Regent Ron Weiser gives $30 million to University of Michigan for prostate cancer center

December 15, 2021

Improving the treatment and care of men with prostate cancer is the aim of a $30 million gift to the University of Michigan, officials announced Tuesday.

The donation, from UM Regent Ron Weiser, will establish a prostate cancer center at Michigan Medicine, UM's hospital system.

The money will be used to fund staff, infrastructure, technology and education as well as research into the disease and its treatment. It will be known as the Ronald Weiser Center for Prostate Cancer.

Officials said the center will be an "innovative, patient-focused program in prostate cancer."

“The goal is to make this center the easiest and best place to be treated for prostate cancer in the country, if not the world,” says Ganesh Palapattu, M.D., the George F. and Sandy G. Valassis Professor of Urology and the chair of the Department of Urology at Michigan Medicine.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men, aside from non-melanoma skin cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is also the leading cause of death from cancer among men.

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