The Promise of Academic Medicine: Banner – University Medicine

The first academic medical enterprise with two Arizona-based partners was born in 2015, when Banner Health affiliated with the University of Arizona Health Network to create Banner – University Medicine. This division includes Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix and in Tucson, two academic medical centers: Banner – University Medical Center Tucson and South, and a state-of-the-art, multidisciplinary adult outpatient services center: Banner – University Medicine North.

Representing just 7% of U.S. hospitals, academic medical centers are the “crown jewels” of American health care, offering the very best resources to take care of every patient’s needs—from routine procedures to highly complex cases. At these teaching hospitals, medical education, research, and expert clinical care converge under one roof, offering leading-edge technology, resources, and therapies that community hospitals may not have available.

Since the merger, nonprofit Banner Health and the University of Arizona have been committed to co-creating a new brand of academic medicine that leverages the strengths and scale of each partner to elevate clinical delivery, education, and research for our entire state.