PHILADELPHIA — Penn Medicine and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (PPMC) are set to break ground on the new Advanced Care Hospital Pavilion. With the completion of the expansion project – slated for January 2015 – PPMC will have the infrastructure and programmatic support needed to become Penn Medicine’s Level-I Regional Resource Trauma Center. Upon completion, the Trauma Center at Penn Medicine will transfer from its current base of operations at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.
The new 178,000 square foot Advanced Care Hospital Pavilion will feature overall upgrades and enhanced capacity for emergency, surgical, trauma and critical care patients at PPMC. This will be coupled with a second helipad, ensuring rapid access to state of the art resources for all critically ill patients. The project also includes an expansion and significant renovations to the current structure.
Renovations will upgrade the capacity and efficiency of the emergency and radiology departments. In addition to added emergency bay and operating room capacity, a new state-of-the art trauma resuscitation area will be dedicated to the evaluation and stabilization of critically injured patients.
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Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
38th Street, between Powelton and Market Streets
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Wednesday, May 15
3:30pm - 5:00pm |
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The groundbreaking ceremony for Penn Medicine's new Advanced Care Hospital Pavilion will be attended by members of the University of Pennsylvania Health System's senior leadership team, PPMC faculty and staff.
Two distinguished patients will join us for the ceremony:
- James Heaney sustained life threatening injuries to his chest, abdomen, face, and upper extremities when he was struck and run over by a truck. James underwent multiple surgeries and was in the hospital for 40 days, 16 of which he spent in our surgical ICU. During his time here, James was cared for by a multidisciplinary team, spanning trauma, ophthalmology, plastic surgery, thoracic surgery, orthopedics and hand surgery, nutrition, neurosurgery, and physical, speech, and occupational therapy.
- Maribeth Marburger suffered injuries to her liver, spleen, and pelvis after experiencing a head-on motor vehicle crash. During PennSTAR transport to the Trauma Center at Penn, the flight team noted that she had lost her pulse several times requiring ongoing resuscitation. Over the course of her month long hospitalization, Maribeth underwent multiple surgeries to treat her injuries, and spent several weeks in the Surgical/Trauma Intensive Care Unit. It has been a long road to recovery and rehabilitation and one that she marked in 2012, by participating in the Broad Street Run.
The evening will also feature remarks by:
- Ralph W. Muller
Chief Executive Officer, University of Pennsylvania Health System
- J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD
Dean, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
- Michele M. Volpe
CEO and Executive Director, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
- The Honorable Jannie L. Blackwell
Philadelphia City Councilwoman
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