History and Achievements
Historical Milestones: 1905 to the Present
1905-1906 – Two year medical courses began in the Department of Biology with 14 students.1912 – Medical program established as a separate two-year Medical School that became a member of the American Association of Medical Schools (AAMC) and the American Medical Association (AMA) Council of Medical Education.
1916 – School of Pharmacy established.
1924 – Premedical requirements increased to three years of college.
1935 – Medical School Alumni Association organized.
1942 – From 1906 until 1942, the two-year medical program graduated 548 students who transferred out of state to four-year medical schools to complete their requirements for a medical degree.
1942 – University of Utah Board of Regents approved a four-year medical school in May.
1942 – Agreement with Salt lake County to use county hospital on 21st South and State Street for teaching in exchange for care of county patients at no cost to the county.
1942 – Medical students were accepted for their third year.
1942-1945 – First wave of new full-time faculty joined the medial school to create new academic departments and strengthen existing departments.
1943 – Clinical appointments of practicing physicians to serve as teachers.
1944 – Residency training program in Medicine started.
1944 – The four-year medical school was officially accredited on June 12.
1944 – The first class of the four-year school graduated Sept. 10. Four women were among the 35 graduates.
1945 – First research grant of $100,000 provided by the U.S. Public Health Service to the medical school to study genetic diseases. This was the first grant awarded to any medical school through this organization and was renewed annually for 33 years, bringing nearly $10 million to Utah.
1946 – Affiliation with the Veterans Administration Hospital for teaching medical students and residents.
1948 – Medical School awarded $416,400 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study cancer.
1949 – Utah began accepting medical students from other Intermountain states.
1951 – Cancer research building opened on campus, the first building on the health sciences campus.
1955 – U.S. Public Health Services awarded the medical school $1.5 million for research.
1955 – Business Bureau reported for every dollar invested in the medical school by Utah, three dollars were generated for the economy. By 2005 for every dollar provided by the state, nine dollars were generated.
1956 – The University Board of Regents unanimously approved construction of a $10 million medical center.
1959 – Division of Postgraduate Medical Education established.
1960 – Reported 126 full-time and 325 clinical faculty members.
1963 – Clinical Research Center (CRC) funded by NIH was established at the Salt Lake County Hospital. The CRC was moved to University Hospital when it opened in July 1965.
1965 – The University of Utah Medical Center opens its doors on July 10. The new 220-bed Medical Center costs $15.6 million.
1968 – A Four-bed Newborn Intensive Care Unit Opens--the First in the Intermountain West
1976 – University Hospital Opens the Intermountain Burn Center
1978 – University Hospital Begins Air Medical Transport Service
1980 – Teen Mother and Child Program Established
1981 – New $43 Million University of Utah Hospital Opens on Sept. 22
1982 – World’s First Artificial Heart Implant Performed on Barney Clark. More Than 300 Media Representatives Flock to University Hospital
1982 – University Hospital Opens Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
1979 – Hansen Conjoined Twins Undergo Separation Surgery
1983 – University Begins In Vitro Fertilization Program
1985 – 16-year-old Tony Shepard receives the first hearth transplant in the state of Utah
1985 – University Hospital Installs Area’s First Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanner
1991 – Travel Clinic Opens at University Hospital
1991 – Bone Marrow Transplant Program Begins on Remodeled Fifth Floor of University Hospital
1993 – John A. Moran Eye Center Opens
1995 – Red Butte Clinic and Park City Family Health Center Open, Expanding Community Clinics, Which Include Wendover, Holladay, and Wasatch Clinics
1996 – Utah’s First Double-Lung Transplant Performed at University Hospital
1996 – Utah’s First Telemedicine Connection Links University Hospital and Wendover Patients
1997 – Telepharmacy Offers Hospital Pharmacy and Drugs to Health Centers Throughout State
1998 – University Hospital Issues Patient Record No. 1,000,000
1998 – University Hospitals & Clinics Purchases Five Outpatient Medical Clinics, Creating a 14-clinic Network Along the Wasatch Front and in Summit County
1999 – University Hospital’s Intermountain Burn Center Earns Prestigious National Accreditation
1999 – The 225,000 square-foot Huntsman Cancer Institute Opens
2001 – University Hospital Named Intermountain West’s First National Verified Level I Trauma Center by American College of Surgeons
2001 – Three University Hospital Nurses Go to NYC to Aid Burn Patients After Terror Attacks
2001 – Utah Diabetes Center Opens in Research Park
2002 – University Hospitals & Clinics Provides Medical Care for Winter Olympics’ Athletes Village, Opening and Closing Ceremonies
2003 – University Hospital Opens $42.5 Million George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Critical Care Pavilion
2003 – University Hospitals & Clinics Opens Spanish-speaking Clinic at Redwood Health Center
2004 – University Hospitals & Clinics Opens South Jordan Health Center
2004 – University Hospital Opens Comprehensive Transplant Services and Specialty Clinic
2004 – The 50-Bed Huntsman Cancer Hospital Dedicated
2004 – University Hospital Opens University Orthopaedic Center in Research Park
2005 – University Hospital’s Stroke Services Named Region’s First Primary Stroke Center
2005 – University Hospitals & Clinics Celebrates 40th Anniversary
2005 – $40 Million Spencer F. and Cleone P. Eccles Health Sciences Education Building Opens
2005 – Opening of the 125,000-square-foot Emma Eccles Jones Medical Research Building
2005 – University of Utah Health Care Launches Liver Transplant Program
2005 – University of Utah School of Medicine Celebrates “A Century of Brilliance”: 100th Anniversary
2005 – An Alzheimer’s Program For The 21st Century: Center for Alzheimer’s Care, imaging, and Research Opens
2006 – New $54 Million John A. Moran Eye Center Opens
2006 – University of Utah Health Care Opens Centerville Health Center
2006 – University of Utah Health Care Launches Pancreas Transplant Program
2006 – Sports Medicine & Research Testing Laboratory in Utah Accredited by World
Anti-Doping Agency
2006 – AirMed voted the 2006 International Program of the Year
2007 – University of Utah Health Care Celebrates Completion of Eccles Critical Care Pavilion Expansion
2007 – University of Utah Health Care Debuts Fastest Scanner in The Region: New CT Scanner captures three-dimensional imaging of the heart in a single beat
2007 – Mario R. Capecchi, University of Utah Gene-Targeting Pioneer, Wins 2007 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
2008 – Clinical Neurosciences Center opens.
2008 – Groundbreaking for the expansion of the Huntsman Cancer Hospital.
2008 – University awarded a $22.5 million Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) from the NIH to speed the time it takes for research to be put into clinical use.
2009 – The Clinical Neurosciences Center receives designation as a Neuroscience Center of Excellence (COE).
2009 – University of Utah Health Care opens the first integrated electrophysiology (EP) MRI laboratory in North America.
2009 – The Health and Wellness Center opens.
