Cleveland Clinic to Run Brain Institute in Las Vegas
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Cleveland Clinic will have a satellite operation in Las Vegas, where the research hospital has agreed to run a brain institute already under construction.
The Plain Dealer reports in Tuesday's editions that the Clinic has been enlisted by Larry Ruvo, a Las Vegas philanthropist whose father suffered from Alzheimer's. The newspaper says Ruvo has raised millions of dollars for the facility, which will open in a striking building designed by famed architect Frank Gehry.
A formal announcement of the Clinic's partnership with Ruvo was expected in Las Vegas later on Tuesday.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The institute will develop new treatments for brain disorders such as Alzheimer's. Cleveland Clinic Chief Executive Delos "Toby" Cosgrove calls the brain the next great medical frontier.