Mayo and Molly Shattuck have given $1 million through the
Shattuck Family Foundation to support construction of a
burn unit in the new Children's Tower of The Johns Hopkins
Hospital. The unit will be named in honor of the family,
which has long-standing ties to the
Children's
Center.
Mayo Shattuck is the president, CEO and chairman of
the board of Constellation Energy Group and a member of the
Johns Hopkins Medicine board of trustees. Both he and Molly
Shattuck are members of the Children's Center Advisory
Council. He also is the former chairman of Deutsche Bank
Alex. Brown.
"We are delighted to be able to support the Children's
Center," said Molly Shattuck. "I hope this gift from our
family will contribute to healing and comfort."
George Dover, the Given Foundation Professor of
Pediatrics and director and pediatrician in chief of the
Children's Center, said, "Care for burn injuries is
complex, often requiring a multidisciplinary team of
caregivers armed with cutting-edge technology. Mayo and
Molly's generous gift will enable the new burn unit to
treat more patients, to accommodate critical equipment and
to help us be better prepared in the event of a large-scale
emergency."
The Shattuck Family Pediatric Burn Unit will be housed
in the 12-story Children's Tower, scheduled for completion
by 2010. Part of a broad redevelopment of The Johns Hopkins
Hospital, the tower will contain 205 private rooms designed
to accommodate changing levels of patient care so that
children can remain in familiar surroundings throughout
their stay. The design also integrates educational space
into each floor, ensuring that medical students, residents
and fellows will be trained with the most advanced
technology.
The Johns Hopkins Children's Center was recently named
Baltimore's regional pediatric burn center by the Maryland
Institute for Emergency Medical Services System. Under this
designation, it will care for all burn victims under the
age of 15 in the state and from surrounding communities.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center is the
state-designated burn center for adults and serves as the
coordinating institution for research, education, clinical
care and prevention of burn services in the state.
This gift brings total commitments to the Johns
Hopkins Knowledge for the World campaign to more than $2.4
billion.
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