University of Minnesota Medical Center

The University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview is the main university hospital for the University of Minnesota Medical School. There are two campuses: one located on the East Bank of the Mississippi River, known as the University Campus, and the other on the West Bank of the Mississippi River, known as the Riverside Campus. It is owned and operated by the Fairview Health Services, and is staffed by physicians of University of Minnesota Physicians and community physicians. It was previously known as Fairview-University Medical Center.

University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview includes inpatient and outpatient facilities and is connected with six community clinics and many specialty clinics. Comprehensive services range from primary care, emergency care and the delivery of thousands of babies each year to care of patients with the most complex conditions. Areas of specialization includes organ and blood and marrow transplantation, heart disease, cancer, neurosciences, pediatrics and behavioral illnesses.

The medical center and, located within it, University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, Fairview, were created in 1997 as a result of the merger of the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic and Fairview Health Services.

Consistently named among the nation's "Top Hospitals" by US News and World Report, University of Minnesota Medical Center is among the most respected teaching institutions in the nation, balancing responsiveness to patients' needs and wishes with access to innovative treatments and technology to delivery superior health outcomes.

University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview