INTOUCH - Baylor Health Care System

Era in Cancer CareOn March 26, Baylor University Medical Center atDallas will host the grand opening of its new 10-story,467,000-square-foot Baylor Charles A. SammonsCancer Center at Dallas. As the largest outpatientcancer center in North Texas, this new facility combinesthe comprehensive diagnostic, treatment, support,education and research for cancer patients and theirfamilies in one convenient and specially designedlocation.“Cancer treatment is a very rapidly changing fieldin terms of how we provide care and how we attackthe disease,” says Alan Miller, M.D., Ph.D., chief ofoncology for Baylor Health Care System and medicaldirector of Baylor Sammons Cancer Center.Designed with You in MindFrom its very inception, the new Baylor SammonsCancer Center was designed with patients and theirfamilies in mind. “We went all over the countrylooking at cancer centers and selected what was bestfor our patients,” says Sylvia Coats, director of BaylorSammons Cancer Center administration. “We alsoconducted patient focus groups and took these resultsand built a cancer center that truly meets the needs ofthe patient as a whole.”Left: The southeast facade faces downtown DallasRight: First floor lobby3