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30 U-M is home to many medical firsts. For in- stance, University Hospital offered the first physician training program in thoracic surgery in 1928 and, four years later, hosted the world's first successful lung removal. In 1968, the hospi- tal hosted Michigan's first heart transplant. More recently, in February 2015, the Joyce and Don Massey Family Foundation Emergency Critical Care Center opened inside University Hospital's emergency department. e new cen- ter is among the first of its kind in the U.S. and features five resuscitation/trauma bays and nine patient rooms that provide an intensive care unit-level environment for initial care. Last year, U-M Health System research fund- ed by external sources grew to $417.6 million, a 2.7 percent increase from 2014. According to U.S. News & World Report's 2015-16 rank- ings, U-M's University Hospital is the No. 1 hospital in the state and is nationally ranked in 11 adult specialties. University of Minnesota Medical Center (Min- neapolis). e University of Minnesota Medical Center was established in 1997 following the merger of the U of M Hospitals and Clinics with Fairview Health Services. With 1,700 licensed beds and 7,131 employees, U of M Medical Cen- ter includes two campuses on the east and west banks of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. e medical center, along with U of M Physi- cians, makes up U of M Health. In addition, U of M Medical Center is the main university hospital for the U of M Medical School. U of M Health partners closely with research partners at the University of Minnesota to de- velop new health technologies and treatments. e university has pioneered numerous medical advancements, such as the first external pace- maker, the first successful bone marrow trans- plant and the world' first stem cell institute. U.S. News & World Report ranked University of Minnesota Medical Center No. 4 in Minnesota and No. 2 in the Minneapolis metro area for 2015-16. e medical center is also nationally ranked in five pediatric specialties. University of North Carolina Medical Center (Chapel Hill). UNC Medical Center, previously called UNC Hospitals, was established in 1952. At the time of its formation, the hospital was named N.C. Memorial. UNC Medical Center is now comprised of N.C. Memorial Hospital, N.C. Cancer Hospital, N.C. Children's Hospital, N.C. Neurosciences Hospital and N.C. Women's Hospital. Altogether, UNC Hospitals employs 7,100 people, including 1,100 on medical staff and 780 resident physicians, who serve more than 37,000 people each year. e UNC Medical Center is an 803-bed facil- ity that serves more than 37,000 people and delivers 3,500 babies each year. e medical center offers extensive specialty care, including regionally and nationally recognized care in ar- thritis, digestive diseases, endocrinology, ENT, gynecology, hemophilia, infertility, rheumatol- ogy and orthopedics. e UNC Medical Center campus also houses the Lineberger Comprehen- sive Cancer Center, one of 40 National Cancer Institute-designated centers in the U.S. UNC Hospitals has been led by President Gary Parks since 2004. UNC Hospitals has been led by Pres- ident Gary Parks since 2004 In 2015, UNC Hospitals was re-recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Magnet organization. UNC Hospitals also won an Outstanding Patient Experience Award from Healthgrades for the third year running. In 2016, Healthgrades honored UNC Hospitals by naming it one of the 100 Best Hospitals in the country for prostate surgery. In its most recent ratings, U.S. News & World Report ranked UNC Hospitals among the top hospitals in the nation in five adult specialties and three pediatric spe- cialties. e publication also named it the No. 3 hospital in North Carolina. University of Tennessee Medical Center (Knoxville). With roots dating back to 1956, University of Tennessee Medical Center serves as a referral center for eastern Ten- nessee, southeastern Kentucky and western North Carolina. e 609-bed hospital is home to the area's only Level I trauma center and only adult and pe- diatric transplant center. UT Medical Center includes the Cole Neuroscience Center, which serves more than 1,600 patients with Parkin- son's disease and more than 2,500 patients with Alzheimer's disease each year. e hospi- tal has a Level III neonatal intensive care unit and serves as a regional perinatal center. UT Medical Center is certified as a comprehensive stroke center, designated by e Joint Com- mission and the American Heart Association. U.S. News & World Report ranked UT Medi- cal Center as the No. 2 hospital in Tennessee and one of the top 40 hospitals in the country for pulmonology in its 2015-16 rankings. UT Medical Center earned a spot on Leapfrog Group's Top Hospitals list in 2015. It also re- ceived Magnet designation from the Ameri- can Nurses Credentialing Center. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston). MD Anderson and its nearly 20,000 employees are working to make cancer history. e hospital was established in 1941 by the Texas Legislature as the Texas State Cancer Hospital and the Division of Cancer Research before it was renamed aer Monroe Dunaway Anderson, whose foundation helped fund the hospital. MD Anderson was one of the original three comprehensive cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Act of 1971. Today, it remains one of the 45 National Cancer Insti- tute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. U.S. News & World Report has ranked MD An- derson as one of the top two hospitals in the nation for cancer care every year since 1990, and it was deemed No. 1 in the publication's 2015-16 rankings. Additionally, MD Anderson is Magnet-recognized for nursing excellence. Clinicians and scientists at MD Anderson at- tack cancer on multiple fronts. In fall 2012, the hospital launched its Moon Shots Program, for which the goal is to dramatically reduce mor- tality and suffering related to 12 cancer types and accelerate the conversion of scientific dis- coveries into clinical advances. e multidisci- plinary push was inspired by the all-out team effort it took to meet President John F. Kenne- dy's promise to send an American to the moon only seven years aer he made the pledge to do so in Houston in 1961. Recently, two can- cer experts from the hospital were named to a 28-member panel to advise the National Can- cer Institute in its work with Vice President Joe Biden's National Cancer Moonshot. University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics (Salt Lake City). More than 1,100 board-cer- tified physicians staff four university hospi- tals, 10 community clinics and a number of specialty centers in the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics system. is health sys- tem started off as a single hospital, e Uni- versity of Utah Medical Center, which opened July 10, 1965. Less than 20 years aer opening, surgeons at University of Utah Medical Cen- ter became the first in the world to conduct a permanent artificial heart implant in 1982. More than 1,300 staffed physicians treat pa- tients at University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics, which has 527 hospital beds. In 2014, the hospital staff admitted 22,831 patients and conducted 10,000 inpatient surgeries, 15,000 outpatient surgeries and 40,000 emergency de- partment visits. University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics is a Level I trauma center and the only academic medical center in the region. U.S. News & World Report ranked University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics the No. 1 hospital in both Utah and the Salt Lake City metro area in its 2015-16 rankings. In 2016, the health system received the Distinguished Hospitals for Clini- cal Excellence Award from Healthgrades, as well as inclusion in its 100 Best Hospitals for critical care, gastrointestinal care and general surgery. University of Washington Medical Center (Seattle). UW Medical Center may be the No. 1 hospital in the Seattle metro area and the whole state of Washington, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2015-16 rankings, but