UK HealthCare is the health care system that is based on the campus of the
University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a Public University, public Land-grant University, land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentu ...
(UK) in
Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington is a city in Kentucky, United States that is the county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, Fayette County. By population, it is the List of cities in Kentucky, second-largest city in Kentucky and List of United States cities by popul ...
. It consists of the university's hospitals, clinics, outreach locations, and patient care services along with UKs health profession colleges.
Colleges
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College of Dentistry
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College of Health Sciences
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College of Medicine
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College of Nursing
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College of Pharmacy
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College of Public Health
Hospitals
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Albert B. Chandler Hospital
Opened in 1962, the Albert B. Chandler Hospital along Rose Street at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky is the flagship component of UK HealthCare. It is named for twice-former Governor of Kentucky A. B. "Happy" Chandler. The 945 ...
: The 945 bed medical facility is UK HealthCare's flagship facility and includes numerous components to the University of Kentucky medical system. A new patient care facility is currently under construction.
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Eastern State Hospital: This 239 bed psychiatric hospital is owned by the Commonwealth of Kentucky and operated by UK HealthCare since 2014 under a $43 million contract with the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
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Good Samaritan Hospital
Good Samaritan Hospital or Good Samaritan Medical Center may refer to:
India
*Good Samaritan Hospital (Panamattom), Koprakalam, Panamattom, Kerala
*Good Samaritan Centre, Mutholath Nagar, Cherpunkal, Kottyam, Kerala
United States
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Kentucky Children's Hospital
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King's Daughters Medical Center
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: A 465 bed medical facility in
Ashland that was purchased by the University of Kentucky in December 2022.
King’s Daughters officially becomes part of UK
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Clinics and centers
* Student Health Facility: This building houses University Health Services.
Center for Advanced Surgery
* Centers of Excellence: This includes the Centers for Rural Health, Critical Care Centers, the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging among numerous other units.
* Gill Heart Institute: This houses clinics, diagnostic areas, six Cath and EP laboratories and numerous offices. It is the home of the University of Kentucky Hospital Center for Advanced Surgery.
Kentucky Clinic
Kentucky Neuroscience Institute
Markey Cancer Center
Academic buildings
* Biomedical Biological Science Research Building: This features workstations for laboratory technical staffing, offices, animal care areas, central autoclave facilities, centrifuge rooms, cold rooms and tissue and cell culture facilities for the College of Medicine, College of Pharmacy, and College of Arts and Sciences.
* Charles T. Wethington Jr. Building
The Charles T. Wethington Jr. Building is a 210,300 sq. ft. six-story brick and concrete structure for the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky, located at the corner of Rose Street and South Limestone."Allied Health Center." 1999. Univer ...
: This features numerous classrooms, offices and teaching laboratories for the College of Health Sciences.
* Biological Pharmaceutical Complex Building: This building has housed the College of Pharmacy since 2010.
References
External links
University of Kentucky Medical Center Oral History Collection
at the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History The Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, also known as The Nunn Center, the University of Kentucky, is one of the premier oral history centers in the world, known for a comprehensive oral history archival collection, ongoing interviewing projects, ...
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Healthcare in Kentucky
Buildings at the University of Kentucky
Medical and health organizations based in Kentucky