University of Utah Medical Center
| University of Utah Hospital | |
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| University of Utah Health Care | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°46′18″N 111°50′12″W / 40.77167°N 111.83667°WCoordinates: 40°46′18″N 111°50′12″W / 40.77167°N 111.83667°W |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Public |
| Hospital type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | University of Utah |
| Patron | None |
| Services | |
| Standards | DNV Healthcare accreditation |
| Emergency department | Level I trauma center |
| Beds | 425 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1965 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://healthcare.utah.edu/hospital/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in Utah |
The University of Utah Hospital 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. University of Utah Health Care is praised for the following specialties: cardiology, geriatrics, gynecology, pediatrics, rheumatology, pulmonology, neurology, oncology, orthopedics, and ophthalmology.
In 1965, the hospital, today housing clinics and the School of Medicine, opened its doors.
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, an expansion to the old building was dedicated.
In 2001 the hospital was named as the Intermountain West's first nationally certified Level 1 Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons.
In 2003 the George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Critical Care Pavilion, an addition to the hospital was opened. A new $200-million patient care pavilion, with space for an additional 100 private patient rooms, was dedicated in July 2009.
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