Groundbreaking on the state-of-the-art, 100,000-square-foot cancer center will begin this fall near USA Knollwood Hospital in west Mobile. The Cancer Research Institute building, which will include both treatment and research areas, will open in mid-2006.
USA leaders also unveiled a $95 million budget through fiscal year 2008 that would include funds from research grants, patient care, state economic development funds, private gifts, city and county support, the USA Foundation, federal support and the USA tobacco settlement.
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Standing L to R: Dr. Philip M. Wade Jr., Dr. Jingfang Ju, Dr. Hung T. Khong
Seated L to R: Dr. Rajeev Samant, Dr. Lalita Shevde-Samant |
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USA also introduced five new cancer doctors and researchers, joining the other world-renowned scientists already on staff. The new group will immediately begin offering premier cancer treatment to local patients, as well as discovering the latest treatments to fight this deadly disease. (For more information on the doctors, click here.)
"The new physicians, particularly our two medical oncologists, will add greatly to our staff. They'll begin treating patients almost immediately," Moulton said. "Our research scientists will provide the undergirding for the type of research we have to have in order to be sanctioned as a National Cancer Institute Cancer Center."
The goal of the USA cancer center is to save lives, while improving the local economy through cancer treatment and research.
The USA Cancer Research Institute will translate into 700 jobs and $1 billion in economic impact over the next decade. Political and business leaders support the USA project as an economic sparkplug and a way to offer local cancer patients cutting-edge treatment close to home. |
