Sarasota Campus Moving Forward with Outpatient Cancer Pavilion

The Sarasota County Public Hospital Board recently approved plans to move forward with construction of a new seven-story Cancer Pavilion on Waldemere Street. Preliminary plans also call for an adjacent parking garage and skybridge connecting the pavilion to the oncology tower SMH opened on the Sarasota campus last November.

The pavilion will be the third in a series of premier facilities that are part of the health system’s expanding Brian D. Jellison Cancer Institute.

“A key focus of the Jellison Cancer Institute is building upon our existing medical expertise with advanced technology and the full continuum of care for our community,” said CEO David Verinder,. “The Cancer Pavilion is key to the continued development of the Jellison Cancer Institute and our vision to create an outpatient treatment center that has all aspects of cancer care under one roof. “

Site work on the Cancer Pavilion is slated to begin later this year, pending regulatory permits and approvals. Conceptual plans feature a seven-story, 200,000-square-foot facility on the north side of Waldemere Street, steps away from the Jellison Cancer Institute Oncology Tower.

When complete, the pavilion will house a new breast health center, outpatient surgery suites, radiation oncology, infusion services, diagnostic imaging and integrative and supportive care.

The Cancer Pavilion also will be home to medical, surgical and radiation oncology physician clinics.

Cape Outpatient Surgery Center Closes to Make Way for Pavilion

To make room for the pavilion and new parking garage, SMH has closed the outpatient Cape Surgery Center on Waldemere Street, transitioning surgeries performed at Cape, including same-day and outpatients procedures, to existing operating rooms inside the hospital during construction. Patients arriving for outpatient surgeries at SMH can check in at the registration desk in the first floor lobby of the hospital. A guest service representative will help guide them to the proper location.

Patients with questions regarding a scheduled surgery or pre-testing can call (941) 917-2425.

When complete in 2025, the new cancer pavilion will include outpatient surgery.