Mayo Clinic received a $100 million multiyear commitment from the Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation to nearly double appointment access at the system’s proton beam facility in Rochester, Minn, Becker’s reports.
Mayo Clinic first began offering proton beam therapy in 2015 with construction of its Jacobson Building in Rochester. Since, the program has routinely approached its appointment capacity of 1,200 patients per year.
The $100 million gift will fund expansion of the Rochester facility with the addition of a new facility: the Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Building. Mayo expects to treat 900 additional patients per year with the expansion to meet the site’s estimated demand of 2,000 patients who will need proton beam therapy each year by 2025. Read more.
