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The University Of Arizona College Of Medicine has six basic science departments and 14 clinical science departments. The College also houses nine Centers of Excellence – the Arizona Arthritis Center, the Arizona Center on Aging (in conjunction with the UA College of Nursing), the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, the Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center, the Arizona Hispanic Center of Excellence, the Arizona Respiratory Center, the Steele Children’s Research Center, the UA Sarver Heart Center and the Valley Fever Center for Excellence.
The College of Medicine clinical departments provide medical care to the community and support University Medical Center, a dedicated level 1 trauma center, private non-profit hospital located on the campus of the Arizona Health Sciences Center, which acts as the primary teaching and research hospital for The University of Arizona College of Medicine. The College of Medicine has 581 medical students studying at the Tucson and Phoenix campuses, including 26 dual-degree candidates; 99 percent of these medical students graduate. The College also has 135 graduate students and 1,535 undergraduates (pre-physiology and physiology majors in the Department of Physiology). The College has 700 salaried faculty members. Total faculty including full-time, part-time and volunteer, numbers more than 1,700.
Faculty in our 6 basic science departments teach in the medical school curriculum, offer courses to undergraduates and graduate students in multiple programs, and present doctoral programs in their respective disciplines. Research programs can be found in both the clinical and basic science departments and in the multidisciplinary centers organized to promote collaborative research across the College, the University and throughout the state of Arizona.
University Physicians Healthcare is a nonprofit corporation founded in 1985 as the medical practice of the physicians of The University of Arizona College of Medicine. Together University Physicians Hospital, The University of Arizona and University Medical Center, we care for patients, educate medical students, train physicians and conduct clinical research. With over 350 physicians (many listed in The Best Doctors In America) 260 nurses and 1,250 staff, UPH is Arizona’s largest physicians group.
The Department of Radiology at the University of Arizona provides clinical service to University Medical Center, a dedicated level 1 trauma center, UPH Hospital, University Medical Imaging Center and the new Diamond Children’s Medical Center at UMC.
Highly trained personnel and the latest in technology are the hallmark of University Medical Imaging (UMI). UMI is a joint venture with University Medical Center and University Physicians Healthcare, Arizona's largest physician group with over 350 physicians who are faculty members of The University of Arizona. This partnership ensures safe and accurate patient diagnosis and guarantees expert radiologic consultation.
Company History
The University of Arizona College of Medicine opened its doors in 1967, culminating years of effort by Arizonans to build a medical college.
As Arizona’s only MD-degree granting college, we are proud to provide a state-of-the-art program of medical education, groundbreaking research opportunities and leading-edge patient care for families throughout Arizona and well beyond our state’s borders.
A relative newcomer among medical colleges in the United States, the UA College of Medicine has a rich history. The College originated on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson with just 32 students more than 40 years ago, and today has graduated more than 3,000 physicians. A second full four-year program established in Phoenix in 2006, the University of Arizona College of Medicine — Phoenix, is on track to provide increasing numbers of future physicians to help serve the health-care needs of the state’s fast-growing population.
The UA College of Medicine is, in every sense, a resource for all of Arizona, fulfilling a mission to continually improve health care through education, research and clinical care.
We invite you to explore this unique institution, discover its remarkable history, the scope of its influence and its promise as the future unfolds.