About University of Utah Health
Utah’s Only Academic Medical Center Serving the Mountain West
University of Utah Health is the only academic medical center in the state of Utah and provides patient care for the people of Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, western Colorado, and much of Nevada. It also serves as the training ground for scientists and the majority of the state’s physicians, nurses, pharmacists, therapists, and other health care professionals.
With an annual budget of $6.2 billion (FY24), U of U Health is comprised of the following:
• Five hospitals and 12 community health care centers.
• University of Utah Medical Group with 2,100 members.
• Highly ranked $492 million research enterprise (FY24).
• Six schools and colleges, including these:
• 240,000 member health plan, offering medical, mental health, and pharmacy benefits for employer groups, individuals, and families, as well as Medicare and Medicaid.
• ARUP Laboratories, one of the nation’s largest reference laboratories.
• Numerous institutes and 19 academic centers reflecting the health system’s strengths in oncology, cardiology, diabetes treatment, genetics, ophthalmology, orthopedics, neuroscience, psychiatry, precision medicine, population health, global health, and more.
•Staffed by more than 27,000 employees, U of U Health is recognized nationally as a transformative health care system and regionally as a provider of world-class care.
• Innovative measures in sustainability—developing sustainable approaches to care that meet the health needs of people today and future generations.
Academic Centers
U of U Health has built a robust and growing research enterprise with a system that both hones specialty expertise and encourages diverse perspectives. Academic centers work across departmental lines to bring together researchers from different departments around shared objectives. They are integral to U of U Health’s renowned ability to foster scientific advances that serve our community and the world.
Ascent Center for Reproductive Health
Center for Controlled Chemical Delivery
Center of Excellence for Exposure Health Informatics
Center for Research on Migration and Refugee Integration
Clinical & Translational Sciences Institute
Emma Eccles Jones Nursing Research Center
Genetic Science Learning Center
Intermountain Healthcare Simulation Learning Center
Matheson Center for Health Care Studies
Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research & Training Institute
Osher Center for Integrative Health
Pharmacotherapy Outcomes Research Center
Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
Study Design & Biostatistics Center
University of Utah Stillbirth Center of Excellence
Utah Center for Advanced Imaging Research
Utah Center for Promotion of Work Equity Research (U-POWER)
Utah Center for Reproductive Medicine
Meet Our Leadership
Bob S. Carter, MD, PhD
Chief Executive Officer, University of Utah Health
Executive Dean, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine
Bob Carter serves as Senior Vice President for Health Sciences and CEO for University of Utah Health. In his roles leading the health system, Carter works to ensure the professional and educational success of more than 27,000 talented faculty, staff, and students who make U of U Health one of the nation’s premier academic health centers.
Prior to joining the University of Utah in 2025, he served as the William and Elizabeth Sweet Endowed Professor in Neuroscience at Harvard Medical School and Neurosurgeon-In-Chief at Mass General Brigham, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
A neurosurgical oncologist and prolific researcher, Carter was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2024. He received an MD and PhD in epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University and an undergraduate degree in chemistry from Brigham Young University.
Vision for the Future
At University of Utah Health, our work to become a top public university delivering unsurpassed societal impact, is both exciting and challenging. As we—along with other academic health systems nationally—navigate external and internal pressures, we find ourselves at an “inflection point.” With the exponential growth in our state, the stakes are even greater for us to succeed.
To do so, we must evolve from existing as an academic health center to thriving as an academic health system.
We must move toward a culture of integration and sustainable, shared purpose. The future of our system depends on a unified and aligned approach—one that harnesses the synergy of our missions in clinical care, research, and education to maximize our impact locally, nationally, and globally. We are developing a more holistic view of collaboration.
Together, our commitment to research excellence will attract new people and their ideas to drive breakthroughs and advance knowledge. Together, our commitment to meet the growing demand for allied health professionals, pharmacists, dentists, nurses, and doctors will ensure a new generation of care around the state, nation, and globe. Together, our commitment to enhance a network that delivers exceptional, compassionate, high-quality, care will guarantee our communities have access to the services they need across their lifetimes.
By working cohesively—from the front lines to the C-suite and across all our missions—we can extend our reach and impact. This is our path forward.
We invite you all to join us on this journey.