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Jupiter Medical Center Receives $25 Million Donation

To Support Advanced Surgical Institute

Donation Will Name New For more information about Jupiter Medical Center

Surgical Institute And Support Foundation, please visit jmcfoundation.org. For the latest news
and updates, follow on Instagram @jupitermedicalcenter and
Advanced Surgical Programs on Facebook @jupitermedicalcenter.
About Jupiter Medical Center
Jupiter Medical Center is pleased to announce a Highly rated in the region for quality, safety and patient
transformative $25 million donation from Jupiter-based experience, Jupiter Medical Center is the leading destination
philanthropists Johnny and Terry Gray in support of surgical for world-class healthcare in Palm Beach County and across
advancements at Jupiter Medical Center’s highly anticipated the Treasure Coast. Jupiter Medical Center’s state-of-the-art
Surgical Institute. The 90,000-square-foot Surgical Institute Johnny and Terry Gray Surgical Institute rendering facilities and cutting-edge technologies enable its award-winning
is currently under construction and upon completion in physicians to provide a comprehensive continuum of inpatient and
2023, will feature 16 smart operating rooms and two hybrid significant growth of the community and corresponding patient outpatient healthcare services. Jupiter Medical Center’s specialty
operating suites. The institute will be named the Johnny and volumes, with more than 15,000 traditional and minimally centers of excellence include: orthopedics, comprehensive cancer
Terry Gray Surgical Institute in honor of their generous gift. invasive surgical procedures performed at Jupiter Medical care, cardiovascular care, neurosciences, and women and
Jupiter Medical Center Foundation has raised just over $52 Center annually. children’s services. For more information about Jupiter Medical
million thus far for the $100 million project. The estimated 1,000-square-foot hybrid operating rooms Center, please call (561) 263-2200 or visit www.jupitermed.com.
“A donation of this magnitude will impact healthcare will bring together surgeons, anesthesiologists, radiologists
in the region for generations to come,” said Amit Rastogi, and other specialists to tackle complex medical issues with
M.D., MHCM, president and CEO of Jupiter Medical Center. minimally invasive procedures, in turn, reducing risks and Medicare
“We remain incredibly grateful to Johnny and Terry for their delays, while improving patient safety and, ultimately,
support of our mission to increase access to world-class reducing costs. Patients typically experience a shorter recovery
health care. The Johnny and Terry Gray Surgical Institute time following a procedure in a hybrid operating room due to
will feature state-of-the-art operating rooms, cutting-edge less stress from multiple surgeries. In a hybrid operating room,
technology, and best-in-class surgical programs right here surgeons can perform complex cardiovascular, neurological, open enrollMent
where people need their care – close to home.” thoracic and orthopedic surgeries, with the number of
procedures growing rapidly.
The institute will also incorporate a large reception area
that will provide added comfort for caregivers and families
with private consultation rooms where medical staff and for 2023
surgeons can consult with family members preoperatively and
postoperatively. A state-of-the-art patient tracking system will
be integrated into the overall design of the surgery center to
provide seamless and error-free tracking of patients as they cHecK For
pass from pre-op to surgery and on to recovery. This tracking
system will provide nurses and surgeons up-to-the-minute eXcItInG
knowledge of the patient’s progress, as well as aid in real-time
communication to the patient’s family or caregiver.
Terry and Johnny Gray In 2011, Johnny and Terry, natives of New Mexico, sold
their businesses and decided to move to Jupiter where they neW PLanS
The facility’s smart operating rooms will accommodate made Admirals Cove their home. The Grays are longtime
a wide variety of complex surgeries, while the hybrid rooms philanthropists who have made it their priority to support multiple and
offer surgeons the ability to transition from a minimally not-for-profits close to their hearts, with a focus on supporting
invasive surgery to an open procedure, reducing patient risk programs and services for children, youth, and families to end
and improving outcomes. The “smart” operating rooms will cycles of abuse and homelessness. Additionally, they have aLL neW
use state-of-the-art equipment that is digitally integrated so created shelters to support families exposed to domestic violence.
the patient’s information will be at the surgeon’s fingertips. “We have been very fortunate, and it is a joy to share that
Surgeons and nurses will be able to access a patient’s images success with others,” said Johnny and Terry Gray. “Jupiter BeneFItS
during surgery and transmit images from the operating room to Medical Center has cemented itself as a leader in quality
additional specialists for real-time consultation when needed. world-class health care. We are confident they will remain
The dedicated facility will also house a 5,000-square-foot innovative and at the forefront of cutting-edge medicine. We YoU are
state-of-the-art surgical equipment sterilization center. The are honored to be part of their evolution to meet the growing
entItLed to
development of the Surgical Institute is in direct response to the demands of our community.”

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