RADNOR >> A new health center specializing in integrative medicine will open its doors in Villanova this fall.

Thomas Jefferson University and Hospitals received a $14 million grant from The Marcus Foundation Inc., which will be used to open the Marcus Integrative Health at Myrna Brind Center Villanova.

At Jefferson, we are committed to reimagining healthcare, education and discovery to create unparalleled value, said Dr. Stephen K. Klasko, president and CEO of Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health System. Thanks to the generosity and vision of Bernie Marcus and The Marcus Foundation, this new integrative health center will bring the best of all worldsintegrative, global and traditional healthto patients in the greater Philadelphia area and beyond.

The foundation chose Jefferson because of our shared vision for the future of medicine, said Bernie Marcus, co-founder of the Home Depot and chairman of the Marcus Foundation. Jefferson is on the forefront of innovating integrative medicine, a transformation I want to be part of.

Klasko said Marcus goal is to have this be the best of both worlds, a center taking global medicine and traditional medicine and looking at research, anything from cancer to Alzheimers. Many medical centers are either traditional medicine or alternative medicine, he said. Were both. Were looking at what other countries around the world do.

A lot of my history has been trying to bring in global medicine into traditional medicine, said Klasko. It will be the best of both worlds. Mr. Marcus was thrilled (that) there was the president of the university he didnt have to convince.

He said, My dream was to find a place with a reputation like Jeffersons to do something like this.

Dr. Daniel Monti, professor and director of the Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine at Jefferson, called the satellite location very exciting.

We have been wanting to broaden our geographic reach so more people can access the kind of health care model weve developed over the last 10 years, Monti said. Monti expects that Jefferson will open other locations for integrative medicine in the Philadelphia region and at some point nationally.

I think its a shared vision of the Marcus Foundation, said Monti. Theyve been very generous giving us the jumpstart to this satellite. Continued...

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