UCSF officials are confident that UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay will open its doors to women, children and cancer patients by late 2014.
During a town hall meeting on Dec. 4, UCSF Medical Center Chief Executive Officer Mark Laret says that the team is making “remarkable progress” toward realizing the plan to open the new medical complex in four years.
“I am confident that we will start construction on this project in a year,” Laret said. “We will not only raise the $600 million, but we will create a group of donors who will support UCSF for decades to come.”
Sam Hawgood, MBBS, dean of the UCSF School of Medicine and vice chancellor for medical affairs, also conveyed confidence: “This project will get done and it will get done on time,” he said.
A video of the town hall meeting is posted online near the bottom of the UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay website. www.missionbayhospitals.ucsf.edu.
So far, UCSF has raised $225 million – the most money ever raised by the medical center in its first-ever capital campaign. The goal is to raise $600 million in private donations as part of the financing plan to build the $1.6 billion medical center at Mission Bay. The medical center also will use hospital reserves, external financing and other funding sources to finance the project.
“I am very confident that we will achieve this,” Laret said of the financing plan.
For her part, UCSF Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, has said UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay is her top fund raising priority. On her first day as chancellor on Aug. 3, Desmond-Hellmann tapped Carol Moss, a seasoned development expert, to serve as vice chancellor of University Development and Alumni Relations at UCSF.
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