With nearly 1,100 physician faculty members at Indiana University Health University Hospital, physicians, surgeons, nurses and staff care for more than 57,000 patients a year.[1] Approximately 52 percent of physicians in Indiana were trained at Indiana University Health University Hospital.[citation needed] In addition, Indiana University Health University Hospital physicians and staff continuously seek advances in medicine. The staff actively participate in approximately 150 clinical and prevention trials to provide optimal patient treatments.[citation needed]
Indiana University Health University Hospital is affiliated with the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center (IUSCC). The Simon Cancer Center is Indiana's only National Cancer Institute–designated comprehensive cancer center[2] and is accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer.[3] The center was named in recognition of Melvin and Bren Simon's $50 million donation in 2006.[4]
The Indiana University Health University Hospital Emergency Department closed on June 30, 2014, with its adult emergency room care services moving to the Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital Emergency Medicine and Trauma Center.[5]
↑Swiatek, Jeff (November 21, 2006). "$50M donation to buoy cancer research, Indiana". The Indianapolis Star. pp.A9. Retrieved April 10, 2026– via Newspapers.com. The center, on the campus of Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, immediately will be renamed the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center.
