Baptist Hospital of Miami launched a $90 million construction project with a groundbreaking ceremony to expand Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute and Baptist Hospital’s Surgery Center. The expansion will be built onto the southeast corner of the Institute, adjacent to the Surgery Center. The new facility is expected to open in 2016.

 

The investment reflects Baptist Health’s commitment to bringing the latest medical advances to the community. Among new programs planned by the Institute is a National Center for Aneurysm Therapy, Center for Advanced Endovascular Therapy, and a Center for Structural Heart Therapy. Some areas of the existing facility will be renovated and four advanced endovascular procedure suites will be added. Plans designed by HKS Architects call for a 60,000-square-foot addition and a 40,000-square-feet renovation.

 

The expansion project also includes the enlargement of Baptist Hospital’s Surgery Center with six large operating rooms dedicated to neuroscience, cardiac and robotic surgery. An intraoperative MRI – a technology not currently available south of Orlando – will move between two dedicated operating rooms for specialists at the Baptist Health Neuroscience Center to use in intricate surgeries involving the brain and spine.