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Proton Therapy confirms talks to build center in Miami Twp.

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By Tom Beyerlein, Staff Writer Updated 3:32 PM Friday, November 6, 2009

Optivus Proton Therapy Inc. has confirmed reports that it’s working with Miami Twp. officials to build a proton beam radiation treatment center to Interstate 75’s new Austin Boulevard interchange by 2013 and bring “a new standard of cancer care to the region.”

Optivus Chief Executive Jon Slater said Friday, Nov. 6, that the Miami Twp. facility would create 800 permanent jobs and 1,300 construction jobs. He estimated the ongoing economic impact on the region at $170 million annually, with a one-time construction impact of $148 million.

In a news release, Slater said building the center in Miami Twp. allows Optivus to “take advantage of a central eastern U.S. location where large numbers of patients from throughout this populous region can travel with relative ease to receive this innovative, highly effective cancer treatment.”

He said the for-profit Miami Twp. center would be modeled after the world’s first hospital-based proton center at Loma Linda (Calif.) University Medical Center, which was designed by Slater’s engineering team. That facility opened in 1990.

Miami Twp. officials announced the project Oct. 28, but Optivus of San Bernardino, Calif., hasn’t confirmed it until now. It would be located on 23 acres owned by the township in the southwest quadrant of the Austin interchange.

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2264 or tbeyerlein@DaytonDailyNews.com.

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Please remember that this facility would be for the good of cancer patients throughout the US, and the local community (Jobs, Visitor Spending, Growth (Economic and Population), Housing (People Moving In), and the list goes on). This will generate a great deal of positive change for us. Lets not lose site of that.

Serious
11:42 AM, 11/9/2009

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The reason Miami Twp. center is going to be modeled after Loma Linda University Medical Center is because LLUMC was designed and built by Fermilab and NOT by Slater’s engineering team.

Anono
10:34 AM, 11/9/2009

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who care who builds it as long as they are competent, non-union, and get the work done on time and within budget. If Ohioans qualify to build the facility, fine. If not, get some people in here and get it done. Morons: It will bring health care closer to those who need it. Quit bickering about where the profits go...did it matter that GM profits went back to Detroit rather than dayton? Not! This project sans union people will be a fine facility.

amazing
6:57 PM, 11/7/2009

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Maybe ex-mayor McLin can run this construction project. So that she can give all the building contracts to her friends and church pals. Old habits die hard.

Mars Bar
1:41 PM, 11/7/2009

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My understanding is the new center will only employ 110 people full time. I have no idea where the 800 in this article came from.

Mike
10:55 AM, 11/7/2009

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