Building Good Health

Healthcare. You don't think about until you need it. Fortunately, Greater Phoenix has a healthy dose of world-class hospitals that offer expertise in neonatal, infant, pediatric, adult and gerontologic care.

Rapid population growth in Greater Phoenix has created an increased demand for healthcare services. More than 80 licensed hospitals, providing in excess of 8,000 beds, serve the Phoenix metropolitan area; more than 2,000 physicians, dentists, psychiatrists, chiropractors, osteopaths, and ophthalmologists attend to health care needs on a multistate, national and international level.

Hospitals in Greater Phoenix

Abrazo Health Care
Abrazo’s hospitals in Greater Phoenix include Arrowhead Hospital in Glendale; Maryvale Hospital Medical Center, Paradise Valley Hospital, Phoenix Baptist Hospital and Medical Center and Phoenix Memorial Hospital, all in Phoenix; and West Valley Hospital Medical Center in Goodyear.

Arizona Heart Hospital
The Arizona Heart Hospital in Phoenix was the first in Arizona dedicated to treating heart disease. The facility also has a 24-hour heart emergency center and conducts ongoing clinical and research studies.

Banner Health
Banner’s large health system includes these regional hospitals: Banner Baywood, Boswell, Del E. Webb, Desert, Estrella, Gateway, Good Samaritan, Heart, Ironwood and Thunderbird medical centers, the newly opened Cardon Children’s Medical Center and M.D. Anderson Banner Cancer Center. Banner offers many specialty services, including cancer care, transplantation and Level I trauma care. Banner also has a Poison Control Center with a free 24-hour hotline for poison information, first aid and treatment recommendations.

Banner Sun Health Research Institute
The research institute has an international reputation for breakthroughs in such diseases as Alzheimer's, Parkinson’s, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, fibromyalgia orthopedics and arthritis.

Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA)
In December 2008, a fourth CTCA hospital opened its doors in Goodyear to provide patients and caregivers in the western U.S. access to CTCA’s comprehensive and integrative approach to fighting cancer. Integrative cancer treatment combines conventional care with complementary therapies, bringing together surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and immunotherapy with nutritional support, naturopathic medicine, mind-body medicine, physical therapy, pain management and spiritual support.   

Catholic Healthcare West (CHW)
Celebrating more than 110 years of caring for the community, CHW’s health system includes Barrow Neurological Institute, one of the largest and most highly regarded full-service neuroscience centers in the country. The Barrow patient-care tower provides much needed emergency and trauma services, as well as neuroscience beds. The institute is on the campus of St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in central Phoenix, a Level I trauma center. Chandler Regional Hospital and Mercy Gilbert Medical Center are in the Southeast Valley.

Department of Veterans Affairs
The Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Phoenix treats U.S. veterans. The teaching hospital is classified as a Referral Level One facility and offers both inpatient and outpatient services. 

Heart & Vascular Center of Arizona
Cardiovascular diagnosis, treatment, prevention and education. heartcenteraz.com

IASIS Healthcare Corporation
Offering general and acute care, its hospitals include Mesa General Hospital, St. Luke’s Medical Center in Phoenix with a strong emphasis on surgical services and Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital.

John C. Lincoln Health Network
With a long history in the Valley, the network has two hospitals, John C. Lincoln Hospital-North Mountain and John C. Lincoln Hospital-Deer Valley. The hospitals offer a wide range of primary health and social services, including Level I trauma care at North Mountain.

Maricopa Integrated Health System
One of the region’s largest hospitals, Maricopa Medical Center in central Phoenix is the health care safety net for Maricopa County citizens. The center includes a pediatric emergency department open 24 hours a day, Level I trauma care and the Arizona Burn Center.

Mayo Clinic
Since opening in Scottsdale in 1987, Mayo Clinic has evolved into an integrated multi-campus system that includes Mayo Clinic Hospital in northeast Phoenix and Mayo Clinic and the Samuel C. Johnson Research Building in Scottsdale. The Mayo Clinic Cancer Center is one of only 38 U.S. medical centers named as a National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center.

M.D. Anderson
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and Banner Health recently announced plans for a new hospital and outpatient-treatment center in Gilbert. M.D. Anderson’s arrival in Greater Phoenix will complement the growing field of cancer-care providers. The $90 million center, scheduled to open in late 2011, will be named the M.D. Anderson Banner Cancer Center.

Phoenix Children’s Hospital
This specialty hospital handles everything from the mildest to the most severe cases, from infants to teenagers. Phoenix Children’s neonatal unit is the largest in the Southwest and can handle the more severe cases. Its pediatric intensive care unit also is the largest in the Southwest. In response to the explosive population growth expected in the region over the next decade, Phoenix Children’s is undergoing a $588 million expansion.

Scottsdale Healthcare
A locally-based nonprofit health system, Scottsdale Healthcare serves the northeast Valley with Scottsdale Healthcare Shea, Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn and Scottsdale Healthcare Thompson Peak. The Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center on the Shea campus is known for cancer treatment and research through partnerships with the University of Arizona, Translational Genomics Research Institute and International Genomics Consortium. Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn offers Level I trauma services.