USA Health

The University of South Alabama encompasses a comprehensive health system comprising three  hospitals — USA Health University Hospital, USA Health Children’s & Women’s Hospital ,  and USA Health Providence Hospital — along with the USA Health Mitchell Cancer Institute and the USA Health physician practices. This combination of advanced healthcare services has improved the lives of countless residents across the Gulf Coast region.

As an academic health system, USA Health provides advanced and innovative patient care through its University hospitals and clinics, as  well as first-class training experiences for the next generation of healthcare providers and scientists. 

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USA Health University Hospital

USA Health University Hospital is on the front line in delivering nationally recognized quality care to the area’s most critically ill patients, with the region’s only level I trauma center and a burn center that provides care from injury to recovery. The life-saving care that stroke and heart patients receive has been recognized year after year by the American Heart Association. University Hospital also plays a key role in the education of tomorrow’s healthcare providers, each year training hundreds of future professionals from the colleges of Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health Professions.

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USA Health Children's & Women's Hospital

USA Health Children’s & Women’s Hospital, among a handful of freestanding hospitals in the United States devoted exclusively to the care of children and women, offers the region’s most advanced neonatal intensive care and pediatric intensive care units. The hospital delivers more babies annually than any other hospital in Mobile and specializes in high-risk OB-GYN patients. It also offers innovative programs for hospitalized children and teens to meet their developmental, educational, social and emotional needs.

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USA Health Providence Hospital

USA Health Providence Hospital’s 349-bed hospital and array of family practice sites round out USA Health’s presence in west and north Mobile and Moss Point, Mississippi. Acquired in 2023, Providence provides 24/7 emergency care and a level III trauma center. It offers exceptional birthing services, surgical care and specialty care.

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USA Health Mitchell Cancer Institute

Combining cutting-edge research with advanced care, the USA Health Mitchell Cancer Institute fights cancer from the laboratory bench to the patient’s bedside. As the only academic cancer research and treatment facility on the upper Gulf Coast, the MCI offers the largest portfolio of oncology clinical trials in the area. Two locations in Mobile and a third in Fairhope make its advanced treatment convenient for patients.

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USA Health Physician Enterprise

USA Health physician practices make up the region’s largest multispecialty practice and the only academic physicians group on the Gulf Coast.

In addition to the Strada Patient Care Center located near Children’s & Women’s Hospital, USA Health has expanded its presence with a West Mobile Campus near the University, including a Freestanding Emergency Department and Medical Office. In Baldwin County, the recently dedicated Medical Office Building at the Mapp Family Campus houses several specialty care providers and is home to a 24,000-square-foot ambulatory surgery center.

Meanwhile, USA Health continues to expand its physician footprint in Mobile with primary and specialty care provided by the USA Mobile Diagnostic Center. 

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Student Health Center

The on-campus Student Health Center is staffed by physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses and licensed practical nurses dedicated to providing quality medical and educational services to the entire student body.