On June 8, 2018, the Skip Viragh Outpatient Cancer Building opened. The building is named for for Albert P. “Skip” Viragh, fulfilling his complete vision for cancer care, creating a single place where cancer patients could have access to the best possible and most innovative cancer care and supportive services. .

Viragh was a Maryland mutual fund investment leader, philanthropist, and pancreatic cancer patient treated at the Kimmel Cancer Center who died of the disease in 2003 at age 62. He funded pancreatic cancer research at the Kimmel Cancer Center, including the Skip Viragh Center for Pancreas Cancer Clinical Research and Patient Care.

The Skip Viragh Outpatient Cancer Building represents the future of cancer medicine, said Kimmel Cancer Center Director William Nelson, M.D., Ph.D.

With an increasing amount of cancer care provided in the outpatient setting, and expected to grow over the next decade, the building became the new hub of Kimmel Cancer Center clinical services and clinical research.

The $100 million, ten-story 184,000-square-foot cancer care building, was entirely funded by private support, including a $65 million lead gift made possible by Skip Viragh and $10 million from Under Armour.

It provides clinical services to more than 200 patients daily, including about 80 new patient visits per week. It houses a patient welcome center, phlebotomy and pharmacy services, the Harry J. Duffey Family Patient and Family Services, the Seraph Foundation Meditation Room and Chaplaincy Suite, Imaging, diagnostic and treatment planning services for new patients, multidisciplinary clinics where patients benefit from a wide range of coordinated surgical, medical, radiation, and other consultations and services provided in one- to two-day visits.

The Under Armour Breast Health Innovation Center, which includes breast health services such as nutritional counseling, fitness evaluation, and survivorship services is located on the 10^th floor along with the Skyline Café, which boasts panoramic views of the City.

The Viragh Building freed up space in the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Building for the Kimmel Cancer Center to expand outpatient services for patients with blood and bone marrow cancers, inpatient cancer treatment, and 24-hour oncology urgent care.

Upon the building’s opening, Nelson said, “Here, in our Skip Viragh Outpatient Cancer Building, I believe we will begin to see the beginning of the end of cancer.”