Boca Raton residents and philanthropists Michelle and Michael Hagerty have made their third seven-figure gift to Keeping the Promise … The Campaign for Boca Raton Regional Hospital. Their latest, a $5 million contribution in support of the residency programs, brings their total giving to Keeping the Promise to $8.5 million. Their support is one of many other seven- and eight-figure donors to a campaign that has surpassed $212 million raised.
“Michelle and Michael Hagerty are deeply embedded in our mission at Boca Raton Regional Hospital,” said Lincoln Mendez, CEO of Boca Raton Regional Hospital. “When donors make repeated gifts to our capital campaign, it’s clear they believe in our vision for the future. We are grateful for their role in the success of the campaign and their demonstration of faith in our campus initiative is irreplaceable.”
Boca Regional serves as the primary teaching site for Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine offering residency programs in Internal Medicine, General Surgery and Neurology. The program plays a pivotal role in the hospital’s transformation to a tertiary academic medical center. Expansion plans include more than doubling the size of the space housing the existing programs providing a new learning center, conference room, computer lab, surgical simulation center, and much needed administrative and educational space for all three programs. This new space will help Boca Regional recruit and retain top medical school graduates for world class training in Boca Raton.
The latest gift from the family will be recognized in the naming of the Michelle and Michael
Hagerty Center for Graduate Medical Education. Previously, the couple made a $2.5 million gift with recognition at the Michelle and Michael Hagerty Courtyard on the northern tip of the new Gloria Drummond Patient Tower and other gifts totaling $1 million to name the Michelle and Michael Hagerty Education Center at the Christine E. Lynn Women’s Health & Wellness Institute.
Michelle Hagerty is a prominent philanthropist and strong advocate for children in the South Florida community. She has been involved with various organizations locally in addition to the hospital, including Place of Hope, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, and Florida Atlantic University, among others. Prior to moving to South Florida, Michelle worked in New York for her family business, White Rock Distilleries. Michelle and her husband, Michael, have two children and live in Boca Raton.
The $250 million Keeping the Promise Campaign is the largest fund-raising initiative in Boca Regional’s history and is supporting its most ambitious period of growth and expansion. The campus redevelopment plans include at the centerpiece, the new Gloria Drummond Patient Tower where patients will be welcomed in the inviting new Louis B. and Anne W. Green Lobby with plans for retail, dining, meeting space, a sanctuary, outdoor courtyards, and other conveniences for visitors. The new tower features all new surgical suites and all private patient rooms exceeding the latest safety standards for patient care. In the current hospital building, all existing rooms will be converted to private in a comprehensive renovation of all patient units including maternity, oncology, and orthopedics. An expansion of the Marcus Neuroscience Institute is well underway with emphasis on neurovascular/stroke, central nervous system tumors, spine, and epilepsy/seizure disorders. The recently opened 972-car Schmidt Family Parking Facility will be connected to the Marcus Neuroscience Institute once the new tower construction is complete. Also underway is the new Toby and Leon Cooperman Medical Arts Pavilion with outpatient surgery, physician offices and adjacent parking.
