City Guide
University of Michigan Health System
Address 1500 E. Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor 48109
Emergency department 936-6666
General information 936-6641
Patient information 936-4000
Physician referral (800) 211-8181
Website med.umich.edu
Directions: The main UMHS medical campus and hospitals are accessible from Fuller Rd., Maiden Ln., Glen Ave., or Observatory St. AATA bus routes 1U, 2, 4, 12UM, and 14 serve the main medical campus. From the west, take I-94 exit 172 and follow Jackson Rd. It becomes Huron St.; turn left (north) at Glen Ave., which becomes Fuller Rd., and turn right onto E. Medical Center Dr. From the southeast, take Washtenaw Ave. into town, turn right on Observatory St., and turn right on E. Medical Center Dr. From US-23, take exit 39 (Geddes Rd.), go west (Geddes becomes Fuller Rd.), and turn left on E. Medical Center Dr. The East Medical Campus, on Plymouth Rd. east of US-23, includes 3 major outpatient buildings. UMHS satellite locations are scattered throughout the area.
Description: UMHS includes the U-M Medical School. U-M hospitals and outpatient centers provide educational, clinical, and research facilities for students and faculty. More than 3,000 physicians, including residents and interns, and nearly 4,000 nurses handle more than 43,000 admissions and 1.7 million outpatient visits each year. UMHS researchers receive more than $480 million in research grants each year, allowing the health system to offer new and experimental treatments. Medical students, residents, and nursing students participate in care under the supervision of faculty physicians. To find out how to participate in clinical research, call (877) 536-4243 or visit umengage.org. For information, on directions, parking, specific hospitals, and other topics: uofmhealth.org/um_docs/gmaps/ For a guide for patients and visistors: uofmhealth.org/patient+and+visitor+guide
University Hospital, UMHS's primary adult medical and surgical hospital has 550 beds and houses operating rooms and some outpatient services.
C.S. Mott Children-s Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women-s Hospital, 877-475-MOTT and 763-6295. A large new building for both hospitals and their associated outpatient clinics will open in November 2011. It will replace the current much smaller facilities for pregnant women, children from birth to age 18, and individuals receiving bone marrow transplants.
Major Programs and facilities, all on the main medical campus unless noted, include the Cardiovascular Center (888-287-1082); Comprehensive Cancer Center (800-865-1125); Depression and Outpatient Psychiatry (Rachel Upjohn Building, 4250 Plymouth, 800-475-6424); Emergency Department(936-6666), including psychiatric emergencies (936-5900); Geriatrics Center (4260 Plymouth, 764-6831, 877-865-2167); Holden Neonatal intensive Care Unit; Kellogg Eye Center (1000 Wall, 763-8122); MedSport (24 Frank Lloyd Wright Dr., 930-7400, and at the A2Ice3, 2121 Oak Valley 998-8600); Michigan Comprehensive Diabetes Center(866-266-5221);Sleep Disorders Center (936-9068; Taubman Health Care Center outpatient facility (800-211-8181); Travel and Immunization Clinic (763-7329); UMHS Health Centers, outpatient clinics in Ann Arbor, Brighton, Canton, Chelsea, Dexter, Howell, Livonia, Saline, and Ypsilanti (800-211-8181.
