Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center will build two facilities on its Texas Medical Center campus at a combined cost of $3.4 billion. The projects will be funded by MD Anderson, the University of Texas System and philanthropic gifts.
The two buildings, Inspiration Tower and Prism, will increase MD Anderson’s capacity to nearly 250,000 patients annually, according to a Nov. 5 news release from the cancer center.
Inspiration Tower will house disease-specific outpatient clinics, up to 330 exam rooms, 162 ambulatory treatment stations, 24 operating rooms and 184 short-stay beds. The 25-story tower will be the largest cancer-focused clinical facility in the U.S., the release said.
Prism, which will focus on radiation therapy and imaging, will have 18 radiation vaults, 12 MRI machines, four CT scanners and two PET-CT units. The facility will see up to 150,000 patients annually.
Prism is expected to open in 2030, followed by Inspiration Tower in 2032.
“Inspiration Tower and Prism are the future of cancer care, and we are grateful for the longstanding support and guidance we’ve received from the UT System Board of Regents to bring these projects to life,” Jeffrey Lee, MD, president ad interim of MD Anderson, said in the release. “These facilities are part of the most impactful capital expansion in UT MD Anderson’s history.”
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