The UMC board this afternoon voted unanimously to endorse a business plan for the new academic medical center in New Orleans. The vote followed the presentation of the plan by a consultant who said not building the new hospital would cost the state more money in trying to upgrade and maintain the old interim hospital. The business plan will be presented to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget next Friday.
UMC board endorses new business plan
September 8th, 2011UMC Board Meeting Cancellation Notice
July 27th, 2011The University Medical Center Management Corporation board has cancelled its meeting scheduled for August 4th in New Orleans. An official notice of the cancellation is attached. The board’s next regularly scheduled meeting is set for September 1st.
UMC Board Schedules Meeting for June 2nd
May 30th, 2011The University Medical Center Management Corporation Board of Directors has scheduled a meeting for Thursday afternoon in New Orleans.
The meeting is set to get underway at 1 p.m. in the Isidore Cohn Jr. Student Learning Center on the sixth floor of the LSU Health Sciences Center Lions Clinic Building, 2020 Gravier Street, New Orleans.
A tentative agenda is attached.
For further information, contact Charles Zewe, LSU System Vice President for Communication, 225-578-3941 (czewe@lsu.edu).
UMC Board Cancels Meeting
April 27th, 2011The University Medical Center Management Corporation Board of Directors has cancelled its meeting scheduled for May 5th. The next meeting of the UMC Board is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, June 2nd.
Officials Celebrate Groundbreaking of University Medical Center Hospital in New Orleans
April 19th, 2011
NEW ORLEANS – Apr. 19, 2011 – Commissioner of Administration Paul Rainwater and Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce Greenstein joined health care and higher education leaders Monday to break ground on the new University Medical Center in New Orleans, a $1.2 billion teaching hospital that will improve health care across the state and create hundreds of jobs in the area.
:: Click here for a slideshow of the groundbreaking ceremony ::
Commissioner Rainwater said, “This groundbreaking is the culmination of years of hard work by state and local leaders to secure the funding to build a world class medical teaching facility worthy of the next generation of Louisiana’s medical professionals and the thousands of community members they will treat. By investing more than $1 billion in this massive construction project, the Jindal administration is committing to improving the overall health care of our region and investing in the City of New Orleans as it continues its march toward a full recovery and resurgence.”
Secretary Greenstein said, “This is an important day for Louisiana. On this site, we will develop a world-class academic medical center that will train future generations of health care professionals and serve as a destination hospital, not only for the New Orleans region, but for the entire state and beyond. While there has been so much incredible work that has brought us to this point, in many ways today is just the beginning. I am committed to working with all of our partners to ensure that when we stand here in a few years cutting ribbons, we have delivered a facility that is nothing short of what our state expects and deserve for this investment.”
University Medical Center Management Corporation Chairman Robert Yarborough said “The University Medical Center is of critical importance to the New Orleans region in particular and Louisiana as a whole. It will play a vital role in healthcare, education and research and will be a dynamic economic engine, generating jobs and growth, making Louisiana a healthcare destination.”
Strategically positioned to share facilities, services and innovation with the nearby Veterans Administration Medical Center, which broke ground last year, the University Medical Center will occupy 37 acres in the Biosciences District, bounded by Canal Street, South Galvez Street, Tulane Avenue and South Claiborne Avenue. The UMC hospital will act as a Level I Trauma Center to provide critical care for the region’s most severely injured patients.
As a premier academic medical center, the facility also will include an integrated approach to outpatient and inpatient treatment services. Secretary Greenstein has been tapped to help finalize the final bed count, service line and academic and research focuses of the hospital. In contrast to the former Charity Hospital, the UMC hospital will be smaller, but most importantly, a place where all residents in Louisiana and the region can receive the highest quality care and that competes with some of the most prestigious research hospitals in the country for advanced research funding sources, such as the National Institutes of Health.
The combined UMC and VA medical centers and related BioDistrict private investment are expected to generate $9.6 billion in personal earnings over the next 20 years and create more than 17,000 total jobs in the New Orleans metropolitan area.
The $1.2 billion UMC hospital project will be funded using a mix of state and federal funds, including $300.6 million in state capital outlay dollars, $435.3 million in FEMA funds awarded to the state by a federal arbitration panel, thanks to the insistence by Gov. Bobby Jindals’ administration that the federal agency had drastically underestimated the replacement cost of the former Charity Hospital and another $194.5 million anticipated from an additional FEMA settlement.
The state controls the majority of the UMC site, with final site preparation beginning this summer and construction slated to finish in August of 2014, with a phased move in starting in the fall 2014 and full occupancy slated for spring 2015.
As the hospital will serve a critical response role in the event of a disaster in the region, the University Medical Center will be constructed more than 20 feet above sea level, with the hospital building itself able to withstand a Category Three hurricane, thanks to poured-in-place reinforced concrete structures. Featuring redundant primary power and emergency electrical back up power, the facility will be able to function for a week without outside support.
The urban campus of the UMC will feature a total of 2,673 parking spaces, provided through a mix of parking lots and a parking garage. The state also is studying the potential of commercial buildings lining the Canal Street side of the development.
Louisiana elected officials and health care leaders lauded the groundbreaking as a critical moment in New Orleans’ recovery and for the future of health care in Louisiana and the surrounding region.
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said, “The University Medical Center and adjacent VA hospital are critical to the rebirth of our city and will be a symbol of our resurrection. The entire biomedical corridor will provide high-quality healthcare for our citizens and will build our economic strength by creating thousands of diverse, good-paying jobs in cutting edge fields for our residents.”
United States Congressman Cedric Richmond said, “Today’s groundbreaking is about bringing new medical innovation to our area and ushering in a new healthcare economy to the region,” said Congressman Cedric L. Richmond. “The development of this hospital is long overdue. It will bring cutting edge care, meaningful new jobs, and an expanded industry to town. I welcome the hospital to the New Orleans.”
The University Medical Center is governed by a non-profit organization run by an eleven-member board of directors with permanent representatives from LSU, Tulane and Xavier Universities and rotating representatives from Dillard University, Delgado Community College and Southern University. The final four board seats would go to individuals not affiliated in any way with the permanent member organizations of the board.
Dr. Fred Cerise, LSU System Vice President for Health Affairs and Medical Education said, “With the largest healthcare training program in Louisiana, LSU is happy to see the construction of University Medical Center begin. This world-class institution will allow us to retain and attract top students to train in an environment of the first magnitude which will ensure a stable production of high quality healthcare providers to care for all Louisiana citizens.”
Tulane University President Scott Cowen said, “This groundbreaking marks an important milestone in the efforts of the city’s universities to establish, in partnership with the state, an exemplary and financially sustainable 21st century medical center that meets the needs of our citizens and allows the region to become a vibrant and strong biosciences hub.”
Higher education institutions across the region will rely on the University Medical Center as a unique training ground for medical students, interns, residents and fellows, including Louisiana State University, Tulane University, Xavier University, Dillard University, Southern University at New Orleans the Delgado Community College. Higher education officials cheered Monday’s groundbreaking. The UMC’s large research capacity is expected to attract first-rate researchers, grant funding and medical residents.
Related media resources:
• Animation of the hospital’s construction and Renderings of the hospital are available online at http://www.newhospital.org.
Contact:
La. Dept. of Administration
Groundbreaking ceremony for new UMC set for April 18th
April 5th, 2011
Click image to see 3-D rendering video
Ground breaking ceremonies for the University Medical Center in New Orleans have been set for 11 a.m. on April 18th.
Governor bobby Jindal and the Board of Directors of the University Medical Center Management Corporation will host the event at 1900 Tulane Avenue, across the street from the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. The ceremony is open to the public.
Construction for the $1.2 billion teaching hospital and Level One Trauma center is scheduled to begin almost immediately with clearing the 34 acres of land acquired for the project. Limited demolition and removal of some existing buildings is already underway.
Officials of Skanska USA, the UMC’s new construction manager, say land clearing will begin June 1st and continue through the summer into early October.
Foundation work for the three patient towers fronting Canal Street as well as the diagnosis and treatment building in addition to initial utilities work is planned to get underway in September, followed erection of steel for the component buildings.
If all goes as planned, as much as 80 percent of the basic structures for both the diagnosis and treatment building, including the Trauma Center, and 50 percent of the patient towers are projected to be complete within a year, according to the construction managers. According to their estimates, the patient towers could be finished by November 2013 and the entire facility ready for operation in April 2014.
UMC board meeting scheduled for April 7
April 4th, 2011The Board of Directors of the University Medical Center Management Corporation has scheduled its next meeting for 1 p.m. Thursday (4/7). A tentative agenda for the meeting can be found here.
The UMC board will convene in the Isidore Cohn, Jr. M.D. Learning Center on the 6th Floor of the LSU Health Sciences Center Lions Clinic Building, 2020 Gravier Street, New Orleans.
For further information, contact Charles Zewe, LSU System Vice President for Communication, 225-578-3941 (czewe@lsu.edu).
University Medical Center Board Schedules Meeting for March 3rd
March 1st, 2011The University Medical Center Board of Directors has scheduled a meeting for 1 p.m. Thursday (March 3rd) at the Interim LSU Public Hospital in New Orleans.
A tentative agenda for the meeting is attached. The board session will be held in Room 101/102 Basement of the hospital at 2021 Perdido Avenue.
For additional information, contact Charles Zewe, LSU System Vice President for Communication, 225-578-3941 (czewe@lsu.edu)
UMC Management Corporation meeting scheduled for Jan. 19th
January 18th, 2011A meeting of the University Management Corporation Board of Directors has been scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday in Room 101/102 Basement at the Interim LSU Public Hospital, 2021 Perdido Avenue, New Orleans.
A tentative agenda for the meeting is attached.
For further information, contact Charles Zewe, LSU System, 225-578-3941, 504-251-5400 (czewe@lsu.edu).
New Orleans Attorney Appointed to New Orleans Hospital Board
December 10th, 2010New Orleans Attorney Stanley Jacobs has been named to the University Medical Center Management Corporation Board of Directors.
Jacobs, a member of the LSU Board of Supervisors from the First Congressional District, replaces Rod West, a fellow LSU Board Member, who asked to be replaced as one of thefour LSU members on the 11-member, non-profit board for the new $1.2 billion medical facility.
West, executive vice president and chief administrative officer of Entergy Corporation, will continue to serve on the LSU Board as a representative of the Second Congressional District.
“Due to the press of business commitments, Rod asked to step aside from his duties on the UMC board,” said LSU System President Dr. John Lombardi. “Rod played a key role in getting the UMC board organized and underway. Stanley, meanwhile, both as an LSU Board member and longtime resident of the New Orleans Community, brings tremendous knowledge and experience to his new role in helping to get the new medical center built.”
Jacobs, named to the LSU Board in December 2006, earned an undergraduate degree at LouisianaState University, where he was a member of the Tiger basketball team. A former president of the Tiger Athletic Foundation and a former member of the Athletic Council, Jacobs also is a member of the LSU Foundation, the LSU Alumni Association and the Tiger Athletic Fund Hall of Distinction.
Contact:
Charles Zewe, LSU System, 225-578-3941 (czewe@lsu.edu)
