Hospital

Richard Pierson Vice Chancellor of Clinical Programs, Executive Director of UAMS Medical Center

Our patient care - or clinical - programs, are vital to UAMS, and important to our continued success at completing our missions to teach, search, heal and serve.

The existing UAMS Medical Center is 50 years old and has become outdated alongside UAMS' other centers of excellence. Our programs have outgrown our walls and demand for services is only expected to increase in the future.

Growing student enrollment, significant increases in federal funding through grants and contracts and world-class programs that attract patients from across the United States and 34 foreign countries have put UAMS in a position to think about how best to meet the needs of its patients, educators and researchers in the future. Expanding our hospital and clinical facilities is important for maintaining our solid reputation for comprehensive care.

- Richard A. Pierson, M.B.A., M.H.A.
UAMS Vice Chancellor for Clinical Programs

The new 540,000-square-foot expansion to UAMS Medical Center, now under construction, will be located south of the current hospital, extending west past the previous location of Hooper Drive.

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The new 540,000-square-foot expansion to UAMS Medical Center, now under construction, will be located south of the current hospital, extending west past the previous location of Hooper Drive. When completed in 2008, the hospital expansion will include new patient rooms, a new emergency department, clinical lab and radiology department along with room to expand other services.

In addition, the new facility will include additional surgical and interventional suites, an intensive care unit and an intermediate care unit.

The hospital expansion will include 234 adult beds and 60 neonatal beds initially, with space for growth that would bring the total capacity to 393 private adult patient rooms between the new facility and the hospital’s existing Ward Tower.

A new parking deck will have 1,000 spaces intended primarily for patients and visitors. The deck will be located on the lower floors of the new hospital, extending underground.

9th Floor
18b M/S (30 beds) Shell
18a M/S (30 beds) Shell

8th Floor
18b M/S (30 beds) Shell
18a M/S (30 beds) Shell

7th Floor
17b M/S (30 beds) Finish
17a M/S (30 beds) Finish

6th Floor
17b M/S (30 beds) Finish
17a M/S (30 beds) Finish
12 PRI

5th Floor
16b NICU Shell (30 beds)
16a NICU Shell (30 beds)
12 PRI

4th Floor
15 Step-Down Unit (30 beds)
14 ICU (24 beds)
12 PR

2nd Floor
13 Interventional Medicine
12 PRI
7 Auditorium/Conference

1st Floor
11 OPC 12 PRI
10 Radiology
8 Cafe 9 Cardiology
6 Lobby 7 Auditorium/Conference

Basement Level 1 - b1
5 C/S
4 Lab
3 Parking (332 cars each level)

Basement Level 2 - b2
3 Parking Garage (332 cars each level)
2 ED
1 Mechanical