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MD Anderson Cancer Center to open new outpatient clinic by September
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“Several years ago MD Anderson teams strategically evaluated how to best meet the needs of patients by considering a range of factors, from expected population growth to the financial implications of constructing new facilities,” Penne said. “After reviewing a number of options MD Anderson decided that it would be better positioned to achieve its mis- sion by building permanent facilities that allowed for projected growth.” Radiation, oncology, medical oncology, surgical oncology and infu- sion therapy will all relocate from CHI St. Luke’s The Woodlands to the new facility once it opens in September 2019, Penne said. Supportive services, including laboratory, pharmacy, rehabilitation, pain management, nutrition, counseling, social work and
BY HANNAH ZEDAKER The University of Texas MD Cancer Center will open its new outpatient clinic in The Woodlands in September 2019, MD Anderson Media Specialist Julie Penne said. Located at the southwest corner of the intersection of College Park and Fellowship drives, construction on the three-story, 208,000-square-foot building, developed by The Howard Hughes Corp., began in June 2017. The clinic was previously projected to open in spring 2019. MD Anderson Cancer Center has been offering services in The Wood- lands since 2004 out of 45,000 square feet of space at CHI. St. Luke’s The Woodlands, just 3 miles down the road from the site of MD Anderson’s future home.
MD Anderson will open a new outpatient center in The Woodlands area this fall.
for ordering breast prosthetics, and gathering rooms for the Breast Friends support group meetings and commu- nity education events. Penne said while MD Anderson currently employs 100 faculty and staff members in The Woodlands, the clinic expects to double its employ- ment upon the opening of the new facility in September.
genetic counseling, will also relocate to the new facility. New diagnostic services that will be available once the new center opens include bronchoscopy, endoscopy and interventional radiology. The clinic will also offer a 17-bed postanesthe- sia care unit and a women’s imaging center with mammography and ultrasound services, a retail center
OTHER HEALTH CARE STORIES TOWATCH IN 2019
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TEXAS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL THEWOODLANDS Officials with Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands said an expansion to add 14 inpatient beds to meet demand is underway and will be complete in early 2019. The hospital has also begun offering spinal surgery procedures.
MEMORIAL HERMANN THEWOODLANDS MEDICAL CENTER
HOUSTONMETHODIST THEWOODLANDS Hospital officials said they plan to open five new operating rooms, implement high-dose radiation treatment, add a third da Vinci operating robot and expand its neuroscience teamby adding a radiologist and neurologist in 2019.
CHI ST. LUKE’S HEALTH THEWOODLANDS HOSPITAL Officials withCHI St. Luke’s Health The Woodlands Hospital said TheDan L. DuncanComprehensive Cancer Center, a research-based cancer treatment center, will open in 2019.
Officials said they are investingmore than $50million on projects in 2019 including adding an ICU telemedicine programand operating roomand bed additions to the family birthing center.
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