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Margie Manning, Tampa Bay Business Journal
January 26, 2012
University of South Florida officials showed off the Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation to about 100 invited guests Wednesday night.
The project, a $30 million, 90,000-square-foot, three-story complex in downtown Tampa, is in the final stages of construction and slated for a grand opening March 30.
Physicians and scientists who will work in the center led tours, highlighting the clinical, educational and research facilities and emphasizing how the space was designed for interdisciplinary collaboration. Doctors, nurses, therapists and other health care professionals will work side-by-side in simulated medical situations while students, professors and industry experts will team on development and innovation.
USF leaders and others emphasized the economic development aspects of the project.
CAMLS will create about 100 new jobs and draw up to 60,000 health care professionals from all over the world to Tampa annually for training and assessment, filling thousands of hotel rooms, said Judy Genshaft, USF president. More than 350 people have worked on the construction project since it broke ground a year ago, said Mark House, managing director of The Beck Group The Beck Group Latest from The Business Journals A sneak peak at USF’s next step in medical trainingHillsborough, Tampa may waive or reduce impact feesTampa selects firm to redevelop federal courthouse Follow this company , the firm that was the architect and general contractor for CAMLS.
John Ekarius, chief administrative liaison at USF Health USF Health Latest from The Business Journals Stephen Klasko: Continues to practice at Tampa hospitalA sneak peak at USF’s next step in medical trainingDriving Tampa Bay health care forward Follow this company , thanked government officials who paved the way for the project, including former Mayor Pam Iorio. Referring to at least four other proposed locations for the project since 2006, Ekarius said “Mayor Iorio overruled people in her administration to say this is the right place. Now we can agree. This is the right place.”
CAMLS already is drawing national attention, said Deborah Sutherland, CAMLS chief executive officer and associate vice president, USF Health. U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius is scheduled to tour the facility in early February, Sutherland said.
Original article in the Tampa Bay Business Journal.
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