State-of-the art facilities upgrades include Mayo Clinic Hospital – Rochester operating room expansion and bed tower projects. Strategic expansion in clinical areas includes a $100 million investment in major construction projects on Mayo Clinic’s Florida campus to provide integrated services for complex cancer, as well as neurologic and neurosurgical care. Construction began in summer 2016. Also on the Florida campus, construction began on a positron emission tomography (PET) radiochemistry facility. It will house a radiochemistry lab and cyclotron – a particle accelerator used in radiopharmaceutical production. The facility will produce Mayo-developed Choline C-11 for certain PET scans that “light up” prostate cancer and provide therapy targets, allowing for more effective treatment.

At the Arizona campus, the new Proton Beam Therapy Program opened in March, delivering radiation therapy in a way that offers potential for fewer side effects and higher cure rates, often for patients whose cancers cannot be treated safely any other way.


Participating in community health needs and economic development
In 2016, Mayo Clinic contributed $6.7 million in cash and in-kind donations to local communities. Mayo provided $629.7 million in care to people in need. This total includes $83.3 million in charity care and $546.4 million in unpaid portions of Medicaid and other indigent care programs for people who are uninsured or underinsured.

“We remain dedicated in supporting local community vibrancy and economic development,” says Jeff Bolton, vice president, Administration, Mayo Clinic. “From environmental stewardship efforts, community wellness initiatives and outreach to reduce health disparities among our most vulnerable citizens, Mayo Clinic is committed to giving back to our communities.”

A nearly 2-million-square-foot life science research campus in downtown Rochester was announced in 2016. It will be the centerpiece of Discovery Square, 1 of 6 subdistricts in the Destination Medical Center (DMC) development district. Mayo will collaborate on the project with M.A. Mortenson Company, a Minneapolis-based and family-owned development and construction services firm. Discovery Square will serve as a point for physicians and scientists to come together with businesses and entrepreneurs to accelerate advancements in medical innovation and technology for critical advances in patient care. Construction is set to begin in the fourth quarter of 2017. Mayo Clinic continues its commitment to the DMC initiative, as evidenced by the $9.5 million invested in integrated operational support since the DMC plan was introduced.

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