Putnam Gynecology & Obstetrics of Greenwich joins Westmed

Putnam Gynecology & Obstetrics of Greenwich, with offices at 55 Holly Hill Lane in Greenwich and at 106 Noroton Ave. in Darien, is joining Purchase-based Westmed Medical Group, effective Wednesday.

The medical practice reported it serves thousands of patients in Fairfield County and lower Westchester County.

The six board-certified physicians on the staff will remain. They are Michael Schechter, Elizabeth Molinelli, Dzwinka Carroll, Y. Elizabeth Hung, Catherine Berzolla and Linda Reid. In addition to retaining its physicians, the OB-GYN group will retain its staff.

Additional diagnostic services will be introduced over time and will be offered on-site, Westmed said in a  statement.

Westmed is staffed by 287 physicians at its nine locations in central and lower Westchester County and now in Fairfield County. The practice embraces what it calls a “one-stop-shopping medical experience for patients” and uses electronic medical records.

Westmed has medical offices in White Plains, Rye, Yonkers, Purchase, Scarsdale, New Rochelle and now Greenwich, where it also has leased 13,000 square feet ”“ from owner and developer Bronx-based Simone Development Cos., with which it has worked in Westchester County ”“ at 644 W. Putnam Ave. Westmed plans an outpatient clinic there to open by fall.