Duke in Pictures: Groundbreaking for a New Cancer Center
Governor Perdue helps Duke start work on new patient care facility
Monday, November 9, 2009
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Durham, NC -- North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue greets Dr. Victor J. Dzau, Duke chancellor for health affairs, and Dr. William Fulkerson Jr., senior vice president for clinical affairs, at Friday's groundbreaking ceremony for Duke's new cancer center.
The new Cancer Center will consolidate outpatient cancer services and clinical research from across the campus into a patient-centered, multidisciplinary center.
This seven-story, 267,000 square-foot facility will adjoin to the current Morris Cancer Clinic and will be comprised of -- among other things -- 140 examination rooms, 75 infusion stations, a pharmacy, and an outdoor garden terrace where chemotherapy patients can go while receiving their infusions.
Perdue, Dzau, Duke President Richard Brodhead, Duke Hospital CEO Kevin Sowers and Duke cancer survivor Jamie Valvano Howard spoke during the ceremony. The cancer center, along with the new hospital pavilion, constitute a major expansion of Duke surgery and critical care services.
The cancer center is expected to be ready for use in 2012.
For more information about the project, click here.
Below, Gov. Perdue and Duke officials line up at the ceremony.
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