Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine

The Ruth and Raymond Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine is a specialized medical facility located at 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, on the former site of the Philadelphia Civic Center, on the campus of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. The $302-million project was designed by Rafael Viñoly Architects and completed in 2008. It was the largest capital project ever undertaken by the University of Pennsylvania Health System, until the construction of The Pavilion.^[1]

Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Geography
Location	3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Coordinates	39.948197°N 75.193393°W / 39.948197; -75.193393
Organization
Care system	Private
Funding	Non-profit hospital
Type	Specialist
Affiliated university	Perelman School of Medicine
Network	University of Pennsylvania Health System
Services
Speciality	Oncology, cardiovascular
Helipad	Yes (at HUP)
History
Opened	2008[1]
Links
Website	pennmedicine.org/perelman
Lists	Hospitals in the United States

The Smilow Translational Research Center at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine

The center is home to Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer Center, radiation oncology, cardiovascular medicine and an outpatient surgical pavilion. One of the most important parts of the Center for Advanced Medicine is the Roberts Proton Therapy Center which houses the largest proton therapy center associated with a medical center in the world.^[2] The proton therapy center will be used by both the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, as well as the Penn Medicine to treat cancer patients.^[3][4]

See also

• Philadelphia portal
• Pennsylvania portal

• Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania