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29 one of the nation's 100 Best Hospitals for coro- nary intervention in 2016. UC Davis is also a Magnet-recognized facility and a 16-time winner of the National Research Corporation's Consumer Choice Award, which honors hospitals chosen by consumers for pro- viding the highest quality care. University of Chicago Medicine. is aca- demic medical center was founded in 1927 as the University of Chicago Hospitals. Over the years, the hospital grew in size and prestige be- fore eventually changing its name to University of Chicago Medical Center in 2006 and then to University of Chicago Medicine in 2012. Today, University of Chicago Medicine en- compasses e Center for Care and Discov- ery, Bernard A. Mitchell Hospital, Comer Children's Hospital, Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine and numerous physicians offices. Roughly 8,500 people work at the ac- ademic medical center, including 2,600 nurs- es, 878 attending physicians and 958 residents and fellows. Each year, University of Chicago Medicine accommodates roughly 440,000 out- patient visits, 88,000 emergency visits, 29,000 hospital admissions, 19,000 surgeries and 1,800 births. In 2015, revenues for patient care were approximately $1.5 billion. e University of Chicago Medicine is affiliated with 12 winners of the Nobel Prize. e academic medical center was ranked among the top 50 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report in four adult specialties and three pediatric specialties. In 2016, University of Chicago Medicine received Healthgrades' 100 Best Hospitals for Prostate Sur- gery Award for the third consecutive year. University of Colorado Hospital (Aurora). University of Colorado Hospital is the primary teaching hospital for the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine. e hospital reports roughly 46,000 inpatient admissions and obser- vations each year. Clinicians at the hospital also perform more than 23,000 surgeries, transplant nearly 300 organs, deliver 3,600 babies and care for more than 100,000 patients in the emergency department annually. Although UCH is now one of the largest health- care providers in the region, it didn't happen overnight. Aer the University of Colorado opened in Boulder in 1877, it established a $6,000, 40-bed hospital in 1898. e hospital eventually outgrew itself and moved to Denver. When an army medical center in Aurora closed, the University of Colorado converted it into the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Cam- pus, where the hospital still stands today. e University of Colorado Hospital is the No. 1 hospital in the Denver metro area and in the state, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2015-16 rankings. In addition, UCH is nation- ally ranked by U.S. News for 11 adult specialties and is the recipient of Healthgrades' 2016 ex- cellence awards in overall clinical care, cranial neurosurgery, critical care, general surgery, neurosciences and gastrointestinal care. Also in 2016, UCH was named one of Truven Health Analytics' 100 Top Hospitals. UCH is a Level I regional burn center, a Joint Commission-cer- tified comprehensive stroke center and home to the largest transplant center in the state. University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (Iowa City). e University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics employs more than 1,600 physicians, dentists, residents and fellows, as well nearly 7,000 nonphysician staff members including 1,972 nurses. In 2015, clinicians at the hospital performed 524 organ and tissue transplants. UI Hospitals and Clinics' roots date back to 1873 when the University of Iowa and the Sisters of Mercy Catholic order partnered to welcome the first patient. Today, the health system is Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center. Also a regional referral center, UI Hospitals and Clinics and UI Children's Hospital deliver health- care in collaboration with University of Iowa Physicians, the state's largest multi-specialty med- ical and surgical group. In 2005, the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics became the first hospital in the U.S. to offer a BabySim for physicians to practice on. e BabySim offers the realistic physiological characteristics of an infant to let physicians practice responses to airway trauma. In 2015, clinicians at the hospital performed 524 organ and tissue transplants. U.S News & World Report ranked the hospi- tal nationally in nine pediatric specialties and seven adult specialties, and ranked the hospi- tal first in Iowa in its 2015-16 rankings. e American Nurses Credentialing Center desig- nated the hospital as a Magnet facility, and Tru- ven Health Analytics also named the hospital to its 2016 100 Top Hospitals list. University of Kansas Hospital (Kansas City). Founded in 1906 as part of the University of Kansas School of Medicine, this academic med- ical center is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. University of Kansas Hospital has changed significantly since its inception, especially in 1998. It became an independent hospital that year, receiving no state funding and spinning off from the university's school of medicine. roughout its storied history, the University of Kansas Hospital has earned several awards and recognitions of excellence. U.S. News & World Report named the hospital as No. 1 in the state and also ranked it nationally in 12 specialties. e hospital earned Magnet recog- nition for nursing excellence in 2006, a status it still holds today. e hospital employs roughly 6,830 people and has 699 staffed beds, as of fiscal year 2013, but it is poised for growth. A building north of the existing hospital is expected to open in 2017, which will provide complex treatment options for more patients, according to the hospital. e new tower was originally planned to be seven stories high and house 92 beds, 28 in- tensive care beds and 12 operating rooms. e tower was designed create an option to add four more stories at a later time. However, ex- pectations that the new tower will reach capac- ity right away have prompted hospital officials to plan to begin building the additional floors immediately aer the first seven stories open to patients, adding an additional 32 beds on one floor and keeping the other three "shelled in" to prepare for future expansion. e total cost of the project is now estimated at $320 million. University of Maryland Medical Center (Baltimore). University of Maryland Medical Center is one of the oldest academic medical centers in the country, having been founded in 1823 as the Baltimore Infirmary. Now, the hos- pital has 772 beds, 8,261 employees and 1,163 attending physicians and faculty. In fiscal year 2015, the hospital logged 30,554 total admis- sions and 22,086 surgical cases. UMMC is a national and regional referral center for trauma, cancer care, neurological care, car- diac care, diabetes and endocrinology, women's and children's heath, and has one of the largest solid organ transplant programs in the U.S. As an academic medical center, UMMC leads and participates in extensive research and clinical studies, which gives patients the opportunity to access the newest treatments. University of Maryland Medical Center was nationally ranked for cancer and nephrology in U.S. News & World Report's 2015-16 rank- ings. It was also regionally ranked as the No. 2 hospital in Maryland and the No. 2 hospital in the Baltimore metro area. e hospital is Magnet-designated by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. University of Michigan University Hospi- tal (Ann Arbor). is hospital's history dates back to 1869, when the University of Michi- gan opened the nation's first university-owned hospital, which had 20 beds. e hospital has changed drastically throughout its nearly 150- year history, and now the 550-bed University Hospital is one of three hospitals that make up U-M Medical Center. e other two are C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and the Von Voigt- lander Women's Hospital. In total, U-M's three hospitals have 1,059 pediatric, adult and psy- chiatric beds and six specialty centers, focused on cancer, cardiovascular health, diabetes, de- pression, geriatrics and eye health.