St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital In Tampa Launches $75M Expansion

St. Joseph's Women's Hospital in Tampa has broken ground on a $75 million expansion project. The 125,000 square foot building will house the St. Joseph's Children's Hospital's Neonatal ICU with 64 NICU private suites, the Shimberg Breast Center, and other specialty services for women and newborns.

The Shimberg Breast Center, with 24 private suites, will include diagnostic tools such as CT scanner, ultrasound, Dexa scan, digital mammography and state-of-the-art MRI. It is expected to be completed by Fall 2012.

In addition to all private suites, other amenities include: full in-suite accommodations for families of NICU and women's hospital patients; wireless communications and Internet access; all-digital diagnostic imaging services; and Biometric Palm Scanning technology for registering and admitting patients.

The Shimberg Breast Center was named after Tampa philanthropists Hinks and Elaine Shimberg, who were the primary donors for the expansion. Elaine Shimberg is a breast cancer survivor, and the grandmother of a baby born prematurely.

St. Joseph's Women's Hospital, part of 10-hospital BayCare Health System, is the only freestanding hospital in the Tampa Bay area for women and infants.