Nationally recognized for leadership in advanced specialty care, medical education and clinical innovation, Banner–University Medical Center Phoenix is Arizona’s largest hospital. It serves as a premier regional referral center for tertiary and quaternary care across the Southwest, with exceptional distinction in neurosciences, cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, sports medicine and organ transplantation. The hospital provides an immersive training environment for 500 residents and fellows across 50 programs, recently expanding graduate medical education by 250 slots to address critical healthcare workforce needs in urban and rural settings throughout Arizona and beyond. The hospital is home to Arizona’s largest heart transplant program and the world’s busiest total artificial heart program. It also operates Arizona’s busiest birthing center, with 7,000 annual deliveries and is designated as the state’s first level 4 perinatal center. With 36,000 annual admissions, 19,000 surgical procedures and 83,000 emergency department visits, the hospital recently opened a state-of-the-art neurocritical care unit featuring Arizona’s most advanced monitoring technology. Ranked among the top 50 geriatrics programs nationally by U.S. News & World Report, the hospital features a dedicated geriatric emergency department and advanced care for elderly unit. Banner–University Medical Center Phoenix joined the elite 1% of hospitals globally by achieving its fifth Magnet redesignation for nursing excellence in 2025 and ranks in the top three Arizona hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 2026-27. It is the flagship facility for Banner Health, one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the country.
