The new, state-of-the-art Hudson Building at Duke Eye Center was dedicated today, June 11. The 4-floor, 116,000 square foot facility is named in honor of William Hudson, CEO of Durham-based LC Industries and chairman of the Duke Eye Center Advisory Board. LC Industries, the largest employer of visually impaired people in the country, donated $12 million for the building in 2010. It pledged an additional $4 million in 2013. The building will open to patients on June 29.
Together with the Albert Eye Research Institute and renovated space in the adjoining Wadsworth Building, the Hudson Building will become the hub of an extensive Duke Eye Center, incorporating new patient amenities and services from Duke’s expert clinical eye specialists and world-class ophthalmology research in the Duke University School of Medicine.
Edward G. Buckley, MD, chair of the Department of Ophthalmology, says he is delighted that the Hudson Building will be able to serve glaucoma, retina, low-vision, and cornea patients under one roof. “This building is dedicated to delivering the latest and most inspired clinical care in the world and signals a momentous transformation of the eye center,” Buckley says. “It allows us to provide state-of-the-art care and optimize patient flow so we can help more patients comfortably.”