Mayo Clinic announces billion dollar expansion in Phoenix

Mayo Clinic Arizona has announced a nearly $1.9 billion expansion of its Phoenix campus. This 1.2-million-square-foot expansion includes the construction of a new procedural building, a four-floor vertical and horizontal expansion of the Mayo Clinic Specialty Building, the integration of leading-edge technology, the addition of 11 new operating rooms and two new patient units supporting 48 additional beds, and an enhanced arrival experience for patients and visitors.

The plan calls for a two-story, indoor promenade that wraps around the front of the campus, creating cohesion and convenience for patients and visitors as they move from building to building.

Another prominent feature in the new design will be the development of care neighborhoods that cluster complementary clinical services for a more intuitive and connected patient experience.

Mitchell R. Humphreys, MD, Chair and Professor of the Department of Urology and Director of Bold. Forward. Unbound in Arizona joined us to discuss.

He said the goal is to combine physical and digital spaces to help deliver healthcare effectively and efficiently. For example, Humphreys said there will be ambient listening in the patient’s room that writes down notes for the doctor, a system that pulls up records for each patient automatically to know their medical history.

“It’s a huge project and a huge undertaking so we have data, we have demand data, we know how much we need in terms of imaging, how much we need in terms of ORS, how much we need for provided schedule rooms, we take all of that together, we lean into expertise of our scientists and our surgeons and our staff,” Humphreys said.

The current space is 3 million square feet, they will be expanding 1.2 million square feet, there will be a 70% increase in the imaging and cardiology units. He said the goal is to have an easy navigation of the building as well. The Mayo Clinic will also be implementing a “neighborhood” care service within their new procedures.

“It’s really taking that idea of what it takes to deliver category 1 to that patient, not thinking through a disease process but maybe putting research, education, different services together so they’re talking, they’re focused on that patient,” Humphreys said.

This plan has been in the works for 18 months, it was approved in March, and they are hoping to see their first patient in 2031.