Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine has received more than $100 million from philanthropists Catherine and Anthony Clifton to improve its clinical care, research and education programs.
Financial terms and the specific amount of the donation were not disclosed. The Pavilion at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia will be renamed The Clifton Center for Medical Breakthroughs in recognition of the gift.
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Catherine Clifton, a University of Pennsylvania alumni, has been a member of Penn Medicine's board since 2010. Her father, Ralph Roberts, founder of Comcast Corp., also served on the board. Outside of Penn, she previously worked to train healthcare professionals as a faculty member at the Tufts University School of Medicine’s Community Medicine Department.
Anthony Clifton is the founder and principal owner of AAC Holdings, a consulting firm that works with owners and senior managers of small businesses.
Care teams at The Pavilion, now the Clifton Center, have handled nearly 213,000 visits to its emergency department, performed more than 1,700 organ transplants and conducted over 100 daily surgical procedures since the center opened in 2021. The $1.6 billion facility has been Penn Medicine's largest capital project to date.
In March 2024, the academic health system, which operates six hospitals in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, announced plans to build a $401 million cancer center at its Princeton Medical Center in Plainsboro, New Jersey.
