Mayo Clinic, St. Vincent's HealthCare to partner in cancer care

As Baptist Health prepares to open an MD Anderson-branded cancer care center on its Jacksonville campus later this month, competing local provider St. Vincent's HealthCare has announced it will partner with Mayo Clinic to expand its cancer care services by the summer of 2016. Though the move could easily be seen as a direct response to the introduction of big name MD Anderson into the Northeast Florida market, Michael Schatzlein, the new CEO of St. Vincent's, said that wasn't the case. St. Vincent's and Mayo's combined cancer care services will be housed in a 11,500-square-foot medical suite on St. Vincent's Riverside campus, which is slated for completion by next summer.