The Stanley M. Truhlsen Eye Institute will sit at 40th and Leavenworth streets and bring cutting-edge ophthalmology treatment to the UNMC campus. The institute is funded by a gift from legendary UNMC ophthalmologist, Stanley Truhlsen, M.D. |
Purpose: Home to academic programs and faculty practice clinics of the UNMC Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences.
Location: 40th and Leavenworth streets (on the north side of Leavenworth St.)
Cost: $30 million
Size: A 47,000-square foot building housing clinical services would be built first with a surgical wing added later.
Construction: Starts 2011, estimated completion in 2012.
Features:
- Outpatient eye care;
- Children’s eye care center;
- Clinical research center;
- Regional diagnostic center; and
- Optical shop.
Building namesake: Stanley M. Truhlsen, M.D., emeritus professor and former chairman of UNMC’s Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences.