Office of Public Relations — Newsroom
News Media Advisory
Oct. 24, 2005
Media Tour of the New Center for Dependency, Addiction & Rehabilitation
(CeDAR)
at the University of Colorado at Denver & Health Sciences Center's Fitzsimons
Campus
| WHAT: | Advance media tours of the University of Colorado Hospital's Center for Dependency, Addiction & Rehabilitation (CeDAR), which officially opens to patients on Tuesday, Nov. 1. Located on the UCDHSC campus at Fitzsimons, CeDAR is the only premier residential addiction treatment facility in the Rocky Mountain region. Unlike any other treatment center in the United States, CeDAR operates in collaboration with the Betty Ford Center, one of the most successful and well-known residential treatment facilities in the country. | |
| The center will feature courtyards and paths for meditation and exercise. Its secluded location will provide patient privacy and easy access to the Anschutz Centers for Advanced Medicine. Tours of the new $14 million facility will include an opportunity for interviews, b-roll and photos, including: | ||
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information about the 30-day program; | |
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tours of the 50-bed campus, including two residential treatment cottages and an assessment/detoxification building; | |
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a fitness and family center; and | |
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the Lori Wolf House (formally the General's Residence). | |
| WHO: | Joyce Cashman, interim president and chief executive officer, University of Colorado Hospital Franklin Lisnow, MEd, MAC, CeDAR executive director Robert J. Harmon, M.D., CeDAR medical director and professor of psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine | |
| WHEN: | Thursday, Oct. 27 at 10 a.m. | |
| WHERE: | CeDAR is located on the UCDHSC Fitzsimons campus in Aurora at the intersection of Quentin Street and East 17th Avenue. For more information and a detailed map, please visit www.CeDARColorado.org. | |
| MEDIA PARKING: | Media interested in attending the tour may park in CeDAR's main parking lot located in the circular driveway off of Quentin Street. | |