UAB HOSPITAL UAB Hospital is the centerpiece of the UAB Health System. Located on the University of Alabama at Birmingham campus among major research centers and clinics, UAB Hospital provides patients with a complete range of primary and specialty care services. As a university hospital, a major center for clinical research, and the home of some of the top medical programs in America, the 900-bed facility also offers patients the most up-to-date treatments and innovations in health care.

The hospital was established in 1945 as the teaching hospital for the University of Alabama School of Medicine. Today, it is Alabama's major tertiary care center and a modern medical complex serving approximately 40,000 patients annually. The hospital continues to win praise in the community and around the world for providing excellent care. In fact, the book, The Best in Medicine ranked UAB Hospital among the top three in the United States, and 74 physicians who work with UAB Hospital earned a prestigious listing in the second edition of the book The Best Doctors in America.

The majority of Multidisciplinary Gastrointestinal Oncology Center surgery patients have their operations at UAB Hospital in Jefferson Towers.

UAB Mission:
As an urban research university and academic health center, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is committed to the discovery, dissemination, and application of knowledge as a fundamental path to success and to the enhancement of the quality of life of all the people of Alabama, indeed, of people throughout the world. In so doing, the University has an enduring commitment to teaching, research, and scholarship, creativity, and service to the community. We embrace an unyielding belief in the virtue of diversity as well as the fair and equitable treatment of students, faculty, staff, and those we serve. UAB's success in fulfilling this mission is demonstrated by the accomplishments of the University community.

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