News and Information

New and archived press releases relating only to University Medical Center are located under UMC Press Releases.

New and archived press releases about University Medical Center and the rest of the Arizona Health Sciences Center (AHSC) are available at the AHSC Office of Public Affairs Web site under "Releases."

University Medical Center (UMC) is a private, not-for-profit, 487-bed hospital affiliated with the University of Arizona. Established in 1971, UMC is Arizona's only academic medical center. Its mission is four-fold: excellent patient care, education, community services and research.

University Medical Center is the primary teaching hospital for the University of Arizona Colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy and Nursing as well as UA Centers of Excellence such as the Arizona Cancer Center, the UA Sarver Heart Center, the Steele Children's Research Center, the Arizona Respiratory Center and the Arizona Arthritis Center.

University Medical Center is located at 1501 N. Campbell Avenue, on the campus of the Arizona Health Sciences Center (AHSC) in Tucson, Arizona.

If you are a member of the media looking for assistance on a story, please contact the AHSC Office of Public Affairs at (520) 626-7301 or visit For Media on this site.