Children's Health and UT Southwestern's new pediatric campus [Rendering: Children’s Health]
Historic $100 million gift from Jean and Mac Pogue to Children's Health and UT Southwestern Medical Center to support new $5 billion Dallas pediatric campus announced earlier this year Announced.
The donation from the Pogue Foundation is one of only four $100 million philanthropic gifts publicly announced to date in North Texas, according to the medical center. This is the largest donation to a campus project to date. .
“Mac and I have had the privilege of supporting Children's Health and the University of Texas Southwestern for many years and are grateful for the impact they have on the well-being of the patients and communities they serve,” Gene Pogue said in a statement. I've had the benefit of knowing what's going on.” “Our family is proud to be a part of building a new pediatric campus in Dallas. We are so grateful for the difference it will make for future generations of children.”
The medical facility announced that the 33-acre site for its new pediatric campus in Dallas will be named Pogue Park in honor of the donation. They said the park would encompass outdoor grounds surrounding the new facility and include extensive green spaces aimed at supporting compassionate healing, recovery and stress relief in a natural environment.
“For 40 years, the Pogue family's generosity has benefited our ability to provide excellent care that will shape the future of health care,” said Christopher Durovich, president and CEO of Children's Health. I've come,'' he said. said in a. “Pogue Park will greatly enhance the patient and family experience at our new pediatric campus in Dallas, creating a respite that reflects our mission to make children's lives better.”
Left to right: Christopher Durovich, Children's Health President and CEO; Jake Jaquis, MD, pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon at Children's Health and professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Jean Pogue, donor; Nicholas Madsen, MD, chief of cardiology at Children's Health and professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Daniel K. Podolsky, MD, director and professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. and Brent Christopher, president of the Children's Medical Center Foundation. [Photo: Children’s Health]
Supporting pediatric medical care
Mac and Jean Pogue, who passed away earlier this year, provided more than $200 million in support to Children's Health and the University of Texas Southwestern over the past 40 years.
“Through their remarkable foresight and philanthropy, Mac and Jean Pogue have advanced groundbreaking research at UT Southwestern, with a particular focus on children.” UT Southwestern said Daniel K. Podolsky, MD, director of the medical center and professor of internal medicine. statement. “The discoveries they made possible will be realized through the interdisciplinary, cutting-edge care that children in North Texas and beyond will receive at our new pediatric campus.”
With support from the Pogue family, Children's Health and UT Southwestern enter a new chapter in pediatric care, innovation and research as North Texas experiences unprecedented growth and builds a brighter future for children. He said there was. They said the region's pediatric population is expected to double by 2050, and with this growth comes the need for greater access to pediatric health care.
“This powerful gift is the latest testament to the Pogue family's desire to ensure that all children have access to quality care when and where they need it,” said Brent of the Children's Medical Center Foundation. Chairman Christopher said. “Their quiet generosity in support of medical care and research has profoundly benefited the lives of each of us in some way, in Dallas and beyond.”
Children's Health and UT Southwestern receive $100 million gift from Pogue family to name new $5 billion Dallas pediatric campus Pogue Park [Rendering: Children’s Health]
Children's Health and UT Southwestern announced plans in February to build a new $5 billion pediatric campus in Dallas.
Located in Dallas' Southwestern Medical District and directly across from the University of Texas Southwestern's William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital, this new pediatric campus is a hub for innovation, academic research and training, and the development of life-saving technologies. It will also become a joint hub, the two organizations said. Said.
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