The University of Kansas Health System is a regional academic medical center based in Kansas City, Kansas. Founded in 1906, the institution integrates patient care, medical research, and clinical education. Its operations span more than a century of continuous service.
The health system operates Kansas's only nationally verified Level I Trauma Center. It also maintains specialized institutes focused on heart care, transplantation, and cancer treatment. These capabilities position it as a leading provider of complex and advanced medical care in the region.
Technical work at the institution encompasses medical innovation, research, and education. The organization states that it is guided by core values of excellence, compassion, diversity, innovation, integrity, and evidence-based decision-making, with a stated commitment to leading in caring, healing, teaching, and discovering.
