Overview
- The public phase opens with $1.9 billion already committed toward the $2.5 billion goal, marking MD Anderson’s largest fundraising effort to date.
- Expansion plans include a new Austin campus scheduled to break ground in 2026 to serve patients in the Central Texas region.
- A Kinder Children's Cancer Center with Texas Children's is slated to open in spring 2026 to advance cures and specialized pediatric care.
- Research infrastructure will grow through an Institute for Cell Therapy Discovery & Innovation focused on CAR NK therapies, an Institute for Data Science in Oncology using AI, and the James P. Allison Institute to broaden immunotherapy benefits.
- Patient-centered investments include a nationwide oncology nurse navigation program for every patient, a 1.8 million-square-foot Patient Care Building 1, and the Meyers Institute for Oncology Nursing, with the launch marked by a program hosted by John Tesh and a performance by Willie Nelson and Micah Nelson.