Images Magazine Spring 2013 - Bascom Palmer Eye Institute

expansionBascom Palmer doubles space in Plantation,Grows in Miami, and Sets Sights on Naples ExpansionDr. Kendall Donaldson, medical director of Bascom Palmer’s new center in PlantationNew Plantation spaceenhances patient accessBascom Palmer Eye Institute expandedconsiderably in 2012 and 2013. Our patient carecenter in Plantation, Florida, moved to a nearbyfacility, doubling in space to 13,000 squarefeet. The new center is housed within UHealthat Plantation which offers care from SylvesterComprehensive Cancer Center, cardiology,otolaryngology, sports medicine, orthopaedic,and neurology specialists.Bascom Palmer physicians in Plantationinclude experts in glaucoma, corneal diseases,cataracts, vitreo-retinal diseases, neuroophthalmicdisorders, uveitis, ocular tumors, andaesthetics and ophthalmic cosmetic surgery, andcan perform a range of surgical services. “ThePlantation center also provides access to the latestclinical trials, enabling our patients to receive thesame cutting-edge treatments offered at ourlocations in Miami, Palm Beach Gardens andNaples,” said Kendall Donaldson, M.D., M.S.,medical director of Bascom Palmer Eye Instituteat Plantation.Cure-focused orbitalresearch center plannedThe Nasser Al-Rashid Orbital VisionResearch Center is slated to open in Miamiin 2015 and will be the first cure-focusedorbital research laboratory of its kind, willassemble a broad array of research scientistsand clinicians who will concentrate on findingnovel therapies for orbital cancers andtraumatic optic nerve injuries, as well asdeveloping clinical applications for stem celland biomedical studies. The center, which willinclude a wet laboratory and an instructionalresources center, also will train the nextgeneration of orbital surgeons. The center’sunderlying goal is nurturing a scientific30