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47: 318:), and other specialty advancements. In 1991, the UT Board of Trustees assigned the hospital's primary roles of patient care and medical education to University Memorial Hospital and the UT Graduate School of Medicine, respectively. The facility is currently under expansion, with plans to add nearly 50 beds to the Heart Hospital. 389:(UTGSM) oversees graduate medical education and medical students. 250 resident physicians, dentists, and fellows engage in the 12 residency and 11 fellowship programs at UTMC. Additionally, UTGSM provides clinical clerkship rotations and electives at UTMC for third and fourth year 305:
UTMC first opened its doors on August 7, 1956, as the University of Tennessee Memorial Hospital. By the 1960s, the hospital acquired more facilities for research, patient care, and residency training. In 1971 the UT Board of Trustees allowed 20 senior
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to train at UTMC. The hospital saw technological advancements in the 1980s with construction of the Boling Pavilion, the implementation of the area's first emergency response helicopter (
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DeFiore, Jayne C. Miracle in the Valley: A History of the University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville, 1944–1995, University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tenn.,1996.
584: 690: 415: 394: 151: 715: 710: 277:. The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine (UTGSM) oversees residency and medical student education at UTMC. In addition to being a 685: 695: 577: 631: 570: 659: 705: 700: 605: 245: 78: 641: 621: 636: 720: 410: 401:. UTGSM features a Medical Simulation Center where physicians and students increase their medical skills. 311: 278: 262: 163: 66: 127: 521: 398: 192: 139: 390: 307: 286: 290: 462: 294: 274: 266: 679: 651: 613: 596: 326:
The 710-bed University of Tennessee Medical Center comprises several medical units:
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Lifestar

Knoxville
Tennessee
Coordinates
35°56′26″N 83°56′36″W / 35.94056°N 83.94333°W / 35.94056; -83.94333
Funding
Non-profit hospital
Type
Teaching
Affiliated university
UT College of Medicine
Emergency department
Adult Level I
Pediatric Level I
Helipad
IATA
http://www.utmedicalcenter.org/
Hospitals in Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
East Tennessee
Kentucky
North Carolina
Level I Trauma Center
primary stroke
adult & children transplantation
pediatric dialysis
kidney failure
medical students
University of Tennessee College of Medicine

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