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University of Utah, Hospital, Clinics, School of Medicine, Campus
As a major teaching and research university, the flagship institution of the Utah state system of higher education, the University of Utah strives to create an academic environment in which the highest standards of scholarship and professional practice are observed and where responsibilities to students are conscientiously met.
We have over 22,000 employees, 582 departments, and are the second largest employer in Utah. The University of Utah hospital has more than 160 medical specialties, 10 community health centers, and has been recognized as one of America's Best Hospitals in U.S. News and World Report for 13 years in a row.
A commitment to excellence. A culture of empowerment.
About Us
Improving Quality of Life
To serve the public by improving health and quality of life is our mission at University of Utah. We accomplish this with our commitment to excellence in education, research and clinical care.
Quality Care
We at the University believe in going the extra mile to impact our city, state, region and world. This philosophy translates in many ways. It's a nurse saying, "I have some extra time, is there anything else I can do for you."
Excellence in Academics
The extra mile is a professor insisting that students get it exactly right because some day it might make the difference between life and death. We educate competent, caring practitioners, educators and scientists for the state of Utah and beyond.
Respected Research
It's a professor spending endless hours searching for the medical breakthroughs of tomorrow. We advance knowledge through innovative basic and clinical research and scholarship and translate our discoveries into applications that help people.
Outdoor Opportunities
Utah, the home of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, boasts world class skiing all along the Wasatch Front. Seven major ski resorts are within a 45 minute drive from the hospital. For the past several years the Graduate Medical Education office has arranged for our residents "student" status season passes at Alta and Snowbird.
In spring, summer, and autumn the Wasatch mountains, east of Salt Lake City, are a grand place for hiking, mountain biking, trail running, rock climbing and camping. City Creek Canyon, Mill Creek Canyon, Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons, and Emigration Canyon are within a few minutes of University Hospital and are wonderful places to explore. Residents can visit the Hogle Zoo, near the mouth of Emigration Canyon, or Tracy Aviary, located in Liberty Park.
From Salt Lake City, residents are in easy driving distance to eleven national parks or monuments including Arches, Canyonlands, Bryce, Zion, Capital Reef National Parks and Dinosaur and Grand Staircase National Monuments. The Grand Canyon is 550 miles from Salt Lake City. The Grand Tetons, north of Jackson, Wyoming, are only a five hour drive and just beyond is historic Yellowstone National Park.
Entertainment
In the summers Salt Lake City and Park City come alive with concerts at the Gallivan Center, Usana Amphitheater, Red Butte Garden, Deer Valley and Park City Mountain Resort. Private clubs in Salt Lake and Park City host a variety of bands performing year round. The Energy Solutions Arena in downtown Salt Lake City hosts the NBA team, the Utah Jazz; the Graduate Medical Education Office provides residents with discount tickets for many activities. For baseball and hockey fans, Salt Lake City is home to the Salt Lake Bees and Salt Lake Grizzlies.
Every February Park City hosts the acclaimed Sundance Film Festival; several showings are held in Salt Lake City. Year-round performances, including ballet, symphony, opera, plays, musicals and world-class musicians, can be seen at Kingsbury Hall and Pioneer Memorial Theater on the University of Utah Campus, Abravanel Hall, the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, and the Capitol Theater in downtown Salt Lake City.
Restaurants
There are more than three hundred superb restaurants in the Salt Lake Valley and adjacent ski resorts. Dining opportunities vary from traditional American cuisine to Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Italian, Thai, Mexican and many other ethnic varieties.
Shopping
Indoor and outdoor walking malls, as well as small businesses, make shopping in Salt Lake City easy. Downtown hosts the Gateway Center, constructed prior to the 2002 Winter Games, as well as the quaint shopping areas of 15th and 15th, 9th and 9th, Trolley Square Mall, Foothill Village and the Sugarhouse district. Park City, just 45 minutes away, is home to a large outlet mall, as well as to unique shops lining its Main Street.
