The Linda and Jack Gill Heart Institute at the
University of Kentucky
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is housed at the
Chandler Medical Center
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along Rose Street. Opened in 2004, the five-level . 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 room
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The building is attached to the University of Kentucky Critical Care Unit and is across from the
Charles T. Wethington Jr. Building
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The goals of the center are,
Renovations to the . 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.
["Fit up Gill Building, ground floor." 10 October 2006. University of Kentucky. 14 December 200]
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Buildings at the University of Kentucky
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Cityscape of Lexington, Kentucky
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University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a Public University, public Land-grant University, land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentu ...
References
External links
Linda and Jack Gill Heart Institute at the University of Kentucky Campus Guide
Buildings at the University of Kentucky
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