Banner - University Medical Center Tucson | |
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Banner Health | |
Geography | |
Location | 1501 North Campbell Avenue, Tucson, Arizona, United States |
Coordinates | 32°14′25″N 110°56′45″W / 32.24028°N 110.94583°W |
Organization | |
Type | Teaching |
Affiliated university | University of Arizona |
Services | |
Emergency department | Level I Adult Trauma Center Level II Pediatric |
Beds | 649 |
History | |
Opened | 1971 |
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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]