The new patient tower of Sibley Memorial Hospital, which opened on Sept. 26, features 200 all-private rooms and the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, which offers expanded space for medical oncology, including 34 private infusion rooms and an inpatient oncology unit. In addition, the new building also contains the region’s only radiation oncology program dedicated to children. Other improvements that are part of the 475,000-square-foot hospital expansion include two floors of women’s and infants’ services and an orthopaedic unit with a rehabilitation clinic. The new patient tower will be LEED Gold Certified and includes many green features, including the largest green roof of any health care facility in Washington, D.C.

The Emergency Department, which opened last year, has 28 new treatment rooms; CT and MRI capabilities within and adjacent to the new ED; and specialized, fixed decontamination showers to handle exposure to radiation, chemical or biological contaminants.