Hamilton Eye Institute
The Hamilton Eye Institute is the department of ophthalmology of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tennessee.
The institute opened in 2004 in an 8-story building donated to the University of Tennessee by Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis.[1] The capital campaign to establish the institute was initiated by department chair Barrett G. Haik, MD, FACS, and led by Robert B. Carter, chief information officer and executive vice-president of FedEx Information Services. The institute was named for the family of Ralph S. Hamilton, MD, a professor and physician with the department, who contributed $6 million toward its construction.[2] The mission of the institute is to provide advanced treatments for eye care, foster interplay of ideas among researchers, and transfer skills and knowledge to the next generation of ophthalmic physicians and researchers.