The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) is one of the nations leading academic medical centers. It forms the centerpiece of the University of Rochesters health research, teaching and patient care missions.
The medical center includes Strong Memorial Hospital, the Eastman Institute for Oral Health, the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, with its faculty practice (University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group), and the University of Rochester School of Nursing.
The University of Rochesters clinical enterprise, UR Medicine, consists of six hospitals located throughout the Finger Lakes and Southern Tier regions Strong Memorial, Highland, F.F. Thompson, Noyes Memorial, Jones Memorial, and St. James hospitals as well as Golisano Childrens Hospital, James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, Eastman Institute for Oral Health, UR Medicine Home Care, the Highlands at Pittsford and Highlands at Brighton, nine urgent care centers, and an extensive primary care network.
UR Medicines flagship facility, the 886-bed Strong Memorial Hospital, is designated by the New York State Department of Health as a Level One regional trauma and burn center. It is home to nationally renowned clinical care, including Upstate New Yorks only cardiac and liver transplant programs, the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, Golisano Childrens Hospital, and the Wilmot Cancer Institute, upstates premier cancer center providing comprehensive cancer care with expertise in precision medicine, complex cancers and clinical trials.
With a solid reputation for quality, Strong Memorial Hospital offers some of the top clinical programs in the nation as recognized by US News & World Report, and has earned the National Research Corporation Consumer Choice Award all 21 years since the honors inception.
About 3,000 people are dedicated to scientific research, studying common and rare illnesses, from cancer and heart disease to Parkinsons and pandemic influenza. These efforts have led to therapies that have saved countless lives and have improved human health locally, in the region, and across the globe.
With more than 26,000 employees, URMC is the largest component of the University of Rochester, the largest private sector employer based in Upstate New York and the sixth-largest employer in the state. The direct and spillover impact of the Universitys employee wages and spending, purchases, capital investments, and visitor and student spending, generate approximately 56,000 jobs across Upstate New York.
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