Since opening in 1978,UMC has been the first hospital to offer several lifesaving services in our region.
- UMC's Children's Hospital was the first to have neonatal and pediatric intensive care units.
- UMC maintains the region's only certified Level I Trauma Center,meaning that adults and children in our area have access to the very best emergency care available.
- UMC's Timothy J. Harnar Regional Burn Center is the only burn center of it's kind between Dallas and Phoenix.
- Our Bone Marrow Unit is the region's first stem cell transplant program and remains the only FACT accredited program to perform autologous transplants in the Lubbock area.
Through UMC's partnership with Texas Tech University,the health system produces groundbreaking research and innovative technology,including a number of nationally recognized clinical trials in breast and prostate cancers. Patients of the UMC Southwest Cancer Center are treated with the most modern medical systems and cancer treatments available,right here in Lubbock.
UMC Health System employs over 3,200 people,and our hospital has consistently been ranked among the 10% of employers nationally,based on employee satisfaction. In 2013,UMC was named the number one Best Company to Work For in Texas.
We hope you will choose UMC Health System,where Service is Our Passion.