Banner University Medical Center Tucson

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Banner - University Medical Center Tucson
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Banner University Medical Center Tucson
Geography
Location1501 North Campbell Avenue, Tucson, Arizona, United States
Coordinates 32°14′25″N110°56′45″W / 32.24028°N 110.94583°W / 32.24028; -110.94583
Organization
Type Teaching
Affiliated university University of Arizona
Services
Emergency department Level I Adult Trauma Center
Level II Pediatric
Beds649
Helipads
Helipad FAA LID: 5AZ4 [1]
NumberLengthSurface
ftm
H140 x 4012 × 12mats
H240 x 4012 × 12mats
History
Opened1971
Links
Website www.bannerhealth.com/tucson

Banner - University Medical Center Tucson (BUMCT), formerly University Medical Center and the University of Arizona Medical Center, is a private, non-profit, 649-bed acute-care teaching hospital located on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. [2] BUMCT is the clinical partner of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson and is Southern Arizona's only trauma center for both adult and pediatric patients. [3] BUMCT is one of two University of Arizona affiliated academic medical centers in Tucson with Banner - University Medical Center South (formerly Kino Community Hospital, University Physicians Healthcare Hospital, and University of Arizona Medical Center - South Campus) being the other such institution. The area's only dedicated children's hospital, Banner Children's at Diamond Children's Medical Center, is located within and adjacent to BUMCT, providing care to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21. [4]

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History

The 8 story hospital was designed by the Tucson architecture firm of Friedman & Jobusch. The $18.2 Million construction contract was awarded to the Del E. Webb Corporation of Phoenix in March 1968. The adjacent School of Medicine completed a year prior was designed and built by the same firms. The 300 bed hospital was completed in late 1971. [5]

When founded in 1971, the hospital was part of the University of Arizona. In the 1980s, it became a separate entity but, in 2010, was reintegrated into the University of Arizona under the name UA Health Network (UAHN). [6]

In July 2009, the Banner - University Medical Center Tucson was designated a Level 1 Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons. [7]

The 2011 name change to the University of Arizona Medical Center (UAMC) reflected the need to combine all University of Arizona affiliated medical services: University Medical Center, University Physicians Healthcare, and the College of Medicine. In 2015, Banner Health based in Phoenix, Arizona, merged with UAHN and began a 30-year affiliation with the University of Arizona in which the facility was renamed to its present designation.

Campus

As part of the merger between UAHN and Banner Health, the latter committed $500 million towards the construction of a new hospital and nearby outpatient clinic building. [8] Designed by Shepley Bulfinch and built as a joint venture between Sundt and DPR Construction, groundbreaking occurred in early 2016. The $306 million, nine-story hospital tower contains over 200 new patient rooms and 19 new operating rooms. [9] The tower was topped out February 2017 and was completed in the spring of 2019. [10] It is the 5th tallest building in Tucson.

Notable events

On January 8, 2011, Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot in an assassination attempt. Having been critically wounded after suffering a single gunshot wound to the head, she and many of the other 18 wounded individuals were promptly evacuated by helicopter to this facility. Giffords underwent emergency surgery by doctor Peter M. Rhee to save her life and many attribute her survival to the swift actions of the university's doctors. [11] After her condition improved, doctors deemed her safe to travel so that she could begin speech, physical, and occupational therapy. Giffords was flown by plane to Houston's Memorial Hermann Medical Center on January 21, 2011, to continue therapy. In total, 6 people died in the shooting, including federal District Court Chief Judge John Roll; Gabe Zimmerman, one of Rep. Giffords' staffers; and a nine-year-old girl, Christina-Taylor Green. [12]

Graduate medical education

Through the University of Arizona College of Medicine, BUMCT hosts nearly 50 residency and fellowship programs across almost every speciality in medicine. [13] Over 600 residents and fellows train at BUMCT and Banner - University Medical Center South (BUMCS) and all physicians who practice at these facilities have University of Arizona faculty appointments.

Residency programs

AnesthesiologyGeneral SurgeryOphthalmologyPsychiatry
DermatologyInternal MedicineOrthopaedic SurgeryRadiation Oncology
Emergency MedicineNeurologyOtolaryngologyRadiology
Emergency Medicine/PediatricsNeurosurgeryPathologyUrology
Family MedicineObstetrics & GynecologyPediatricsVascular Surgery

Fellowship programs

Acute CareEndocrinologyInterventional CardiologyPediatric Pulmonary
Allergy & ImmunologyEpilepsyMaternal Fetal MedicinePulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Anesthesia Critical CareGastroenterologyMedical ToxicologyRheumatology
Anesthesia Pain ManagementGastrointestinal PathologyMicrographic Surgery and Dermatologic OncologySports Medicine
Behavioral NeurologyGeriatricsMinimally Invasive SurgeryStroke and Vascular Neurology
Body ImagingHematology and Medical OncologyMolecular Genetics PathologySurgery Critical Care
Cardiovascular DiseaseHematopathologyNephrologyVascular and Interventional Radiology
Cardiothoracic SurgeryHospice and Palliative MedicineNeuroradiologyVascular Surgery
Child and Adolescent PsychiatryInfectious DiseasesNuclear MedicineAddiction Medicine
Emergency Medicine Critical CareIntegrative MedicinePediatric EndocrinologyGeriatric Psychiatry

Associated centers and institutes

Banner - University Medical Center Tucson serves as the primary clinical partner for the University of Arizona Health Sciences' (UAHS) numerous multidisciplinary institutes and centers for excellence. These programs are a collaboration between the five colleges that comprise the UAHS: the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson, College of Medicine - Phoenix, College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, and the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.

Adjacent and interrelated to BUMCT is the Arizona Cancer Center, an NCI cancer research and treatment facility. The medical center serves as the site of the programs' numerous clinical trials. Besides the hospital, Banner Health, via its University Medicine division, operates two hospital-based physician offices in Tucson, one hospital-based physician office in Green Valley, Arizona, and one medical transplant physician office in Phoenix (for pre- and post-transplant patients).

Accreditation and recognition

References

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  2. "American Hospital Directory - Banner - University Medical Center Tucson (030064) - Free Profile". www.ahd.com. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  3. "Trauma Centers". American College of Surgeons. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  4. "Arizona Resource Directory". arizona.myresourcedirectory.com. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
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  6. "History | College of Medicine - Tucson". medicine.arizona.edu. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  7. Riley, Katie (July 15, 2009). "UMC Trauma Center Receives Level 1 Verification". UA News. University of Arizona. Archived from the original on June 21, 2010. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
  8. "Banner - University Medical Center Tucson Replacement Hospital". DPR Construction. March 31, 2017. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  9. "Banner – University Medicine | UAHS Campus Construction". campus-construction.uahs.arizona.edu. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  10. "Sundt/DPR JV Tops Out Banner-University Medical Center Tucson". Medical Construction and Design. February 22, 2017. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  11. Innes, Stephanie (May 12, 2016). "Giffords surgeon Peter Rhee leaving Tucson". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  12. "Arizona Congresswoman Giffords shot; doctors 'optimistic' about recovery chances". archive.azcentral.com. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  13. "Fellowships | Department of Medicine". deptmedicine.arizona.edu. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  14. "Banner University Medical Center Tucson". U.S. News & World Report.