Completion Date: 2013
Square Footage: 580,000

The Duke Medicine Pavilion, comprising approximately 580,000 square feet of space, sits at the heart of the Duke University Medical Center. It is designed to most efficiently welcome and attend to Duke's growing patient population. This major addition adds 16 new operating suites and 160 critical care and intermediate care, or step-down, beds.

The new building also provides a high-tech surgical platform in which Duke Medicine can advance its medical education programs, facilitate innovative research into surgical techniques and treatments and provide the necessary capacity to meet surgical demands.

Patients and visitors are greeted in an inviting light-filled lobby. Nearby, current plans call for a patient resource center that features a health library and a large, modern imaging center that provides a central, state-of-the-art location for patients needing MRI, CT and nuclear medicine. This will help improve care and reducing patient transport distances.