New Karmanos Cancer Institute Opens
The newest Karmanos Cancer Institute, located at the McLaren Port Huron campus in Port Huron, Mich., has opened. The project was jointly designed by CallisonRTKL and SmithGroupJJR.
The $21 million, 35,000-square-foot Karmanos Cancer Institute is the first phase of a larger transformation underway at the McLaren Port Huron campus. The center provides oncology services, integrating chemotherapy and radiation therapy into one facility.
The center features a linear accelerator, a device that delivers external-beam radiation precisely to the tumor while minimizing damage to the surrounding healthy tissue. Twelve chemotherapy infusion bays on the second floor offer patients privacy, views overlooking nature, heated massage lounge chairs and televisions for long treatment sessions. Physician consult space enables treatment planning, examination and follow-up care. In addition, multidisciplinary teams focused on 13 specific types of care, access to genetic counseling and testing, and patient navigation services, including the coordination of support care, are offered.
Serving as the construction management team for this new facility was the joint venture of Barton Malow, Southfield, Mich., and Christman Company, Lansing, Mich.