University Hospital Authority & Trust

Dean Gandy
Executive Director
University Hospitals Authority & Trust
PO Box 26307
Oklahoma City, OK 73126
Phone: 405-271-4962
Fax: 405-271-1301
http://www.universityhospitalsauthority.com/

The University Hospitals Authority and Trust are a state agency and a public trust of the state of Oklahoma. Key facts:

• Formed as part of an historic agreement more than a decade and a half ago that united the state, a private corporation (HCA) and the University of Oklahoma in a partnership that created the OU Medical Center and united the adult hospitals with The Children's Hospital at OU Medical Center.
• Mission - To be a catalyst for medical excellence, to support medical education and research and to help assure quality health care for all Oklahomans.
• Through its leadership, state and federal resources are maximized to ensure a dependable source of revenue for growth and development with a goal of supporting improved health for every Oklahoman.
• The Authority and Trust provide support for important educational enhancements, for key research and health care advancements and for critical capital improvement projects at the OU Health Sciences Center
• Key projects funded to date include:
  • Construction of the new Children's Atrium. This beautiful, architectural gem will serve as a new front door for The Children's Hospital at OU Medical Center and the OU Children's Physicians Building, as well as a unique space catering to the young patients of both facilities and their families.
  • Construction of new Education & Conference Center for the OUHSC campus, slated for completion in late 2011
  • Support of facility enhancement and expansion project for Dean McGee Eye Institute
  • The OU Children's Physicians Building, completed in 2009. Located at the corner of NE 13^th and Phillips, it provides 336,000 square feet of state-of-the-art medical office space designed specifically with the needs of young patients and their families in mind. It is home to more than 100 pediatric specialists and the first free-standing first, freestanding, pediatric multi-specialty, medical office building in the state. 
  • Support of the new Clinical Skills Testing and Education Center at the OU Health Sciences Center, in conjunction with other generous donors. This facility offers cutting-edge medical simulation equipment and facilities, as well as a new robot-assisted surgical training facility.
  • Support of Phase Two of the Stanton L. Young Biomedical Research Center. A hub of research of activity on campus, the facility more than doubled in size with the completion of phase two, providing more research space where top scientists continue their nationally and internationally renowned work in biomedicine, cancer, genetics and more.
  • The OU Physicians Building, completed in 2001. Located at the corner of NE 10^th and Phillips, the OU Physicians Building is home to more than 130 physicians, with expertise in a wide range of medical specialties. The building provides an environment where patient care and the newest technology come together under one roof.
  • A facility enhancement project for the OU College of Dentistry that included much-needed upgrades and technological enhancements aimed at elevating the training of Oklahoma's future dentists to a new level of excellence.