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Albert B. Chandler Hospital

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Albert B. Chandler Hospital
Albert B. Chandler Hospital

Opened in 1962, the Albert B. Chandler Hospital along Rose Street at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky is the flagship component of UK HealthCare. It is named for twice-former Governor of Kentucky A. B. "Happy" Chandler. The 945 bed medical facility features the Markey Cancer Center, the Kentucky Children's Hospital, the Gill Heart Institute, the Kentucky Neuroscience Institute and the Center for Advanced Surgery.The hospital is the only Level I trauma center in central and eastern Kentucky, and the only facility in the region to play host to a Level IV neonatal intensive care unit for infants. It also includes a 100-bed intensive care facility and 17 operating rooms.Ground was broken for the hospital in 1955, when Governor Chandler recommended that the Kentucky General Assembly appropriate $5 million for the creation of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and a medical center at the university. This was completed after a series of studies were conducted that highlighted the health needs of the citizens, as well as the need to train more physicians for the state.

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Linda and Jack Gill Heart Institute

The Linda and Jack Gill Heart Institute at the University of Kentucky is housed at the Chandler Medical Center along Rose Street. Opened in 2004, the five-level 108,000 sq ft (10,000 m2). structure houses clinics, diagnostic areas, six Cath and EP laboratories with associated support services and numerous administrative and faculty offices. It will also house, in the future, the University of Kentucky Hospital Center for Advanced Surgery that will include waiting areas, pre-operative and post-operative preparatory and recovery rooms and eight operating rooms.The building is attached to the University of Kentucky Critical Care Unit and is across from the Charles T. Wethington Jr. Building. The goals of the center are, To develop a nationally and internationally recognized center of excellence in cardiovascular research; To provide an environment for the development and retention of productive faculty; To facilitate the training of students, including postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, medical students and residents; and To encourage the development of translational and clinical research with funding from federal agencies and industry. Renovations to the 5,000 sq ft (460 m2). first floor shell space will create a new Cardiology Center that will include Cardiology Diagnostics and Clinical Research Programs, as well as two MRI units and one CT scanner. Construction is expected to begin on the completion of the shell space on May 4, 2007, at a cost of $6.5 million.

Biological Pharmaceutical Complex Building (University of Kentucky)
Biological Pharmaceutical Complex Building (University of Kentucky)

The Biological Pharmaceutical Complex Building, later renamed to the Lee T. Todd Jr. Building, is a five-story building on the University of Kentucky campus on South Limestone adjacent to the Biomedical Biological Science Research Building that was dedicated on January 25, 2010. The building allowed the College of Pharmacy to relocate from its former location along Rose Street. In addition, the college faculty members were able to relocate from ten existing structures on and off campus to one central location.In 2005, the Kentucky General Assembly appropriated $40 million to fund planning for the new facility. One year later, they willed the remainder of the requested $120 million that was expected in costs. Groundbreaking on the complex occurred on April 13, 2007 and construction began in May. Leader Avenue, which runs adjacent to the building, was closed. The cost of the new structure was at $134 million. The new College of Pharmacy Building became the largest academic building at Kentucky at 280,000 sq ft (26,000 m2), and one of the largest in the nation.The complex is divided up with two floors of academic spaces and three floors of research laboratories, notably the Markey Cancer Center research facility. There is also a full basement with additional research facilities, and a penthouse for mechanical operations. The academic spaces include two 235-seat lecture halls on the ground floor, one 110-seat classroom, one 54-seat classroom, and a teaching laboratory complex on the second floor. The laboratory complex features a non-sterile compounding laboratory, sterile compounding laboratory, community pharmacy mock-up, and standardized patient assessment rooms. In addition, nineteen small group learning rooms are present throughout the complex. It also features research facilities and a five-story atrium.In late 2016, the name of the complex was official changed to the Lee T. Todd Jr. Building, named after the president of the University of Kentucky from 2001 through 2011. In addition, the building is linked with the Albert B. Chandler Medical Center and the surrounding complex via a walkway over South Limestone, where many student pharmacists perform experiential fieldwork.

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