South Jersey health system to build $6.9M radiation therapy center in Gloucester County

Inspira Health Network said Tuesday it will open a $6.9 million radiation therapy center for cancer patients at its Woodbury campus in Gloucester County next year.

The 6,000-square-foot facility will, according to the South Jersey Health System, feature the SmartVue Natural Light Window, which is designed to eliminate the claustrophobic confines of the typical linear accelerator treatment room. The SmartVue window allows natural light directly into the room, providing patients with a view of an outside garden before and after the treatment process.

 “This ground-breaking new system adds an outside view to the treatment room without affecting the integrity of the surrounding radiation shielding,” said Mario Sergi, director of medical imaging, radiation oncology, and oncology data services at Inspira. “By combining state-of-the-art radiation therapy equipment with a unique healing environment, our therapists and staff will be able to offer patients in the region with a new approach to cancer treatment.”

Inspira, based in Mullica Hill, New Jersey, is working with Saphire + Albarran Architecture in Pennington, New Jersey, and SmartVue product developer Veritas Medical Solutions of Harleysville, Pennsylvania, on the development of the center. The center, scheduled to open this spring, will be located across from Inspira Medical Center Woodbury on Oak Street.

“Inspira has been providing radiation oncology services to patients in South Jersey for more than 35 years and we are pleased to be able to expand our program to a brand new facility on our Woodbury campus,” said Patrick Nolan, chief operating officer at Inspira Medical Center Woodbury. “We know how important it is for people in our community who are actively seeking cancer treatment to have advanced care right here in their own backyard.”

Source: Philadelphia Business Journal