Marshall and Paula Criser Cancer Resource Center

Honoree

Marshall and Paula Criser

Marshall and Paula Criser, who reside in Gainesville, are the distinguished honorary chairs for the statewide giving campaign for the Shands at UF Cancer Hospital. In 2007, the couple gifted Shands HealthCare with a million dollar fund to support Shands at the University of Florida Cancer Hospital, a new $388-million facility currently under construction and due for completion in 2009. The gift to the cancer hospital will create the Marshall and Paula Criser Cancer Resource Center.

Marshall Criser is a former University of Florida president who led the university from 1984 to 1989, during which time he also was president of the board of directors for Shands HealthCare, the not-for-profit health system affiliated with UF. He served as a Shands board member again from 1996 to 2001. Criser earned his business and law degrees from UF and has held numerous leadership roles in law and education throughout his career. He was named UF president emeritus in 1990.

Marshall and Paula Criser say that their pledge supports the couple’s long-term commitment to healthcare and especially to making cancer services available to meet the state’s growing demand.

Facility History

The Marshall and Paula Criser Cancer Resource Center was created from a one million dollar gift to the statewide giving campaign for the Shands at UF Cancer Hospital.

The U.S. National Institutes of Health NCI Cancer Centers Program supports major academic and research institutions throughout the nation to sustain broad-based, interdisciplinary programs in cancer research.

Shands and UF will co-locate comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic oncology services and clinical experts in the state-of-the-art, 500,000-square-foot academic medical center. The Shands at UF Cancer Hospital will house 192 private inpatient beds for a variety of patients and will also include a Critical Care Center for emergency- and trauma-related services.

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