page_title: University of Missouri Health Care
section_title: University Hospital
hierarchical_section_title: University of Missouri Health Care / University Hospital
caption_attribution_description: A photo of University Hospital and Clinics, taken from the Truman VA parking lot.
context_page_description: University of Missouri Health Care is an academic health system located in Columbia, Missouri. It is owned by the University of Missouri System. University of Missouri Health System includes five hospitals: University Hospital, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, Missouri Orthopaedic Institute and University of Missouri Women's and Children's Hospital — all of which are located in Columbia. It's affiliated with Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City, Missouri as well. It also includes more than 60 primary and specialty-care clinics and the University Physicians medical group.
  In May 2015, MU Health Care, Mercy Health System out of Springfield, Missouri, and Mosaic Life-Care announced a joint partnership. The goal between the three systems will be to provide clinics and possibly other hospitals in rural areas of Missouri and surrounding states.
  Academic partners include the University of Missouri's School of Health Professions, School of Medicine and Sinclair School of Nursing. Also, it is affiliated with the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine as well as Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City and Cooper County Memorial Hospital in Boonville
context_section_description: As the flagship hospital of MU Health Care, University Hospital is a 247-bed facility located in Columbia, Missouri. The hospital's physicians and staff cared for 19,096 hospital patients Fiscal Year 2009. The Frank L. Mitchell Jr., MD Trauma Center located within the hospital is the only American College of Surgeons (ACS) certified Level I trauma center in Mid-Missouri and one of three in the state. University Hospital is a nationally accredited Cycle II Chest Pain Center and a nationally accredited Primary Stroke Center. It has a seven-story ICU tower comprising surgical, medical-neurological and cardiac intensive care units, as well as the George D. Peak Memorial Burn and Wound Center, the only burn ICU in Mid-Missouri. University Hospital also contains the region's only cochlear implant center, a diabetes center, an ophthalmology institute (the Mason Eye Institute), a sleep disorders center, an endoscopy center, endo-suites dedicated to minimally invasive surgery and a SameDay Surgery Center that offers hundreds of different procedures in its fully equipped operating rooms.
  A seven-story patient care tower was completed in 2013 and is the new home of Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, as well as 12 additional operating rooms, 51 pre-and post-operation recovery rooms, and 90 private patient rooms.
  University of Missouri Health Care also operates an ambulance service from bases strategically located around Boone County. The ambulance service is the exclusive provider for all concerts and other events in Mizzou Sports Arena and Faurot Field, including all MU football games. Together, with Boone Hospital ambulances, they provide 24-hour coverage to Columbia, Ashland, Centralia, Hallsville and the other towns in Boone County. University of Missouri Health Care also has a supreme security department, known to many as UMC Security. Available 24/7 for all locations, UMC Security is considered a law enforcement agency for most other agencies in the surrounding areas. UMC Security Officers respond to approximately 40,000 calls annually.  Additionally, the Staff for Life helicopter service, a partnership between Air Methods and University of Missouri Health, operates helicopters based in Columbia, Osage Beach, MO, and LaMonte, MO.
caption: University Hospital
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