University of Utah Medical Center

University of Utah Medical Center

Infobox Hospital
Name = University of Utah Medical Center
Org/Group = University Health Care


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Region = Salt Lake City
State = Utah
Country = US
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HealthCare = Public
Type = Teaching
Standards = Joint Commission accreditation
Emergency = I
Affiliation = University of Utah
Patron = None
Beds = 425
Founded = 1962
Website = http://healthcare.utah.edu/hospital/index.html

The University of Utah Medical Center is a research and teaching hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. It serves as a major regional referral center for Utah and the surrounding states of Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Montana and New Mexico. The University Hospital and Clinics are praised for the following specialties: cardiology, geriatrics, gynecology, pediatrics,rheumatology, pulmonology, neurology, oncology, orthopedics, and ophthalmology.

History

In September 1962, the cornerstone for the hospital, today housing clinics and the school of medicine, was laid at a formal ceremony [ University Health Care History and Achievements [http://healthcare.utah.edu/about/history.htm] ] . The new hospital opened in July 1965. In 1970, the hospital established the first Cerebrovascular Disease Unit west of the Mississippi River. In 1982, Barney Clark received the world's first permanently implanted artificial heart, the Jarvik-7, during an operation performed by William C. Devries, M.D.In September 1981 the current hospital, an expansion to the old building was dedicated. In July 2007 the George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Critical Care Pavilion, an addition to the hospital was opened. A new patient care pavilion, with room for an additional 120 patient beds, is currently under construction [University Hospital Expansion [http://healthcare.utah.edu/hospital_expansion/] ] .

Medical Campus

The medical campus houses the Intermountain Burn Unit, Huntsman Cancer Institute, the Moran Eye Center, and Primary Children's Medical Center, the only children's hospital in Utah.

References

External links

* [http://healthcare.utah.edu/hospital/index.html Official website]


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