September 28, 2007
On a tour hosted by nurses in November, 2008, a child studies a "burned" doll in the pediatric OR.
Shattuck Family Donates $1 Million for Burn Unit
Mayo and Molly Shattuck have given $1 million through the Shattuck Family Foundation to support construction of a new pediatric burn center at Johns Hopkins. The Shattuck Family Pediatric Burn Unit will be housed in the new 12-story children’s hospital, now under construction and expected to open in 2011.
A member of the Johns Hopkins Medicine board of trustees and CEO of Constellation Energy Group, Mayo A. Shattuck III and his wife, Molly, are members of Hopkins Children’s Development Advisory Council. Their gift will enable the unit to treat more patients, house more equipment and “help us be better prepared in the event of a large-scale emergency,” says George Dover, Given Foundation Professor of Pediatrics and director of Hopkins Children’s.
“This most generous gift is especially important given that the Children’s Center is the designated pediatric burn center for the state of Maryland,” says Mayo Shattuck.