Gresham Smith is excited to announce that Healthcare’s Goran Vukovljak, AIA, LEED Green Associate, CLGB, a senior architect and project executive, and Dan White, FAIA, LEED AP, CLGB, a market senior vice president, will be speaking at the 2024 Healthcare Facilities Symposium and Expo (HFSE) in Austin, Texas, this week. The presentation, “Designing for a First-in-the-World Proton Therapy Cancer Treatment System,” will explore the opportunities and challenges of retrofitting an existing proton center with new breakthrough technology and why providing access to proton therapy treatment should be a priority for healthcare systems. Read more about the discussion in the summary below and about HFSE here.
Designing for a First-in-the-World Proton Therapy Cancer Treatment System
The McLaren Proton Therapy Center in Flint, Michigan, is one of the first facilities to provide proton therapy, a groundbreaking cancer treatment. Planning and designing the first of its kind in the world, a space which will house the latest Leo Cancer Care technology called the Maire – it’s set to make big waves in the healthcare world. The current project will incorporate this new technology in the existing space utilizing an existing synchrotron and beam line which will be modified with a new switch magnet to accommodate two treatment rooms. The McLaren Proton Therapy Center is a prime example of how planning for the future allows for and enhances the patient’s experience, but also expands the range of treatable conditions and treatment capacity. By harnessing new, state-of-the-art equipment and optimizing facility layouts, upgraded centers can offer a broader spectrum of therapies, cater to higher volumes of patients, and ultimately redefine the delivery of cancer care. From the increased capacity and throughput to affordability and speed to market, the spaces created in this project will be more readily accessible to patients in need, and in turn, save countless lives.
