Proton therapy comes to New York City: Behind the scenes at the NYPC

While insurance may be a challenge, the greater availability of centers is helping to address it by spreading awareness and education about the field of proton therapy, as well as create greater access to its benefits for more patients.


Such access will soon be available to those living in the state of New York with the opening of its first proton therapy facility, the New York Proton Center.

Located in Harlem, the three-story, four-treatment-room facility is expected to eliminate the burden of traveling to out-of-state proton therapy centers in New Jersey or Pennsylvania, as well as associated issues such as costs for lodging or obtaining time-off from work.
“Our goal is to really serve the greater New York marketplace,” Jonathan Weinbach, chief financial officer of New York Proton Center, told HCB News during a tour of the facility back in October. “We envision that the majority will come from the New York metro area. We’re going to treat the patients who need proton therapy the most and who get the most from it.”

An opening date for the facility is expected for sometime in February or March 2019.

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