The Hoag Hospital Foundation has announced a $25 million gift from Ben and Carmela Du to help expand the Hoag Hospital Sun Family Campus in Irvine, California.

Slated to open in 2026, the campus will include substantial renovations to existing facilities alongside new specialty care centers for surgical innovation, cancer, and digestive and women’s health, as well as a dedicated urgent care for cancer patients. Named in recognition of their latest gift, the Du Family Hospital Pavilion will include six new buildings, 155 inpatient beds, eight operating rooms, two additional procedure rooms, a sunlit concourse, and 120,000 square feet of ambulatory facilities.

The gift is part of the hospital foundation’s $300 million Boldly Hoag campaign, which has raised $180 million for the project to date. Longtime supporters of Hoag, the couple established the Benjamin & Carmela Du Endowed Chair in Urologic Oncology in 2015, and a $5 million gift in 2018 supported the Benjamin and Carmela Du Emergency Pavilion.

“The Du family’s extraordinary vision and dedication has improved and will continue to improve access to the highest-quality care throughout Orange County for generations to come,” said Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian president and CEO Robert T. Braithwaite. “The Du Family Hospital Pavilion will stand as a beacon to a campus where visitors’ healthcare needs are met by innovative, comprehensive, and holistic programs. It is appropriate that this sweeping transformation in health care will bear the names of visionary benefactors like Ben and Carmela.”

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