University of Texas Health San Antonio

UT Health San Antonio set the overarching goal to be a premier cancer center with a focus on early phase clinical trials, including immunologic and stem cell therapies for cancer. Core to the success of this mission is the project’s robust clinical and translational labs.

The laboratories supporting the 144-bed Multispecialty and Research Hospital include a wide range of spaces to serve anatomic pathology; clinical pathology; clinical support for OR, inpatient and outpatient; and specialty labs. Goals for the project included:

• Creating an efficient lab ​
• Facilitating Lean processes​
• Providing flexibility and modular design for future changes​
• Developing an appropriately sized lab ​
• Providing labs for specialty services and UTH mission​

Specialty clinical lab spaces such as HLA-Molecular and stem cell support that goal. The clinical lab also provides space for anatomic pathology (cytopathology, tissue bank, morgue/viewing area, frozen section/grossing autopsy), blood bank, blood donor, bone marrow, FN aspiration, apheresis/stem cell therapy and clinical pathology (core lab chem-immunology and hematology, rapid response, blood gas, coagulation, urinalysis, microbiology, molecular diagnostics, flow cytometry, bone marrow).

The eight-story hospital is connected to the Mays Cancer Center, which is home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center through a pedestrian sky bridge.