The Building
The Ruth and Raymond Perelman Center
for Advanced Medicine, opening in 2008, will
be a state-of-the-art, 360,000+ square foot outpatient
facility located on the corner of 34th Street
and Civic Center Boulevard, adjacent to the Hospital
of the University of Pennsylvania.
The Perelman Center – a
$232 million facility and the largest capital
project undertaken in the history of the University
of Pennsylvania Health System – is designed
to create an ideal environment for patient-focused
care and collaboration among health professionals.
The Perelman Center will house the health system's
Abramson Cancer Center, radiation oncology, cardiovascular
medicine and an outpatient surgical pavilion.
The
Roberts Proton Therapy
Center, part of the Abramson
Cancer Center at Perelman, will be a first-of-its-kind
proton therapy center for the treatment of cancer.
A unique architectural feature of the building
is the glass atrium topping the structure and
permitting sunlight to stream in to all corners
of the facility.
In addition to providing patient-focused
care,
the Perelman Center is designed to anticipate
and respond to future trends in medicine. Demographic
studies indicate a continuing rise in the number
of people suffering from cancer and cardiovascular
disease. These two specialties urgently
require innovative treatment models and they
constitute two of the three main service areas
of the Perelman Center. Medical advances have
resulted in additional therapies that can be
administered without overnight hospital stays.
Penn plans for the Perelman Center will accommodate
the rapid increase in outpatient surgery and
house the most advanced medical technology
available.
The Perelman Center's operating rooms for outpatient
surgery measure 600 square feet each – 30
percent larger than the dimensions required by
code – providing
maximum flexibility to accommodate ever-changing
technologies.
In addition to providing access to world-class
medical care for Philadelphia's residents,
the new center also improves the economic health
of the city by creating new jobs. Recognizing
this positive impact, federal, state and local
governments are providing more than $20 million
in support of the project, and individual donors
have already contributed $27 million to support
the project.
University of Pennsylvania alumnus Raymond
G. Perelman and his wife, Ruth, pledged
$25 million to name the Center for Advanced
Medicine. This donation to help finance the
construction and completion of the facility
continues a tradition of gracious giving by
the Perelmans. Mr. Perelman is a PENN Medicine
trustee and a 1940 graduate of the University
of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.
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