The Inova Health System hospital network held a grand opening ceremony Wednesday for a $150 million cancer treatment center in Fairfax County that will incorporate a patient’s genetic information in plans for treatment.
The 500-employee facility will begin accepting patients on May 13, hospital officials said.
Inova purchased the 117-acre site in 2015 as part of an effort to expand its “personalized medicine” operations, in which a patient’s genetic information is used to come up with a more precise diagnosis and treatment plan.
The institute is named after Dwight C. Schar, chairman of the NVR home-building company in Reston, and his wife, Martha Schar, who donated $50 million. Dwight Schar is also part owner of the Washington Redskins.