UAB Hospital, also known as University Hospital, is a Level I trauma center hospital located in Birmingham, Alabama. It is located in the Medical Center District on the University of Alabama at Birmingham campus on Birmingham's Southside. University Hospital, is a 900-bed facility that provides patients with a complete range of primary and specialty care services. It is Alabama's major tertiary care center and a modern medical complex serving approximately 35,000 patients annually. Level I trauma center provides the highest level of Surgical care to trauma patients. ... Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam Official website: http://www. ... University of Alabama at Birmingham (also known as UAB) is a public, coeducational university located in Birmingham, Alabama. ... Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam Official website: http://www. ...

University Hospital also serves as the primary teaching hospital for the UAB Schools of Medicine and Nursing covering nearly all major specialities of medicine as well as dentistry and optometry. The Best in Medicine ranked UAB Hospital among the top three in the United States. It lists that University Hospital is a major center for clinical research and to the home of some of the top medical programs in and US and the world. The 2nd Edition of The Best Doctors in America lists 74 physicians who work with UAB Hospital earned a prestigious award in a specialized area. The 2005-2006 US News & World Report has ranked the 2 schools among the nation’s best medical graduate schools. The School of Nursing is ranked 19th in the nation. The School of Medicine is ranked 23rd, two spots higher than the previous year's ranking. 5 medical specialties at UAB are ranked in the top 20 nationally by the magazine: AIDS, 4th (up one ranking); women’s health, 8th; internal medicine 18th (up one ranking); geriatrics, 19th; and pediatrics, 19th. The school’s primary care program was ranked 34th, up four spots. A Teaching hospital is a hospital which provides medical training. ... Medicine is the branch of health science and the sector of public life concerned with maintaining human health or restoring it through the treatment of disease and injury. ... Radiographs (X-rays) can reveal if a person has cavities Dentistry is the practical application of knowledge of dental science (the science of placement, arrangement, function of teeth and their supporting bones and soft tissues) to human beings. ... Optometry is the health care profession concerned with examination, diagnosis, and treatment of the eyes and related structures, and with determination and correction of vision problems using lenses and other optical aids [1]. An optometrist (Greek: optos meaning seen or visible and metria meaning measurement) is an eye care professional... U.S. News & World Report is a weekly newsmagazine. ...

History

The hospital was established in 1945 as the teaching hospital for the University of Alabama School of Medicine which was moved from the University of Alabama main campus in Tuscaloosa, Alabama to Birmingham. It was originally located in a 5-story building named Jefferson Hospital. The rapid growth of the Greater Birmingham area led to the hospital to continue to expand from on main building to the some 20 surrounding medical buildings. University of Alabama The University of Alabama (also known as Alabama, UA, or colloquially as Bama) is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. ... // Tuscaloosa is a city in west central Alabama in the southern United States. ... Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam Official website: http://www. ... Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman Metropolitan Area The Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman Metropolitan Area also known as Greater Birmingham, is made up of 8 counties in Central Alabama. ...

In November 2004, opened 885,000-foot, 11-story hospital includes 37 operating suites, 2 procedure rooms, 3 medical surgical units, 4 intensive care units — trauma and burn intensive care, surgical intensive care, neuroscience intensive care, and cardiovascular intensive care, and a 38,000 square foot emergency department. Its emergency department is located on the first floor, along with the large public lobby and front door. The second floor serves as the main concourse into the University Hospital complex with its primary entrance on 4th Avenue South. The new hospital is equipped with state-of-the-art digital and wireless technology. Operating rooms contain voice-activated video technology allowing the surgeon to view x-rays, ECGs or pathology specimens without having to break scrub or leave the room.

External links

• http://www.health.uab.edu/