University Health Care

• Patients: University Hospital and Clinics logged   26,604 admissions, 996,331 outpatient visits, and  38,252 emergency department visits in the fiscal year 2008.
• 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 6,000 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 (four helicopters and two fixed-wing airplanes) completes some 2,500 missions yearly in Utah and neighboring states.

Huntsman Cancer Institute

•  Is the only National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated cancer center in the Intermountain West, with research, education, and treatment programs and facilities for outpatients and inpatients.
• Treats adults with all types of cancer using a multidisciplinary approach that includes prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, genetic counseling, educational resources, and pain and palliative care.
• Houses the largest genetic database in the world. Offers four high-risk cancer clinics that provide genetic testing for and study of inherited melanoma, breast, pancreatic, and colon cancers.
• Houses the Huntsman Cancer Learning Center, with a lending library that contains one of the nation’s largest collections of cancer-related information for patients, their families, and the public.
• Offers the Huntsman Online Patient Education Guide–www.hopeguide.org–an Internet resource for answers to questions about prevention, treatment, and coping with cancer and an extensive public Web site at www.huntsmancancer.org. Also available is the Huntsman Cancer Information Line, (888) 424-2100, where cancer information specialists answer questions related to cancer.

 

The Brain Institute

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• Works to help people gain a better understanding of brain science through collaboration, innovation, and education
• Brings to Utah world-class faculty experts in high-end brain imaging, mood disorders, and the genetics of mental retardation, as part of the Utah Science, Techology, and Research (USTAR) Economic Development Initiative
• Builds interdisciplinary research teams in multiple sclerosis, autism, spinal cord injury, and Alzheimer’s disease
• Shares a magnificent facility with USTAR scientists from several U of U departments
• Involves more than 130 faculty members from seven U of U colleges and schools as well as Utah State University, Weber State University, and Brigham Young University

John A. Moran Eye Center

• The Intermountain West’s largest vision treatment and research institution and considered one of the top eye centers in the world. Eleven satellite clinics host more than 115,000 patient visits each year.
• A research leader, last year receiving more than $4.3 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health
• The 210,000-square-foot facility at the U of U campus is one of the largest dedicated vision research and patient care facilities in the U.S.
• Recognized world leader in clinical research for the design of intraocular lenses used in cataract surgery as well as complications associated with cataract surgery
• Graduate physician training program consistently ranked as one of the top residency programs in the United States
• Home to more than 50 faculty members, including one of the top retinal research teams in the world
• Home to the Utah Lions Eye Bank, which provides donor tissue for vision- restoring corneal transplants to more than 650 recipients every year from Utah, the U.S., and around the world