Bloomington, Ind.-based ProCure Treatment Centers will celebrate the grand opening of the ProCure Training and Development Center (TDC) on Thursday, March 27.

The ProCure TDC, the first facility in the world dedicated to proton therapy training, will draw physicians, physicists, technicians and other medical professionals from across the U.S. for training. The facility offers clinical, technical and administrative training that simulates all aspects of proton therapy treatment in a replica of a proton therapy treatment center featuring everything but the actual protons. The TDC provides before-the-job training so as soon as a proton therapy center is built, no time is lost before treating the first patient with proton therapy, an advanced alternative to traditional radiation therapy but without the short- and long-term side effects.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony will include:

• Bloomington Mayor Mark Kruzan
• Indiana State Representative Peggy Welch
• U.S. Rep. Baron Hill, 9th District
• Dr. Steve Hahn, chairman of the radiation oncology department at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
• Dr. John Cameron, chairman and president; Hadley Ford, CEO and director; and Niek Schreuder, senior vice president of technology and medical physics at ProCure Treatment Centers
• Presentation of the building by Tim Mitchell, president of First Capital Group

ProCure Training and Development Center
420 N. Walnut St.
Bloomington, Ind.

Andrea Johnson, Public Communications Inc.
312-558-1770 x. 158, ajohnson@pcipr.com

ABOUT PROCURE TREATMENT CENTERS
Headquartered in Bloomington, Ind., ProCure Treatment Centers, Inc. was founded in 2005 by Dr. John Cameron, a particle therapy physics pioneer who was pivotal in the development of the Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute.  ProCure provides management support and a model for the complete design, construction, operation and maintenance of world-class proton therapy centers.  Through partnerships with leading radiation oncologists and hospitals, ProCure’s business model reduces the time, effort and cost involved in creating a facility, which allows physicians more time to focus on patient care.  ProCure plans to increase the number of centers across the country to make proton therapy affordable and accessible to patients who would benefit from the treatment.

ProCure’s first private practice, community-based proton therapy center is being built in Oklahoma City and is scheduled to open in 2009.  ProCure has two additional proton therapy centers under development in Illinois and Michigan, scheduled to open in 2010. For more information, visit www.ProCure.com.

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