WINDBER, PA and CULVER CITY, CA – Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber (Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber) and Chan Soon-Shiong Institute of Molecular Medicine at Windber (CSSIMMW) have entered into definitive agreements with the Chan Soon-Shiong Institute of Molecular Medicine, (CSSIOMM), a nonprofit medical research organization founded by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong and his wife, Michele Chan, to establish an integrated community based health care organization delivering 21st century care.
The agreements include the creation of a precision cancer research and treatment institute at WMC and CSSIMMW. The vision for WMC and CSSIMMW is to become dedicated molecular medicine and genomic research institutions and centers of excellence for studying cancer and other diseases. WMC and CSSIMMW will remain non-profit institutions with WMC continuing its mission as an acute care community hospital and retaining its existing service lines. Regional and national clinical delivery partnerships with major health systems are under discussion.
“Dr. Soon-Shiong is a visionary at the forefront of transforming health care in the U.S. and around the world through research, technology and integrated communication,” said Tom Kurtz, CEO of WMC and CSSIMMW. “Importantly, the transaction will align WMC and CSSIMMW with NantWorks, an ecosystem of companies founded by Dr. Soon-Shiong to revolutionize health care and other industries with improvements in science, technology and communication. Joining forces with CSSIOMM will allow us to expand our footprint and change lives for the better in our community here in Pennsylvania as well as across the nation.”
“The transaction will enable WMC and CSSIMMW to not only grow but serve as the perfect platform for translating cutting edge medical science into the clinical setting at the local community level,” said Dr. Soon-Shiong. “CSSIOMM’s expertise, resources and reach, combined with CSSIMMW’s state of the art tissue bank and DNA and RNA extraction capabilities, furthers the stated mission of our respective organizations, which is to engage in advanced medical care and pioneering medical research for the benefit of patients. It is important to our mission to support local community care and the 30 bed hospital at Windber is an important resource that must be protected.”
In 2014, CSSIOMM partnered with the University of Oxford to establish the Chan Soon-Shiong Center for Genomic and Proteomic medicine for cancer patients in the United Kingdom. That same year, CSSIOMM established The Chan Soon-Shiong Children’s Precision Medicine Institute at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, where state-of-the-art genomic and proteomic technologies are applied to identify precision diagnoses, treatments and cures for young patients facing serious illnesses.
About The Chan Soon-Shiong Institute of Molecular Medicine
Chan Soon-Shiong Institute of Molecular Medicine (CSSIOMM) is a division of the Chan Soon-Shiong NantHealth Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit medical research organization focused on transforming medical practice by facilitating digital molecular diagnosis. CSSIOMM is building a coalition dedicated to collaborating with health care, academic, government, and private sector partners to enable evidence based and molecularly driven, clinical decisions. The mission of CSSIOMM is to facilitate transformation of health systems to focus on health not just healthcare, to create a culture of caring and to support the development of next generation clinical scientists. The goal of the CSSIOMM is to improve the lives of the people and to enable sustainable health systems for the future.
About Chan Soon-Shiong Institute of Molecular Medicine at Windber
Chan Soon-Shiong Institute of Molecular Medicine at Windber (CSSIMMW) is a private, non-profit biomedical research institute established in 2000 with two distinct but complementary programs: Translational Research and Health Promotion/DiseWINDBER, PA and CULVER CITY, CA – Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber (Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber) and Chan Soon-Shiong Institute of Molecular Medicine at Windber (CSSIMMW) have entered into definitive agreements with the Chan Soon-Shiong Institute of Molecular Medicine, (CSSIOMM), a nonprofit medical research organization founded by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong and his wife, Michele Chan, to establish an integrated community based health care organization delivering 21st century care.