Campus invited to HIV care center open house

The UNMC HIV Team is shown here in front of the new UNMC Physicians Specialty Care Center at 804 S. 52nd St. The new center — which allows the entire HIV team to work under one roof — will host an open house today from 2 to 4 p.m. Chuck

The campus community is invited to an open house for the new UNMC Physicians Specialty Care Center today from 2 to 4 p.m.

The center is the new home for the UNMC HIV Clinic and sits at 804 S. 52nd St., just behind Wohlner’s grocery store on 52nd and Leavenworth streets.

“We outgrew our old space,” said Susan Swindells, M.B.B.S., the Terry K. Watanabe Professor of Internal Medicine in the section of infectious diseases and medical director of the UNMC HIV Clinic. “The new clinic is bigger, has more parking and allows our whole staff to be under one roof.”

Also, the new center is easier for patients to access in comparison to its previous location in the Lied Transplant Center, Dr. Swindells said.

At the new center, the HIV staff will continue to monitor blood and drug levels and offer patients advice on how to manage their disease.

The open house will feature tours of the new center and refreshments will be served.

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