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Banner University Medical Center Tucson (BUMCT), formerly University Medical Center and the University of Arizona Medical Center, is a private, non profit, 649 bed acute care teaching hospital located on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. BUMCT is the clinical partner of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson and is Southern Arizona's only trauma center for both adult and pediatric patients. BUMCT is one of two University of Arizona affiliated academic medical centers in Tucson with Banner University Medical Center South (formerly Kino Community Hospital, University Physicians Healthcare Hospital, and University of Arizona Medical Center South Campus) being the other such institution. The area's only dedicated children's hospital, Banner Children's at Diamond Children's Medical Center, is located within and adjacent to BUMCT, providing care to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21.

The 8 story hospital was designed by the Tucson architecture firm of Friedman & Jobusch. The $18.2 Million construction contract was awarded to the Del E. Webb Corporation of Phoenix in March 1968. The adjacent School of Medicine completed a year prior was designed and built by the same firms. The 300 bed hospital was completed in late 1971. When founded in 1971, the hospital was part of the University of Arizona. In the 1980s, it became a separate entity but, in 2010, was reintegrated into the University of Arizona under the name UA Health Network (UAHN). In July 2009, the Banner University Medical Center Tucson was designated a Level 1 Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons. The 2011 name change to the University of Arizona Medical Center (UAMC) reflected the need to combine all University of Arizona affiliated medical services: University Medical Center, University Physicians Healthcare, and the College of Medicine. In 2015, Banner Health based in Phoenix, Arizona, merged with UAHN and began a 30 year affiliation with the University of Arizona in which the facility was renamed to its present designation.

As part of the merger between UAHN and Banner Health, the latter committed $500 million towards the construction of a new hospital and nearby outpatient clinic building. Designed by Shepley Bulfinch and built as a joint venture between Sundt and DPR Construction, groundbreaking occurred in early 2016. The $306 million, nine story hospital tower contains over 200 new patient rooms and 19 new operating rooms. The tower was topped out February 2017 and was completed in the spring of 2019. It is the 5th tallest building in Tucson.

On January 8, 2011, Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot in an assassination attempt. Having been critically wounded after suffering a single gunshot wound to the head, she and many of the other 18 wounded individuals were promptly evacuated by helicopter to this facility. Giffords underwent emergency surgery by doctor Peter M. Rhee to save her life and many attribute her survival to the swift actions of the university's doctors. After her condition improved, doctors deemed her safe to travel so that she could begin speech, physical, and occupational therapy. Giffords was flown by plane to Houston's Memorial Hermann Medical Center on January 21, 2011, to continue therapy. In total, 6 people died in the shooting, including federal District Court Chief Judge John Roll; Gabe Zimmerman, one of Rep. Giffords' staffers; and a nine year old girl, Christina Taylor Green.

Through the University of Arizona College of Medicine, BUMCT hosts nearly 50 residency and fellowship programs across almost every speciality in medicine. Over 600 residents and fellows train at BUMCT and Banner University Medical Center South (BUMCS) and all physicians who practice at these facilities have University of Arizona faculty appointments.

BUMCT is accredited by Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO) and the Council of Teaching Hospitals. BUMCT is an American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Hospital. For 2017, U. S. News & World Report ranked BUMCT #39 for Nephrology, #46 for Geriatrics and high performing in five other specialties. The hospital specializes in multidisciplinary transplant programs and its blood and marrow transplant programs are among the best in the Southwest. Since 2005, Banner – University Medical Center Tucson has been listed as one of Solucient's Top 100 Hospitals. BUMC Tucson has been consistently ranked among the United States' best hospitals, according to U. S. News & World Reports annual guide to "America’s Best Hospitals." HealthGrades, a healthcare rating company, has found BUMC to be one of the best hospitals in Coronary Intervention.