Vista Pavilion opened April 7, adding 128 beds for high-acuity adult cancer care and supporting additional specialty expansions elsewhere on campus, according to OHSU. | Photo Credit: OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks
- OHSU’s Vista Pavilion opened April 7, adding 128 high-acuity adult cancer-care beds at its Marquam Hill campus.
- The 530,000-square-foot, $650 million tower is dedicated to cancer treatment through the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute and connects to existing facilities via three skybridges.
- OHSU says moving services into Vista Pavilion will free space to expand other complex specialty care, including additional brain- and heart-care beds in Kohler Pavilion.
- The broader expansion also includes an emergency department project adding 17 beds, with additional milestones extending into 2028.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Health & Science University has brought a new inpatient cancer tower online at its Marquam Hill campus, positioning Vista Pavilion as a major capacity expansion for Oregon’s largest hospital.
Vista Pavilion opened April 7, adding 128 beds for high-acuity adult cancer care and supporting additional specialty expansions elsewhere on campus, according to OHSU. The 530,000-square-foot, 14-story addition is connected to OHSU Hospital and Kohler Pavilion by three skybridges spanning Campus Drive.
OHSU says the $650 million building is dedicated to cancer treatment through the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, a move the organization says will also free up space in the existing footprint for other complex specialty care.
“Today marks a milestone for OHSU and for Oregon as Vista Pavilion greatly expands the state’s overall inpatient hospital capacity,” said OHSU President Shereef Elnahal, M.D., M.B.A., in a statement. “This expansion will enable people to get their care close to home, instead of traveling to Seattle or the Bay Area for complex specialty care.”
OHSU describes Vista Pavilion as an inpatient facility intended to expand capacity for adult cancer care and other complex needs, with design elements that include natural light and views in every room, calming colors and Oregon landscape art.
“We see this building as an opportunity to double down on our commitment to transform the way that cancer care is delivered, making OHSU the national leader not only in patient outcomes but also in patient experience,” said Brian Druker, M.D., chief executive officer of the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, in a statement.
Inpatient services at Vista Pavilion include stem cell transplants, CAR T cell therapy, complex surgical procedures, cancer intensive care, diagnostic imaging, interventional radiology and brachytherapy, and the Vista Pavilion opening is tied to planned specialty-bed expansions outside the new tower. OHSU says some services will move to Vista Pavilion from Kohler Pavilion, freeing space for 42 new beds for brain care and 18 new beds for heart care. OHSU says that would bring totals to 72 brain-care beds and 60 heart-care beds.
Separately, an emergency department project will add 17 beds, improve safety for patients and staff, and create separate entrances for adult and pediatric emergency care.
Board members first approved the hospital expansion project in October 2021. Construction started in January 2022. OHSU lists upcoming milestones of Aug. 1 for new heart-care space in Kohler Pavilion and Dec. 1 for new brain-care space, with the emergency department expansion targeted for completion in January 2028.