University Medical Center (Tucson, Ariz.)

Besides saving the life of critically injured U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) following a senseless shooting on Jan. 8, University Medical Center has been very busy in the past year. In 2010, the hospital opened 116-bed Diamond Children’s Medical Center, a partnership with the University of Arizona Steele Children’s Research Center, merged with the physician practice of the University of Arizona College of Medicine and replaced Greg Pivirotto, who had been CEO for 21 years, with Kevin Burns, the former CFO. This year, the 487-bed hospital, on the campus of the Arizona Health Sciences Center, plans to complete its merger with University Physicians Hospital and the University of Arizona College of Medicine to form UA Healthcare.