Stuart Family Foundation gives $2M to support Stephenson Cancer Center expansion in Tulsa

TULSA, Okla. (OBV) — The Stuart Family Foundation has given $2 million to support the expansion of OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center in Tulsa.

The gift will help expand access to comprehensive cancer care for patients in northeastern Oklahoma, allowing more patients to receive treatment closer to home instead of traveling long distances for care.

“Our motivation to support the OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center stems from our love for both OU and Tulsa,” said Susan Peterson, a trustee of the Stuart Family Foundation. “The Stuart Family Foundation always tries to be supportive of OU whenever we are able, and to have the opportunity to take part in the building of this world class center in Tulsa is something we just couldn’t pass up.”

In recognition of the gift, the first-floor café at the new facility will be named the Stuart Family Foundation Café.

Stephenson Cancer Center is Oklahoma’s only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center. The Tulsa expansion will include 70 exam rooms, 45 infusion spaces, three linear accelerators, MRI and PET-CT imaging capabilities, and dedicated clinical trial space designed to expand as the center grows.

“We are deeply grateful to the Stuart Family Foundation for this extraordinarily generous gift and for their long-standing commitment to the University of Oklahoma and the people of our state,” said Dr. Robert Mannel, director of OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center.

Mannel said the investment will help bring nationally recognized cancer care to patients and families in northeastern Oklahoma while supporting research, clinical trials and patient-centered treatment.