Banner - University Medical Center Tucson
Banner Health
Geography
Location	1501 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 AdultTrauma Center Level II Pediatric
Beds	649
Helipads
Helipad	FAALID:5AZ4[1]
Number Length Surface ft m H1 40 x 40 12 × 12 mats H2 40 x 40 12 × 12 mats
History
Opened	1971
Links
Website	www.bannerhealth.com/tucson

Banner - University Medical Center Tucson (BUMCT), formerlyUniversity Medical Center and theUniversity of Arizona Medical Center, is aprivate,non-profit, 649-bed acute-care teaching hospital located on the campus of theUniversity of Arizona inTucson,Arizona.^[2] BUMCT is the clinical partner of theUniversity of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson and isSouthern Arizona's onlytrauma center for both adult and pediatric patients.^[3] BUMCT is one of two University of Arizona affiliated academic medical centers in Tucson withBanner - 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 dedicatedchildren'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]

The 8 story hospital was designed by the Tucson architecture firm of Friedman & Jobusch. The $18.2 Million construction contract was awarded to theDel 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 aLevel 1 Trauma Center by theAmerican 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 inPhoenix, 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.

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 andDPR 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 5thtallest building in Tucson.

On January 8, 2011, CongresswomanGabby Giffords was shot in anassassination 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 doctorPeter 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'sMemorial Hermann Medical Center on January 21, 2011, to continue therapy. In total, 6 people died in the shooting, includingfederal District Court Chief JudgeJohn Roll; Gabe Zimmerman, one of Rep. Giffords' staffers; and a nine-year-old girl, Christina-Taylor Green.^[12]

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.

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 theMel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.

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  The University of Arizona Arthritis Center
• The University of Arizona Cancer Center
• Center for Biomedical Informatics and Biostatistics
• Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine
• Arizona Center on Aging
• University of Arizona Liver Research Institute
• Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center
• Arizona Respiratory Center
• The University of Arizona Steele Children's Research Center
• The University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center
• Valley Fever Center for Excellence
• VIPER Institute

Adjacent and interrelated to BUMCT is the Arizona Cancer Center, anNCI 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 inGreen Valley, Arizona, and one medical transplant physician office in Phoenix (for pre- and post-transplant patients).

• BUMCT is accredited by Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO) and theCouncil of Teaching Hospitals.
• BUMCT is anAmerican Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)Magnet Hospital.
• For 2017,U.S. News & World Report ranked BUMCT #39 forNephrology, #46 forGeriatrics and high-performing in five other specialties.
• The hospital specializes in multidisciplinary transplant programs and its blood and marrow transplant programs are among the best in the Southwest.
• Since 2005, Banner – University Medical Center Tucson has been listed as one of Solucient'sTop 100 Hospitals.
• BUMC Tucson has been consistently ranked among the United States' best hospitals, according toU.S. News & World Report's annual guide to "America’s Best Hospitals."^[14]
• HealthGrades, a healthcare rating company, has found BUMC to be one of the best hospitals in Coronary Intervention.^{[citation needed]}

• www.bannerhealth.com/tucson

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• University of Arizona
• Hospitals in Arizona
• Buildings and structures in Tucson, Arizona
• Trauma centers
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