Learn what services will be found in the new hospital.
The new University Hospital combines advanced technology with thoughtful design, focusing on patient comfort to support recovery. Our facility is equipped to provide exceptional care, offering world-class specialties such as critical care, surgery, neurology, neurosurgery and transplant services. This hospital highlights our unmatched expertise and showcases our innovative advancements.
Maternity care
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is excited for you to deliver your Buckeye Baby in our new University Hospital, opening on Feb. 22. Among the building’s many impressive features are floors 22, 23 and 24 – the top three floors – dedicated to maternity care, the jewel of the building with world-class accommodations and breathtaking views.
Transplant care
We’ve been one of the nation’s busiest multi-organ transplant centers since 1967. Our new abdominal transplant care floor has 60 private universal progressive care rooms, designed to address the full continuum of care needed by kidney, liver and pancreas transplant patients. We have a 10-bed intensive care unit to accommodate pre- and post-transplant liver patients and post-transplant kidney patients. We’ve built two biopsy bays that help to detect early rejection of kidney transplants, with direct access to an 18-bay dialysis area, ensuring convenient, comprehensive care.
Critical care when it’s needed most
With 234 intensive care beds, the new University Hospital triples our capacity to provide lifesaving care to those experiencing a serious injury or critical illness. As Level 1 trauma center and as home to central Ohio’s only adult burn center, our new hospital expands our ability to care for patients from across our region. In the event of a major public health outbreak, floor ten of the new hospital can also be converted to support an increase in airborne infection isolation needs. Each intensive care unit was designed to focus on patient-centered comfort, with advanced technologies to match the level of critical care we provide.
Expanded neurology care
Our neurology experts treat conditions such as stroke, neurotrauma and traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries and chronic pain. The Neurosciences Critical Care Unit provides around-the-clock care for patients with stroke, trauma or neurological surgery, and has diagnostic services such as computed tomography, electromyography and electroencephalograms. A rehabilitation gym on the unit facilitates patients’ recovery and prepares those patients for discharge and aftercare. On the same floor, an expanded Comprehensive Epilepsy Center includes innovative monitoring technology and close access to surgical care.
Unrivaled surgical options
The new University Hospital has 24 operating rooms, including neurosurgery suites, an expanded surgical intensive care unit and an innovative burn center, each designed for complex and specialized surgeries. We perform colon and rectal surgery, general and gastrointestinal surgery, pediatric surgery, plastic surgery, surgical oncology, thoracic surgery, bariatric surgery, transplantation and minimally invasive surgeries. A Level 1 trauma center, we care for those with traumas, burns and wounds. And the new hospital is home to next-generation robotic technology as one of the highest-volume robotic programs in the nation.