Advanced Particle Beam Treatment Center to Provide Advanced Radiotherapy

Currently, combined particle therapy is available only in Japan and Germany.

Touro plans to develop a Particle Therapy Center as part of this overall investment. Touro will be using integrated software systems and advanced equipment from Siemens Medical Solutions (Erlangen, Germany).

"This Center will be an important contribution to radiotherapy of cancer in the United States,” said Dr. Lander. The planned facility, which is expected to be the first of its kind west of the state of Mississippi in the United States, will utilize Siemens' latest technology. Siemens and Touro have signed a contract for project development, and are finalizing the design and moving forward.

The Center is being developed under an agreement between Touro University and the City of Vallejo, CA, USA, whereby the University will anchor a larger master planned University Village and Health Science Research Campus. At present, Touro University has four colleges on Mare Island, emphasizing broad aspects of health education and medicine on a 44-acre campus.

"The new center is expected to be a world-class facility with the latest green building designs and sustainable technology in the heart of a bio-tech industry that advances the future of medicine,” said Bruce Lang, West Coast land resources business practice manager for ARCADIS, the project's development manager.

Siemens is pleased to be collaborating with Touro University in the fight against cancer in this country. The particle therapy solution proposed is subject to final FDA [U.S. Food and Drug Administration] clearance upon completion. Siemens has made a major investment in particle therapy research and development and looks forward to working on this project in the Bay area,” said Dennis Falkenstein, vice president of particle therapy solutions at Siemens Medical Solutions.

Touro University is educating more than 1,400 students at colleges of osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, health sciences and education.


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