On May 22, 2013, the Truhlsen Eye Institute opened its door and is poised to revolutionize eye care in the region. The new institute will allow the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) to join the ranks of other centers of excellence such as the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

The Truhlsen Eye Institute is named after legendary Omaha ophthalmologist Stanley M. Truhlsen, M.D., an Omaha ophthalmologist who has been affiliated with UNMC for more than 40 years and made the lead gift on the facility. Dr. Truhlsen, 92, is active in numerous national ophthalmology organizations.

Located at 40th and Leavenworth streets, the Truhlsen Eye Institute is poised to become a center of excellence for eye care and research. This premier eye institute combines state-of-the art diagnostic medicine with the latest advances in clinical research to bring hope to patients suffering from blinding eye diseases such as macular degeneration, glaucoma, corneal dystrophies, uveitis and other ocular inflammatory diseases.