University Medical Center of Southern Nevada

University Medical Center of Southern Nevada know locally as University Medical Center or UMC, is a non-profit hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada.

UMC is the only hospital run by Clark County, Nevada. The hospital was founded in 1931 and is affiliated with the University of Nevada School of Medicine. The Clark County Commission serves as the board that runs the hospital.

Services

 * Level I trauma center, the only one in Nevada. The trauma center provides both adult and pediatric care over portions of four states (Nevada, California, Arizona, Utah).
 * Burn care facility, the only one in Nevada, the Lions Burn Care Center.
 * Heliport -

History
Previous names included:
 * Clark County Indigent Hospital (1931)
 * Clark County General Hospital
 * Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital

UMC was designated as the first Level I trauma center in 1998.

Notable individuals treated

 * Rapper Tupac Shakur died here on September 13, 1996.
 * Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy was stabilized here after he was attacked by one of his own tigers on October 3, 2003. Roy was subsequently transferred to UCLA Medical Center for recovery and rehabilitation.