Emergency Care
If you have a medical emergency, please call 911.
UHealth Tower delivers expert emergency care in our community. Set in the heart of Miami’s health district, the hospital is the flagship of UHealth – University of Miami Health System, the first and only academic-based hospital in South Florida.
Our emergency department offers 24/7 care, from emergency medicine board-certified physicians. We provide care for patients with urgent medical situations when every minute matters, ranging from complex events to more simple injuries. We are a STEMI receiving facility, and we offer advanced cardiovascular and stroke care, state-of-the-art radiology and imaging technology for rapid diagnoses and more.
Our team has access to our experts in cardiology, neurology, pulmonology, orthopedics, geriatrics, surgery and other many specialties
UHEALTH TOWER EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTS
- Personalized care approach with access to UHealth’s renowned experts across all disciplines — cardiology, neurology, pulmonology, orthopaedics, geriatrics, surgery and many other specialties
- Staffed 24/7 with emergency medicine residency–trained, board-certified physicians
- STEMI receiving facility providing advanced care in collaboration with Cardiology
- Advanced care for Acute Stroke in collaboration with Neurology
- Highly trained care teams
- Multidisciplinary approach to acute care
- Award-winning clinical pathway for immunocompromised oncology patients
- State-of-the-art radiology and imaging technology for rapid diagnoses
MOST COMMONLY TREATED CONDITIONS
- Chest Pain
- Stroke Conditions
- Abdominal Pain
- Back Pain
- Severe Headache
- Cuts and Broken Bones
- Shortness of Breath
- High Blood Pressure
- Emergency Oncology Care
- And more
Insurance Plans
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UHealth Tower
1400 NW 12th Avenue
Miami, FL 33125
305-325-5511
Open 24 Hours
7 days a week
RANKED #1 IN OPHTHALMOLOGY
for the 24th time
NATIONALLY RANKED #23
in Neurology & Neurosurgery
NATIONALLY RANKED
among the nation's top 50 for cancer care
HIGH PERFORMING
in Geriatrics Adult Specialty
and 11 Procedures and Conditions
- Aortic Valve Surgery
- Colon Cancer Surgery
- Geriatrics
- Heart Arrhythmia
- Heart Bypass Surgery
- Heart Failure
- Kidney Failure
- Leukemia, Lymphoma, & Myeloma Surgery
- Lung Cancer Surgery
- Pneumonia
- Prostate Cancer Surgery
- Spinal Fusion
WHY CHOOSE UHEALTH?
- Expert, leading-edge patient care delivered in 100+ specialties by top-ranked doctors
- South Florida’s only academic-based medical system, powered by the groundbreaking research of the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
- Thousands of clinical trials, which fastrack breakthrough research and the latest discoveries from laboratory to bedside
- 2,700+ highly trained providers and scientists working in teams to deliver customized patient care from diagnosis to treatment and follow-up
- No. 1 eye hospital in the United States, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
- Only National Cancer Institute–designated cancer center in South Florida, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Pioneering, minimally invasive cardiac surgery program
- South Florida’s leader in robotic surgery — 5,000+ robotic surgeries performed in multiple specialties
- Recognized in 15 areas of care, and nationally ranked in three specialties, per U.S. News & World Report
- Nearly 40 outpatient sites in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Collier counties, including The Lennar Foundation Medical Center in Coral Gables, and UHealth Doral Medical Center