University of Utah Medical Center

University Health Care
Geography
Location	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Coordinates	40°46′18″N 111°50′12″W / 40.77167°N 111.83667°W / 40.77167; -111.83667Coordinates: 40°46′18″N 111°50′12″W / 40.77167°N 111.83667°W / 40.77167; -111.83667
Organization
Care system	Public
Hospital type	Teaching
Affiliated university	University of Utah
Patron	None
Services
Standards	Joint Commission accreditation
Emergency department	Level I trauma center
Beds	425
History
Founded	1962
Links
Website	home page
Lists	Hospitals in Utah

The University of Utah Medical Center is a research and teaching hospital on the campus of the University of Utah 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.

Contents 1 History 2 Medical campus 3 References 4 External links

[edit] History

In September 1962, the cornerstone for the hospital, today housing clinics and the school of medicine, was laid at a formal ceremony ^[1]. 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 ^[2].

[edit] 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. Primary Children's Hospital, though linked to the University of Utah Medical Center is owned and operated by Intermountain Health Care (Select Care).

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website

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