American Family Care Urgent Care, a national chain of urgent care walk-in clinics, opens its seventh location in Connecticut Oct. 16, this one in Fairfield.
The principal is Dr. Steven Heffer, a 15-year town resident. He is also the owner and medical director of AFC Doctors Express Urgent Care in Bridgeport, which opened March 2014.
The AFC Urgent Care name, as in Fairfield, will replace the AFC Doctors Express Urgent Care name, as in Bridgeport and nationally, in the next year as part of a rebranding effort.
AFC Urgent Care officials said the company’s locations provide a time-saving, cost-effective alternative to the hospital emergency room for many illnesses and injuries, plus “fast, convenient and affordable care for both non-life threatening medical emergencies and routine health needs.”
Patients are seen by board-certified physicians and experienced staff on a walk-in basis. AFC Urgent care said most insurance plans apply. Self-payment is also an option.
Services include X-rays, lab tests, pre-employment physicals, Department of Transportation physicals, drug screening, sports and school physicals, vaccinations and travel medicine. Hours are slated for seven days per week.
Heffer was recognized in May with the “Doctors of Distinction” Community Service Award from the Fairfield County Business Journal. He is a board-certified emergency medicine physician with more than 20 years experience in emergency medical care.
After more than a decade as an emergency room physician at Greenwich Hospital, Heffer opened his first AFCÂ center in March 2014. The Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce later named the business its 2014 Business in Bloom Award winner.
“Our goal at AFC Urgent Care in Fairfield is to provide our patients with fast, effective medical treatment and advanced medical services,” Heffer said. “Their care and well-being are the primary focus of our mission. We are committed to setting a new standard in urgent care, expanding access to quality medical services and becoming a trusted health resource for the Fairfield community.”
Established centers are known as AFC Doctors Express Urgent Care; Fairfield is one of the first clinics opening as AFC Urgent Care. Over the next two years, more than 140 Doctors Express locations in the U.S. will be renamed AFC Urgent Care.
