In Lake County, Franciscan Health Crown Point recently broke ground on a new cancer center. The 71,000-square-foot, three-story building is being built at the southeast corner of Interstate 65 and U.S. 231 on the campus of the new Franciscan Health Crown Point hospital which opened in January 2024. The diagnostic and treatment facility scheduled to open in early 2027 will consolidate existing Franciscan Health Crown Point cancer care services into one location, Franciscan Health said. The project was made possible in part by a $30 million donation from The Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation in November 2023, the largest gift ever received by the Franciscan Health Foundation, a news release said. Franciscan Health Crown Point held a groundbreaking on Monday, September 23, 2024, for the center with a blessing by The Most Rev. Robert McClory, bishop of the Diocese of Gary.
Franciscan Health Crown Point broke ground on the new The Dean and Barbara White Cancer Center Sept. 23, 2024. Pictured are (l-r) Franciscan Alliance Northern Indiana Board of Directors Chairman Cal Bellamy, The Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation Executive Director Bill Hanna, The Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation Board President Craig White, Diocese of Gary Bishop The Most Rev. Robert J. McClory, Chairwoman of the Franciscan Health Foundation Sr. Jane Marie Klein, OSF; Chairwoman of the Board of Franciscan Alliance Sr. M. Aline Shultz, OSF; Crown Point Mayor Pete Land and President and CEO of Franciscan Health Crown Point Daniel McCormick, MD. (Photo provided, Franciscan Health)
“With this cancer center, our goal is to provide convenient cancer screenings, early diagnosis and treatment, including important clinical trials, advanced surgical expertise and radiation therapies in a beautiful and convenient location,” said Franciscan Health Crown Point President and CEO Daniel McCormick. “Providing kind, considerate and well-connected care throughout a family’s journey through oncology treatment and recovery lives our mission out loud and we are very pleased to have such an aligned partner in the White family.” The Franciscan Alliance healthcare ministry began in Lafayette, Indiana, in 1875. Today, Franciscan Alliance is one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the Midwest with 12 hospital campuses. Hospitals include Franciscan Health Carmel; Franciscan Health Crawfordsville; Franciscan Health Crown Point; Franciscan Health Dyer; Franciscan Health Indianapolis; Franciscan Health Lafayette; Franciscan Health Michigan City; Franciscan Health Mooresville; Franciscan Health Munster; Franciscan Health Olympia Fields (Ill.), Franciscan Health Orthopedic Hospital (Carmel) and Franciscan Health Rensselaer. Learn more at https://www.franciscanhealth.org/ .
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