With more than 560 doctors, OU Physicians is the state’s largest physician group and encompasses almost every adult and child specialty. Many OU Physicians have expertise in the management of complex conditions that is unavailable elsewhere in the state, region or sometimes even the nation. Some have pioneered surgical procedures or innovations in patient care that are world firsts. About 175 of these doctors are OU Children’s Physicians. The majority of them are board-certified in children’s specialties, and many provide pediatric-specific services unavailable elsewhere in the state. Many children with birth defects, critical injuries or serious diseases who can’t be helped elsewhere come to OU Children’s Physicians. Oklahoma doctors and parents rely on OU Children’s Physicians depth of experience, nationally renowned expertise and sensitivity to children’s emotional needs. OU Medical Center, including The Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center is Oklahoma’s largest and most comprehensive hospital. It is located in the heart of Oklahoma City, just minutes from the beautiful, new Bricktown area and the State Capital. We provide a full range of hospital services for every patient, from the smallest neonate to the most critically ill senior. Our unique services include The Children’s Hospital with Oklahoma’s highest level Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), comprehensive cancer care including a Gamma Knife Center for treating brain tumors that can’t be treated by conventional methods, a Bone Marrow Transplant Center and Oklahoma’s newest and largest Radiation Therapy Center. Other unique services include Oklahoma’s only Level One Trauma Center and Air Kids One neonate air ambulance service dedicated to the rapid transport of premature babies. Additional special services include high-risk and alternative pregnancy care, in our new Women’s & Newborn Center, and a full range of heart care services including an internationally renowned electrophysiology laboratory for treating heart arrhythmias. OU Medical Center is an academic medical center, which means we are a hospital that treats patients with the knowledge and skill on the forefront of new medical developments. Because OU Medicine physicians teach the physicians of tomorrow, they stay informed on the latest and most advanced procedures, treatments and medical knowledge. Our affilated physicians are resources that other community doctors turn to when they need help with complicated diseases or injuries. Many of our affiliated physicians are performing leading-edge research to discover or perfect new patient cures. Every day, they use the new treatments they have developed for your benefit. Together we are turning research into reality to offer Another Level of Medicine
