OU Health University of Oklahoma Medical Center is the state’s flagship academic medical center, located on the same campus as Oklahoma’s only freestanding children’s hospital and National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center. In addition, as one of four academic health campuses with seven health colleges, the majority of the state’s health professionals train there. It has over 1 million annual patient visits and is in the national top decile for quality, patient safety and employee engagement. OU College of Medicine is in the top 100 nationally for National Institutes of Health funding, among the top 3.6% of all NIH-funded U.S. institutions. OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center ranks among U.S. News & World Report‘s top 50 cancer centers and top in the state. The cancer center holds “Lead Academic Participating Site” status in NCI National Clinical Trials Network, a distinction shared by 32 centers. It is one of just nine sites in NCI’s Cancer Screening Research Network, extending trials to tribal, rural and urban populations. OU Health runs the state’s only phase 1 clinical trials and only adult bone marrow transplant and cellular therapy programs. Oklahoma Children’s OU Health, the state’s only comprehensive academic children’s hospital, ranks top in the state and top 50 nationally. Oklahoma Children’s operates the state’s only solid organ transplant and pediatric bone marrow and stem cell transplant programs. In 2026, physicians performed the state’s first intra-arterial chemotherapy for pediatric retinoblastoma, sparing young patients from having to leave the state for care. OU Health became the state’s first American College of Surgeons-verified level 1 trauma center in 2001 and only level 1 trauma center for adults and children.
