(KARK) Sherwood has a reputation for being a bedroom community in central Arkansas, but in a few short months it could be the leader in brain science, research and care.
The Arkansas Neuroscience Institute (ANI)is currently in Little Rock at the CHI St. Vincent Infirmary campus.
In the last year, they’ve invested about 30 million dollars to move, renovate their CHI St. Vincent North location in Sherwood, and build an education and research facility next door.
From the outside, you wouldn’t realize the renovations nearing completion at the North campus.
A tour around the second and third floors of the soon-to-be Arkansas Neuroscience Institute gives us a taste of how the hospital is upgrading.
“This is one of the key destinations for neuroscience in the country, in the world,” Chris Stines, VP of Operations for CHI St. Vincent North campus said.
Soon they’ll open the new space to handle more patients and teach more physicians, which will help shine a light on the future of brain science.
“This is one of 4 O.R.s that we’ve completely gutted and renovated,” Stines said showing us around.
Complete with cameras inside the surgeon’s tools and inside the operating room, surgeries can be viewed in real time by physicians in the education facility currently under construction next door.
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