Affiliated Hospitals

The University Hospital
The University Hospital is a major teaching hospital and regional referral center for many medical specialties. It is one of a handful of centers in the world which possess a neurosurgical operating suite equipped with an open Hitachi MRI scanner, used for intraoperative diagnostic scanning.

The University Hospital was named one of "America's Best Hospitals" by U.S. News and World Report in 2000. Opened in 1824, it was the first hospital in the United States founded primarily for teaching purposes. Today, it is part of the Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati. It has 665 beds and continues to be a major research and education institution.

The University Hospital services include: the Neuroscience Institute, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, the Barrett Cancer Center, the Burn Unit (one of the few nationally-certified major adult burn treatment centers in the US) and the region's best-equipped and busiest Level I Trauma Center. The University Hospital's Transplant Center performs kidney, liver, pancreas, and heart transplants.  
The University Hospital web site

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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is the teaching, research, and clinical care site for the Department of Pediatrics and many other specialties. It serves the health care needs of infants, children and adolescents and conducts research and teaching programs for the benefit of children throughout the world. Cincinnati Children's is considered a leader in the improvement of child health and was named one of the 10 best pediatric hospitals in the United States in US News & World Report's 2001 "America's Best Hospitals" survey.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center web pages for healthcare professionals

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UC Physicians Pain Center
UC Physicians is a multispecialty group practice organization representing over 400 University of Cincinnati faculty physicians in 19 specialties. Its offices are located on the campus of the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Barrett Cancer Center and the University Hospital.
Pain Center at University Pointe
UC Physicians web site

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center
The Veterans Affairs Medical Center is where more than 15 percent of UC's medical student teaching and resident training takes place. It includes a 248-bed hospital located within the University of Cincinnati medical complex, a 131-bed nursing home and a 60-bed domiciliary, both located in nearby Fort Thomas, Kentucky, and a Veterans Center. The VA Medical Center provides traineeships and residencies for health care administrators, clinical training for nurses and allied health professionals, and broad postgraduate medical education for 82 residents and fellows in 24 clinical specialties. General medical research pursued by VA staff is supported by grants totaling about $2.6 million annually.
Veterans Affairs Medical Center web site

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The Shriners Hospital for Children
Shriners Hospital for Children is a pioneering burn research and treatment center for children. There is also a Burn Special Care Unit housed in University Hospital. The Shriners Hospital in Cincinnati is a 30-bed pediatric burn hospital providing comprehensive acute care and reconstructive and rehabilitative care to children who have been burned. The facility is equipped and staffed to treat acute burns, "healed" burns needing plastic reconstructive or restorative surgery, severe scarring that has resulted in contractures or which interferes with mobility of the limbs , and scarring and deformity of the face.
Cincinnati Shriners Hospital web page

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