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Emory unveils new Winship Cancer
Institute in Midtown
Emory’s new Winship
Cancer Institute in Midtown.
(Photos by Dyana Bagby)
By Dyana Bagby
The new Winship Cancer Institute
at Emory Midtown opened to patients
May 9 and its innovative design will
enable them to receive nearly every
aspect of their cancer care in one
building.
Surgery, radiation therapies,
inpatient facilities, outpatient facilities,
radiology services, biopsy, endoscopies
survivorship, and palliative care — all
will be provided in the 17-story tower
located on the Emory University
Elospital Midtown campus at Linden
Avenue and Peachtree Street. Previously,
patients would have to travel from
one office to another. This was an
inconvenient way to receive care, said
Dr. Suresh Ramalingam, executive
director at Winship Cancer Institute of
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“This new design is going to, in our
view, transform cancer care in Atlanta
and beyond,” Ramalingam said.
“Even within this facility we have
taken great depth to consider the patient
experience and the ease with which
they can navigate,” he said. “So, all the
care comes to the patient as opposed to
the patient having to go from place to
place.”
For example, the pharmacy is next to
the cancer institute’s exit. When patients
leave the institute, they can pick up
their medications and then go to their
car. Before, patients would often have to
get their prescriptions filled at outside
pharmacies.
“That’s the level of detail that we
have put into designing this building,”
Ramalingam said.
The $440 million building broke
ground in 2019. Input from more than
160 patients, families and care team
members helped the design team see the
cancer treatment experience through the
patients’ eyes, Ramalingam explained.
The care model brings outpatient
and inpatient cancer care together in five
“care communities” organized by type
of cancer, with adjoining floors, shared
living rooms, and shared care teams of
experts from multiple disciplines.
“We have all these services available,
but they don’t happen in the same place
— they’re spread out all on the hospital
campus, which is how it is in most
centers across the country,” Ramalingam
said.
“We envision the cancer care model
where everything comes to the patient,”
he said.
The new cancer institute was built
with a $200 million gift from the Robert
W. Woodruff Foundation.
“Robert Woodruff established
Winship in the 1930s to bring the
highest standards of cancer care to
Georgia,” said Russell FFardin, president
of the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation,
in a written statement.
“Fie was determined that Georgians
would not need to travel elsewhere for
the best cancer treatment. This new
facility promises not only to expand
access for more patients but also to make
cancer treatment much more patient-
friendly,” FFardin said.
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