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HEALTHCARE REAL ESTATE, CONSTRUCTION, DESIGN & FACILITY PLANNING

Michelle and Michael Hagerty Gift $8.5 Million to Boca Regional’s

Keeping the Promise Capital Campaign

Boca Raton residents and philanthro- and Michael growth and expansion. The campus rede-
pists Michelle and Michael Hagerty have Hagerty Center for Graduate Medical velopment plans include at the center-
made their third seven-figure gift to Education. Previously, the couple made a piece, the new Gloria Drummond Patient
Keeping the Promise … The Campaign for $2.5 million gift with recognition at the Tower where patients will be welcomed in
Boca Raton Regional Hospital. Their latest, Michelle and Michael Hagerty Courtyard the inviting new Louis B. and Anne W.
a $5 million contribution in support of the on the northern tip of the new Gloria Green Lobby with plans for retail, dining,
residency programs, brings their total giv- Drummond Patient Tower and other gifts meeting space, a sanctuary, outdoor court-
ing to Keeping the Promise to $8.5 mil- totaling $1 million to name the Michelle yards, and other conveniences for visitors.
lion. Their support is one of many other and Michael Hagerty Education Center at The new tower features all new surgical
seven- and eight-figure donors to a cam- the Christine E. Lynn Women’s Health & suites and all private patient rooms
paign that has surpassed $212 million Wellness Institute. exceeding the latest safety standards for
raised. Michelle Hagerty is a prominent philan- patient care. In the current hospital build-
“Michelle and Michael Hagerty are Michael and Michelle Hagerty thropist and strong advocate for children ing, all existing rooms will be converted to
deeply embedded in our mission at Boca in the South Florida community. She has private in a comprehensive renovation of
Raton Regional Hospital,” said Lincoln role in the hospital’s transformation to a been involved with various organizations all patient units including maternity,
Mendez, CEO of Boca Raton Regional tertiary academic medical center. locally in addition to the hospital, includ- oncology, and orthopedics. An expansion
Hospital. “When donors make repeated Expansion plans include more than dou- ing Place of Hope, Nicklaus Children’s of the Marcus Neuroscience Institute is
gifts to our capital campaign, it’s clear they bling the size of the space housing the Hospital, and Florida Atlantic University, well underway with emphasis on neu-
believe in our vision for the future. We are existing programs providing a new learn- among others. Prior to moving to South rovascular/stroke, central nervous system
grateful for their role in the success of the ing center, conference room, computer Florida, Michelle worked in New York for tumors, spine, and epilepsy/seizure disor-
campaign and their demonstration of faith lab, surgical simulation center, and much her family business, White Rock ders. The recently opened 972-car
in our campus initiative is irreplaceable.” needed administrative and educational Distilleries. Michelle and her husband, Schmidt Family Parking Facility will be
Boca Regional serves as the primary space for all three programs. This new Michael, have two children and live in connected to the Marcus Neuroscience
teaching site for Florida Atlantic space will help Boca Regional recruit and Boca Raton. Institute once the new tower construction
University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of retain top medical school graduates for The $250 million Keeping the Promise is complete. Also underway is the new
Medicine offering residency programs in world class training in Boca Raton. Campaign is the largest fund-raising initia- Toby and Leon Cooperman Medical Arts
Internal Medicine, General Surgery and The latest gift from the family will be tive in Boca Regional’s history and is sup- Pavilion with outpatient surgery, physician
Neurology. The program plays a pivotal recognized in the naming of the Michelle porting its most ambitious period of offices and adjacent parking.

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