Milestone Timeline
We embarked on this journey to build a leading-edge proton therapy center so we could help with your journey.
Gallery
Texas Center for Proton Therapy – 2015
HOPE Wall at Site Dedication – May 15, 2013
Site Dedication Shovels Representing Cancer Types – May 15, 2013
Groundbreaking at Site Dedication – May 15, 2013
Texas Center for Proton Therapy Director Gary Barlow at Site Dedication – May 15, 2013
Site Dedication – Project Managers – May 15, 2013
Site Dedication – Patient Connor Escobido Signs HOPE Wall – May 15, 2013
Site Dedication – Patient Gene Adams Signs HOPE Wall – May 15, 2013
Keynote Speaker Bruce Feiler – May 15, 2013
The center’s concrete could fill 4.5 Olympic swimming pools – December 13, 2013
Topping Out Ceremony – Signing the Last Beam – December 13, 2013
Topping Out Ceremony – Messages on the Last Beam – December 13, 2013
Topping Out Ceremony – Placing Last Beam – December 13, 2013
Cyclotron Loaded on Ship for its Belgium-to-Texas Journey – May 21, 2014
Cyclotron Arriving at Port of Houston – June 30, 2014
Cyclotron Arrives at Texas Center for Proton Therapy – July 2, 2014
Cyclotron Being Lifted into the Center – July 2, 2014
The gantry rotates 360° to treat tumors with pinpoint accuracy – Spring 2015
Protons move from cyclotron to gantry at two-thirds the speed of light – Spring 2015
Each gantry weighs more than a fully-loaded Boeing 757 – Spring 2015
Each treatment gantry is more than three stories tall – Spring 2015
Texas Center for Proton Therapy – 2015
Dr. Andrew Lee Joins as Medical Director – February 2015
The Center’s 3T MRI Produces Clearer Images with Less Time and Noise - 2015
The Center’s Fast and Powerful PET/CT Scanner can Diagnose, Stage, and Restage Tumors - 2015
Texas Center for Proton Therapy – 2015
Ribbon Cutting – April 28, 2016
Dr. Andrew Lee, Medical Director, at the Center’s Opening Reception – April 28, 2016
Gary Barlow, Director, at the Center’s Opening Reception – April 28, 2016
Dr. Steve Paulson, Texas Oncology President and Chair of the Board, at the Center’s Opening Reception – April 28, 2016
Texas Center for Proton Therapy Opening Reception – April 28, 2016
Patient Ron McCollum Shares His Experience at the Center’s Opening Reception – April 28, 2016
Patient Ed Stewart Shares His Experience at the Center’s Opening Reception – April 28, 2016
Dr. Andrew Lee, Dr. Daniel Hamstra, Dr. Steve Paulson, Dr. Jared Sturgeon, Dr. Victor Mangona at the Opening Reception – April 28, 2016
IBA Users Meeting attendees toured Texas Center for Proton Therapy to see some of the most advanced proton technology and expertise. They learned about unique proton cases, explored equipment updates, and reviewed potential technology developments.
Pictured from left to right during the tour of Texas Center for Proton Therapy as part of the IBA Users Meeting is Texas Center for Proton Therapy Medical Director Andrew Lee, M.D., M.P.H., IBA Founder Yves Jongen, Texas Center for Proton Therapy Director Gary Barlow, and IBA CEO Olivier Legrain.
Completed treatment of 1,000th patient, Bruce Chamberlin – May 31, 2018
1,000th patient, Bruce Chamberlin, receiving his final treatment – May 31, 2018
Twelve-year-old Christian added his handprint to the canvas as the 200th pediatric patient treated at Texas Center for Proton Therapy.
