Northwest Healthcare, one of 81 CHS (Community Health Systems)-affiliated healthcare systems and hospitals across 16 states, is an integrated healthcare network committed to delivering Tucson and surrounding communities with high quality, accessible healthcare—everything from highly specialized cardiac care and surgical services to more routine primary care. Northwest Healthcare includes Northwest Medical Center, Oro Valley Hospital, Northwest Medical Center Sahuarita, Northwest Medical Center Houghton, Northwest Emergency Centers Vail and Marana, Northwest Urgent Care Centers, The Women’s Center at Northwest, Northwest Allied Physicians, Northwest Cardiology, Northwest Tucson Surgery Center, Tucson Surgery Center, and Center for Pain Management. Throughout our network, our team is committed to providing safe, quality care.
Northwest Medical Center (NMC) is a 300-bed community hospital offering a range of healthcare services, including emergency services, accredited chest pain, and heart failure programs, neurology and neurosurgery, outpatient imaging, a nationally accredited surgical weight loss program, total joint program, spine program and stroke center (distinguished by Joint Commission with Gold Seal designations), robotic surgery, GI lab, a free-standing women’s center, women’s imaging center of excellence (including 3D mammography), and five urgent care facilities. Northwest Medical Center is one of only twenty-four hospitals nationwide to be recognized as an Antimicrobial Stewardship Center of Excellence by the Infectious Diseases Society of America for 2020-2022.
The University of Arizona sends students to Northwest Medical Center, and their residents participate in our teaching certificate program. For applicants interested in the pharmacy residency programs available at the Northwest Medical Center, please follow the external link below. These programs are managed by Northwest Medical Center and collaborate with the university: