Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix. Formerly known as Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, this hospital first opened in an apartment building after Lulu Clifton, a Methodist deaconess, arrived in Phoenix in 1911 and decided to open a hospital. Nationally ranked in geriatrics and nephrology, U.S. News & World Report named Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix the No. 2 hospital in Arizona for 2016-17. The hospital collaborates with Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix to foster new medical discoveries.
