Yale on track to complete $838 million neurosciences center
It's the largest project of its kind in state history, the hospital says, and will provide patients with enhanced access to care.
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Yale New Haven Hospital is on track to complete the $838 million Adams Neurosciences Center at its Saint Raphael Campus. It expects the project will be completed in 2027, the hospital said.
The $838 million, 500,000 square foot Adams Neurosciences Center will feature two new patient towers with 184 beds and focus aspects of neuroscience ranging from movement disorders to neuroregeneration.
It's the largest project of its kind in state history, the hospital said, and will provide patients with enhanced access to care.
WHAT'S THE IMPACT?
YNHH officially announced the project on April 29, 2019, but construction was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The hospital was finally able to break ground on August 31, 2022.
The hospital celebrated a construction milestone last week when it held a "topping-off" ceremony, in which the final ceremonial steel girders were hoisted into place into the eighth floor of the new neurosciences center. The white-painted beams were signed by hospital staff, physicians and construction workers.
The project was made possible largely through the philanthropy of Denise Adams and her late husband, Stephen Adams of Connecticut.
"What we're looking to do is map individual brains, providing cutting-edge, precision treatment and personalized approaches to each patient for their complex neurological disorders," said Dr. Murat Gunel, chief of neurosurgery at Yale New Haven Health. "The hospital rooms for our patients here are being designed to meet and exceed the needs of caregivers and family members. The center will also offer new opportunities to bring the innovations of Yale Medical School researchers into patient care so patients will benefit from breakthroughs in gene therapy, ultrasound and deep brain stimulation."
THE LARGER TREND
Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital, part of Florida's Baptist Health, received a $32 million grant last month from the Marcus Foundation that it will also apply to neuroscience – specifically the Marcus Neuroscience Institute, part of a $1.1 billion transformation project at the hospital's campus.
Baptist said the grant is expected to accelerate the next phase of expansion within Marcus Neuroscience Institute – a $124 million initiative – which will focus on the development of subspecialty programs focusing on brain health, with programs for Alzheimer's and other dementias, Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative disorders and brain tumors.
ON THE RECORD
"When completed in 2027, this Center will support our work to bring the latest and most advanced treatments for the most challenging neurological diseases to the forefront," said Yale New Haven Health CEO Christopher O'Connor. "We will do this in lockstep with our partners at the Yale School of Medicine. By marshalling the exceptional research by our colleagues at the School, our goal will be to move closer to diminishing and ultimately eradicating these insidious diseases by developing innovative therapies and delivering those treatments to the patients we serve."
Jeff Lagasse is editor of Healthcare Finance News.
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