Actor Patrick Dempsey seems to like the medical field not only in Grey’s Anatomy but also in real life. In this sense, he has donated $250,000 from his own pocket to open a cancer center carrying his name in his hometown, Lewiston in Maine.

The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer & Healing is scheduled to open March 31 and designed to provide education and support programs for cancer patients and their families.

Dempsey, 42, created the center in honor of his mother, Amanda, who was successfully treated for ovarian cancer at the hospital ten years ago and is now in remission. He reminded being helpless when he first found out about his mother’s disease, because there was not sufficient information at the time.

“For a family to get a cancer diagnosis is devastating, and all the information out there can be overwhelming. A lot of the websites I went to just didn’t have enough information. So, I talked to my sister about a place where people could go for all this type of information and help. Knowledge is power,” Dempsey said at a press conference Monday, according to E! Online.

His sister, who is currently working at the hospital, will run the center.

Dempsey’s contribution to medical fields will not end here. He also plans to take part in its public education campaign about cancer prevention and detection.