News for Supporters and Friends
2023 SPRING EDITION
An Amazing New Asset for our Community and People with Vision Loss Worldwide
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hen José-Alain Sahel, MD arrived in Pittsburgh in July of 2016 to assume the Distinguished Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology role at the University of Pittsburgh and the Eye & Ear Foundation Endowed Chair, there were no plans for a new building to house a Vision Institute. But UPMC leadership saw the opportunity for Dr. Sahel, with his skills and experience as the Founder of the Institute de la Vision in Paris, to create an asset for our community for people with vision loss worldwide. Patients visiting the UPMC Vision Institute at the new UPMC Mercy Pavilion will have a unique experience. In the vision tower section of the building, everything was designed, chosen, and built intentionally, and it is all dedicated to ophthalmology. The building will also be home to the UPMC Rehabilitation Institute.
The Vision Institute at the UPMC Mercy Pavilion The look and feel are distinctive because the building is brand new, significantly updated, and innovative. In addition to various clues to help patients navigate, there is a thoughtful color scheme along with special lighting so people with low vision can adapt. Great thought was put into the navigation design for people with low vision, as well as those who use a cane, to find their way to their location.
The building has a beautiful front entrance where patients can be dropped off, or vehicles can proceed to the attached parking garage. This area is covered and level, not at an incline like the Eye & Ear Institute. When you enter the front doors, you will go through the fourstory glass atrium into the West Lobby, bearing the names of Daniel G. and Carole L. Kamin, thanks to their generous support. Immediately, continued on next page
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All stories written by Lisa A. Goldstein