Components of University Health Care
Specialties: A tertiary care referral center for the Intermountain West, University Health Care is known for programs in orthopedics, stroke, ophthalmology, cancer, newborn intensive care, radiology, fertility, cardiology, genetic-related diseases, and organ transplant. University Hospital is a nationally verified Level I trauma center.
University Hospital’s Burn Trauma Intensive Care Unit, the only burn treatment facility in the region, has more than 5,000 clinic visits annually and admits more than 300 critically ill burn patients of all ages from Utah and the Intermountain West.
The AirMed patient-transport service (4 helicopters and 2 fixed-wing airplanes) completes some 2,400 missions yearly in Utah and neighboring states.
- University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics
- University of Utah Medical Group
- University of Utah Health Sciences
- School of Medicine
- College of Nursing
- College of Pharmacy
- College of Health
- more than 1,000 board certified physicians in the University of Utah Medical Group
- over 1,500 nurses
- University Hospital, the flagship of University Health Care, serves as the clinical training ground for 1,800+ students from the health sciences disciplines, including:
- 200 junior and senior medical students
- 594 medical residents, fellows, and interns
- 500+ nursing students
- 187 pharmacy students
- 20 dental students and residents
- 74 physician assistants
- 285 students in the College of Health’s programs of speech pathology and audiology, nutrition, and occupational and physical therapy.
- George A. Wahlen Veterans Administration Medical Center
- Primary Children’s Medical Center, a service of Intermountain Healthcare
Specialties: A tertiary care referral center for the Intermountain West, University Health Care is known for programs in orthopedics, stroke, ophthalmology, cancer, newborn intensive care, radiology, fertility, cardiology, genetic-related diseases, and organ transplant. University Hospital is a nationally verified Level I trauma center.
University Hospital’s Burn Trauma Intensive Care Unit, the only burn treatment facility in the region, has more than 5,000 clinic visits annually and admits more than 300 critically ill burn patients of all ages from Utah and the Intermountain West.
The AirMed patient-transport service (4 helicopters and 2 fixed-wing airplanes) completes some 2,400 missions yearly in Utah and neighboring states.
