and well-being of a community, and we are both humbled and honored to serve patients and families here,” said Sam Huenergardt, CEO of the Mid-America Region of AdventHealth. “Healthy communities help regions thrive, and we are proud to play a part in supporting the rapid growth of the Bluhawk area.”

The community is invited to join AdventHealth South Overland Park team members to celebrate the hospital’s fifth anniversary at its annual Apple Festival on Sunday, October 11, from 1 to 4 pm. More information about this family-friendly event can be found at AdventHealthSOP.com/AppleFestival.

The fifth anniversary of AdventHealth South Overland Park is one of several recent milestones that reflect the hospital’s continued commitment to high-quality patient care and expanding services to meet the needs of the community:

  • September 2026: AdventHealth South Overland Park was named a 2026 Top Performer by Vizient, reflecting its continued commitment to providing patients with safe, effective and high-quality care.
  • May 2026: AdventHealth South Overland Park earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade for the second consecutive grading round from The Leapfrog Group.
  • April 2026: AdventHealth South Overland Park announced the opening of an Infusion Clinic, building on existing locations and providing patients in Johnson County with another convenient option for outpatient infusion therapy.
  • April 2026: AdventHealth Medical Group at Bluhawk opened, bringing sports medicine and additional primary care services to the campus.
  • April 2026: AdventHealth South Overland Park continued its commitment to infant and maternal health by earning its second High 5 for Mom & Baby recognition, a program developed by the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund to increase breastfeeding initiation and duration rates in Kansas.
  • December 2025: AdventHealth South Overland Park was named a 2025 Top General Hospital by The Leapfrog Group, marking its second time receiving the prestigious national patient safety
  • May 2025: AdventHealth South Overland Park earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Heart-Check mark for Primary Stroke Certification.
  • March 2025: The hospital announced a fifth-floor expansion dedicated to caring for patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Progressive Care Unit (PCU), adding 12 PCU rooms and six larger ICU rooms to support higher-acuity care.
  • October 2024: The community celebrated the opening of AdventHealth Sports Park at The collaboration reflects AdventHealth’s belief in the important role sports and physical activity can play in supporting physical and mental well-being, particularly among children and young adults, and its commitment to helping young people stay active.
  • August 2024: AdventHealth South Overland Park completed an expansion of its Birth Center, doubling its size to better serve the growing needs of the community. The expansion added 15 modern birth suites designed to allow mothers to labor, deliver, rest and recover in one comfortable room, along with two minimal-intervention birth suites and lactation consultant services to support breastfeeding and lactation needs.

About AdventHealth in Kansas City

AdventHealth in Kansas City is a connected care network of more than 4,000 team members who help people feel whole – body, mind and spirit. Our care footprint in the Kansas City region includes AdventHealth Shawnee Mission in Merriam, KS; AdventHealth Lenexa City Center; AdventHealth Prairie Star; AdventHealth College Boulevard; AdventHealth South Overland Park; AdventHealth Centra Care and AdventHealth Medical Group. Nationally at AdventHealth, more than 100,000 team members provide whole-person care for millions of people annually through more than 2,000 care sites that include hospitals, physician practices, ambulatory surgery centers, outpatient clinics, home health agencies, hospice centers, the AdventHealth app and more. Our wholistic approach to improving the health and prosperity of our communities is inspired by our mission to extend the healing ministry of Christ. Visit AdventHealthKC.com for more information.