Contact Us
Phone: 919-668-1321
Email: OptiLab@dm.duke.edu
Email: OptiLab@dm.duke.edu
Walking Directions:
From Main Campus:
If you are walking to the Opti Lab from the West Campus quad, you can enter Duke South from the main quad between the Social Psychology and Old Chemistry buildings. Once you enter the hospital, follow the ground floor hall, which will bend slightly to the right. Take a left at the first hallway you come to, and you will see the Red Zone elevators on your left, immediately after passing the gift shop on your right. Take the Red Elevator to the 5th floor. Once you step off the elevator, the waiting room is to your left.
If you are walking to the Opti Lab from the West Campus quad, you can enter Duke South from the main quad between the Social Psychology and Old Chemistry buildings. Once you enter the hospital, follow the ground floor hall, which will bend slightly to the right. Take a left at the first hallway you come to, and you will see the Red Zone elevators on your left, immediately after passing the gift shop on your right. Take the Red Elevator to the 5th floor. Once you step off the elevator, the waiting room is to your left.
Driving Directions:
From Greensboro and Points West
From RDU Airport, Raleigh and Points East
From Chapel Hill
- Via 1-85 North: Exit onto N.C. 147 (Durham Freeway).
- Take second exit (#15B) off Durham Freeway
- Turn Right onto Fulton St. South
- Turn left at the second light onto Erwin Rd.
- Turn right at first light onto Trent Dr.
- Parking garage is about 1/10 mile up on the left. Participants may park there.
From RDU Airport, Raleigh and Points East
- Via I-40 West: Exit onto the Durham Freeway (N.C. 147).
- Take Durham Freeway to Fulton Street exit (#15B).
- Turn left onto Fulton Street.
- Turn left at the second light onto Erwin Rd.
- Turn right at first light onto Trent Dr.
- Parking garage is about 1/10 mile up on the left. Participants may park there.
From Chapel Hill
- Via U.S. 15-501: North. Take 15-501 N. marked Duke Univ./Med Ctr. Do not take 15-501 Business.
- Take N.C. 147 "Durham Freeway" exit (#108) South.
- Take Durham Freeway to Fulton Street exit (#15B).
- Turn right onto Fulton Street.
- Turn left at the second light onto Erwin Rd.
- Turn right at first light onto Trent Dr.
- Parking garage is about 1/10 mile up on the left. Participants may park there.
Local Hotels
Follow this link to a PDF with information about local hotels near Duke University Medical Center.