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Baylor St. Luke's McNair Campus / New O'Quinn Tower

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Exclusive: Inside Baylor St. Luke’s new $426M tower near Texas Medical Center

By Jishnu Nair – Reporter, Houston Business Journal
Jan 31, 2023

The O’Quinn Medical Tower on the McNair Medical Campus at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is two months away from its opening date. The completed tower marks the realization of the health care system's long-planned expansion and continues a trend of growing medical campuses in the city of Houston.

The 12-story tower will be the home of the Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, one of only three National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in Texas. The cancer center will offer radiation therapy and other diagnostic and treatment services plus multiple specialized oncology clinics and an infusion center composed of 80 individual pods.

There will also be outpatient services, including radiology, endoscopy and an ambulatory surgery center, plus a pain center as well as a women’s center for diagnostic breast imaging.

Liz Youngblood, president of Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, told the Houston Business Journal that the consolidation of several outpatient services is intended to make patient processes easier. Several floors are designed so patients can have their entire treatment process on their designated floor, meaning they would not need to move up and down the building.

“It just becomes a destination center for patients where they can come and get everything they need, versus having to worry about ‘Where do I go for this?’” Youngblood said.

Dallas-based HKS Architects designed the project, while Houston-based Harvey Cleary Builders is the general contractor. Whitney Fuessel, a Houston principal for HKS, said the project’s design considered the health care system’s changing focus from health to wellness.