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Sands-Constellation Center for Critical Care

A 7-story, 312,000-square-foot structure that is more than just a building. With a new surgical care center, women's health and newborn care suites, and 36 private patient rooms per floor, the Center enhances lives and preserves health for the future of our community.

Enhancing Lives and Preserving Health

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Opened in October 2020 on the Rochester General Hospital campus, the Sands-Constellation Center for Critical Care is a 7-story, 312,000-square-foot structure that is more than just a building. The Center is home to visionary innovation with breakthrough technology and equipment, brought to life by exceptional care teams who are trained in providing the highest level of care for those who need it most.

With a new surgical care center, women's health and newborn care suites focused on helping families grow and 36 private patient rooms per floor in our medical, surgical and oncology care areas, we're enhancing lives and preserving health in a place built for the future of healthcare and the future of our community.

A Special Space for Growing Families

Mothers and their babies deserve a homelike experience that’s safe for them both. And we want to give our skilled team of obstetricians, neonatologists, pediatricians and nurse-midwives the most modern care environment that allows them to deliver highly specialized care as easily as routine care. It’s for these reasons that we are creating 20 private post-partum suites and 14 private rooms in the adjacent Rochester General Hospital Association Twig Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Advancing Cancer Care

At the Lipson Cancer Institute, we've always provided our patients with the best cancer care from the region's top experts. And while we've always led the way on using the latest technologies, our new Peter and Caroline Pluta Family Oncology Unit in the Sands-Constellation Center for Critical Care gives us even more tools to provide exceptional care in a way that is most comfortable for our patients.

World Class Inpatient Care

We’re putting patients at the center of our universe with the addition of 108 private, acuity-adaptable rooms. These rooms allow for progressive and critical care in the same setting, resulting in better patient outcomes, greater efficiency, and a more comfortable and safer experience. Furthermore, every room on these floors will be private, and when the center is complete, so will every room in our hospital. This is what the best possible care looks like.

COVID-19 Impact

A gift to the Sands-Constellation Center for Critical Care is a gift in support of preparedness. It is a gift that recognizes another pandemic will come. And whether that pandemic comes next month, next year or in the next generation, the Center for Critical Care will be uniquely ready to serve our friends and neighbors.

A Look Inside: Brainlab

Brainlab technology creates and enhances data to improve critical surgeries, radiosurgery treatments, and operating room efficiency. The new 3D imaging system allows our surgeons to be even more precise and provide better outcomes for patients. Rochester Regional Health is the only system in Upstate New York to offer Brainlab technology.

A Look Inside: Sterile Processing

Many of the unsung heroes in our hospital system reside in our sterile processing and materials management department. Innovative technology will allow our team to meet the evolving needs of physicians and surgical team.

Virtual Tour

Floor 1

Lobby and Wolfgang Puck Cafe

Our Sands-Constellation Center for Critical Care lobby is warm and welcoming for all patients, their families and our teams. The floor features ample seating, a new Wolfgang Puck Cafe with dine-in and takeaway options and a beautiful wall thanking our gracious donors for the impact they had in making this building a reality.

Floor 2

William B. Medick Surgical Suite

Rochester Regional Health's surgical team is at the forefront of new procedures and pioneering new technology like IORT and HIFU. See how our expansive William B. Mendick Surgery Center will enable our physicians to continue providing minimally invasive techniques in the most modern operating rooms in Upstate New York.

Floor 3

Post Partum Suites

The new building gives mothers, babies and their families a homelike experience to recover after birth in 20 private post-partum suites that feature state-of-the art equipment, comfortable bedding for both mom and partner/support person and a spacious bathroom.

Floor 3

Twig Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Our advanced Twig Neonatal Intensive Care Unit has 14 private rooms for families to have the space they need to help their little ones grow. These units allow for parents to stay over in a spacious, home-like environment and are equipped with the latest technology that our teams need to care for preemies and other babies who need intensive care.

Floor 3

Lobby

This is an example of the warm, welcoming spaces we can now offer families while they wait to see their loved ones.

Floors 5, 6 & 8

Inpatient Care

With new floors for our Medical Intensive Care Unit, Surgical Intensive Care Unit and Neuro-Critical Care Unit, the Sands-Constellation Center for Critical Care offers private rooms with natural light that help our expert team provide the best possible care to our patients who need to be hospitalized for care.

Our Impact, Together

Possibilities become reality when technology and spaces match expertise. The Sands-Constellation Center for Critical Care allows us to look beyond today and plan for how we can stay at the forefront of medical care, regardless of what the next crisis brings.

When you donate in support of the Sands-Constellation Center for Critical Care, we won’t have to imagine what is possible. We’ll be able to experience it.

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The Sands-Constellation Center for Critical Care – in Minecraft

A Minecraft Experience

The new center for critical care is built on a one-to-one scale in Minecraft so you can walk through the building virtually from home and play interactive games.

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