Marlborough Hospital Plans New Cancer Pavilion

Marlborough Hospital has announced plans to design a Cancer Pavilion to provide expanded cancer care services for the communities it serves. In partnership with the UMass Memorial Health Care Cancer Center of Excellence, Marlborough Hospital’s President and CEO John Polanowicz, unveiled initial hospital plans for the project design in a presentation on Friday.

Partnering with Marlborough Hospital and the UMass Memorial Health Care system is the S/L/A/M Collaborative, Inc., Glastonbury, CT, and Tocci Building Corporation in Woburn. The project will utilize a new and highly coordinated approach to building design called Integrated Project Delivery or IPD, aimed to optimize project results, increase value to the owner, reduce waste  and maximize efficiency through all phases of design, fabrication and construction of the potential project. The primary focus of the plan is to bring all cancer services together under one roof with a dedicated patient entrance and services.

“This Cancer Pavilion will provide the opportunity for our patients to receive state-of-the-art high-quality coordinated radiation and medical oncology services in their local community,” said Polanowicz. “Streamlining patient care between all members of the health care team regardless of location is the future and will enhance outcomes. The design and subsequent construction of such a facility will help us to achieve this.”

The Cancer Pavilion is estimated to be a 14,500 square-foot addition to the north side of the hospital that will include cancer care services including medical oncology and radiation oncology. Currently medical oncology is located on the second floor of the hospital’s 1952 building while radiation oncology is available only off site.

According to Michael Blute, MD, Director, Cancer Center of Excellence, UMass Memorial Health Care, and Chief, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, UMass Memorial Medical Center, “We are excited to bring this level of coordinated cancer care to patients in the 495 Corridor. Our patients expect and deserve the best of cancer care in the convenience of their community; it is our vision that the Cancer Pavilion will provide just that.”

The design process is expected to last six months with the hospital forming a project advisory board consisting of patients and families, physicians, nurses, hospital staff  and community members who will provide input into the pavilion’s elements. At the end of the design process, the hospital will move to phase two of the project, which will be to obtain construction funding, zoning approvals and then begin construction.

— Submitted by Marlborough Hospital