November 9, 2026- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has announced a $3.4 billion expansion of its Texas Medical Center campus in Houston, featuring two new facilities designed to increase patient capacity and advance cancer care.
The expansion will include Inspiration Tower and Prism, which together will add nearly 2 million square feet of patient care, radiation oncology and diagnostic imaging space. The facilities are expected to enable UT MD Anderson to care for nearly 250,000 patients annually.
Inspiration Tower, anticipated to open in 2032, will be a 25-story, 1.4 million-square-foot facility and the largest cancer-focused clinical facility in the nation. It will include up to 330 exam rooms, 184 short-stay beds, 162 ambulatory treatment stations, 56 imaging rooms, 24 operating rooms and 38 procedure rooms. The facility will integrate disease-specific clinics with research and advanced diagnostic, treatment and surgical services.
Prism, scheduled to open in 2030, will be a 292,000-square-foot center dedicated to radiation oncology and diagnostic imaging. It will include 12 MRI machines, four CT scanners, two PET-CT units, 18 radiation vaults and seven radiation simulators. The facility is expected to serve up to 150,000 patients annually, accounting for nearly half of all linear accelerator activity in the Texas Medical Center.
“Every detail of these buildings, from the technology to the treatment rooms, was designed around our patients who will receive their care in them and our employees who will work in them. The facilities will serve as a physical representation of hope for the patients and their families who will walk through the doors,” said Jeffrey E. Lee, M.D., president ad interim of UT MD Anderson. “Inspiration Tower and Prism are the future of cancer care, and we are grateful for the longstanding support and guidance we’ve received from the UT System Board of Regents to bring these projects to life. These facilities are part of the most impactful capital expansion in UT MD Anderson’s history.”
The expansion is supported by funding from UT MD Anderson, the UT System and philanthropic contributions. Both facilities are priorities of the institution’s $2.5 billion fundraising campaign, Only Possible Here, The Campaign to End Cancer.
Source: UT MD Anderson