University of California San Diego Health has broken ground on an outpatient pavilion on its medical campus in La Jolla, Calif., that will house a planned theranostics center.
The pavilion is named in honor of a $40 million investment from West Health, a group of nonprofits founded by Gary and Mary West, and is expected to open in 2030, according to a Nov. 10 news release from UC San Diego.
“A dedicated, full-scale theranostics center in the Gary and Mary West Outpatient Pavilion will allow us to expand access, advance clinical trials and translate emerging discoveries into treatment options,” Christine Chung, MD, chair of the radiology department at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, said in the release.
In addition to the theranostics center, the pavilion will house the campus’ first urgent care alongside orthopedic, spine and neurosurgical services, an ambulatory surgery center with nine operating rooms, three interventional radiology suites, an MRI procedural unit, a 23-hour postsurgical recovery unit and PET imaging.
Outpatient care at Jacobs Medical Center and Koman Family Outpatient Pavilion will move to the new building, and the system will expand outpatient cancer services next to its Moores Cancer Center.
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