PATIENT CARE
The new North Tower of the University of Oklahoma Medical Center opened in late 2020.
University of Oklahoma Medical Center Opens North Tower to Patients The new patient tower at OU Health University of Oklahoma Medical Center has opened its doors, providing patients with the most advanced treatments and technology in a space designed for healing and comfort. The eight-story North Tower, which provides 144 additional beds and 32 new operating rooms, is the largest hospital expansion project in Oklahoma history and one of the largest in the nation. The new facility reflects the ongoing transformation of Oklahoma’s flagship comprehensive academic health system and its mission to provide services that Oklahomans need to achieve health. “The opening of the North Tower is an exciting milestone for OU Health and for all of Oklahoma,” said Kris Gose, R.N., President of the University of Oklahoma Medical Center. “This new tower will optimize our ability to provide care at all levels, from trauma services to every type of surgical and medical expertise, in an environment that supports patients and their families.” The tower is connected to the existing hospital on its north
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side, on the southeast corner of 13th Street and Lincoln. Groundbreaking was in 2017, and its opening is the culmination of a vision that began more than 10 years ago, said Chuck Spicer, FACHE, President and CEO of OU Medicine, Inc. Its completion also follows the announcement of OU Health as the new, unified brand identity to represent the combined efforts of OU Medicine and the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. “Oklahomans can be proud of this facility because this is not just another hospital expansion, but an advancement in the way healthcare is delivered,” Spicer said. “Healthcare is a team effort that begins with our patients, surrounded by an interdisciplinary team of providers working together to deliver the best care.” The tower brings 450,000 additional square feet and a new medical Intensive Care Unit. Another floor is dedicated to hematology-oncology, bone marrow transplant and stem cell therapy, where OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center patients will receive treatments offered nowhere else in the state, including CAR-T, an immune therapy that harnesses
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