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Description

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Banner Desert Medical Center is a 549bed nonprofit facility providing a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services The hospital is a flagship of Banner Health and is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the state of Arizona

With its many specialty services Banner Desert serves as a tertiary referral center for the East Valley of metropolitan Phoenix Areas of excellence include high risk pregnancy and neonatal care obstetrics and gynecology pediatrics cardiology oncology and emergency medicine At Banner Desert we provide acute care pulmonary medicine renal disease robotic and minimallyinvasive surgery rehabilitation and many more services Learn more about our programs and services

Banner Desert offers stateoftheart technology including iCare a telehealth program that provides an extra layer of monitoring for patients in intensivecare units The hospital also offers a variety of minimally invasive surgical options including robotic surgery that can help patients have a shorter recovery time

Unique to Banner Desert is The Oasis Spa a hospitalbased sanctuary offering a team of highly skilled licensed practitioners who will assist you in reducing stress renewing energy and restoring a sense of wellbeing The spa is a part of the hospitals Integrative Therapy program

Banner Desert employs more than 3700 health care professionals and support staff The facility has a medical staff of more than 1200 physicians representing 65 specialties

Annual Statistics

2000 new cancer cases diagnosed and treated
6000 babies delivered
40000 inpatients
65000 outpatients
90000 Emergency department visits
Banner Desert Medical Center is currently undergoing a major expansion of its adult Emergency Department to increase capacity and better meet community need We apologize for the temporary disruption during construction Completion of the project is slated for late 2010 to early 2011

Awards

Top honors Bowel Obstruction Total Hip Replacement Newborn Hearing Screens and Stroke
Appreciation Arizona Parents Kit launch Virginia Piper Charitable Trust

Mission
We exist to make a difference in peoples lives through excellent patient care


We Value

People Above All by treating those we serve and each other with compassion dignity and respect
Excellence by acting with integrity and striving for the highest quality care and service
Results We show we value results by exceeding the expectations of the people we serve
as well as the expectations we set for ourselves
Vision
We will be the market leader in clinical quality customer service and operational performance by being

SMARTER in the way we operate
FASTER in acting on opportunities challenges and change
BETTER at all we do to provide care
TOGETHER focusing on what matters most

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History

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In 2008 Banner Desert Medical Center celebrated its 35th anniversary of providing excellent patient care to East Valley residents Heres a chronology of our history

1921 John amp Geneva LeSueur of Mesa donate their home for the communitys first hospital of six beds

1923 The home is named Southside District Hospital to be eligible for hospital district funds

1936 A 37bed hospital is built with WPA funds

1958 Southside District Hospital has grown to 146 beds

1968 Southside Good Samaritan merge

1970 Ground is broken on Desert Samaritan Hospital

1973 First patients admitted April 15 1973 to the new hospital

1982 New Tower Laboratory Radiology Food Services amp Loading Dock are built

1985 Care Center opens

1988 Behavioral Health Center opens

1993 Emergency department expands to 49 beds West Entrance opens and Radiation Oncology expands

1998 Samaritan Health Sytstem signs Letter of Intent with Lutheran Health System and Banner Health is formed

2000 Fourth tower is built to house Childrens Center expanded surgical suites cardiac and ICU beds

2000 Womens Center is expanded and remodeled to accommodate 8000 annual deliveries

2002 65bed neonatal intensive care unit opens

2002 Hospital is designated as a Level III Perinatal Care Center by the Arizona Perinatal Trust

2003 Hospital name is changed to Banner Desert Medical Center

2004 Childrens Center receives approval from state of Arizona to become Banner Childrens Hospital at Banner Desert Medical Center

2006 Major expansion project begins Project expands pediatric and adult programs and services at Banner Desert Medical Center

2007 Banner Childrens Hospital at Banner Desert Medical Center breaks ground on a new sevenstory pediatric tower

2009 Banner Childrens Hospital at Banner Desert Medical Center is renamed for the Cardon family becoming Cardon Childrens Medical Center