Mesa: Health Care

Mesa is home to four medical centers, three of which are part of the Phoenix-based Banner Health company. The Banner Mesa Medical Center (formerly Mesa Lutheran Hospital) has 258 acute care beds and 62 behavioral health and rehabilitation beds; this full-service community hospital offers acute care for adults, intensive and emergency care, pediatrics, labor and delivery, medical imaging, and surgery. Banner Desert Medical Center offers the community 600 licensed beds for adult acute care, emergency services, intensive care, oncology and cardiology specialties, orthopedics, and neurology. Banner Desert additionally operates a Children's Hospital staffed by medical specialists in pediatric emergency, and surgical, intensive, and rehabilitative care. The third Banner facility is Banner Baywood Medical Center; currently licensed for 239 beds, the hospital is undergoing major expansion that will add 123 patient care beds and increase the size of several departments. Banner Baywood's Orthopedic Institute has been ranked in the top 100 orthopedic programs nationally, according to the Health Network. Other specialty programs and services include an ambulatory treatment unit, intensive care and emergency services, pain management programs, endoscopy and wound/ostomy care. The Banner Baywood Heart Hospital is located on the same campus, with a capacity of 111 beds after a recent expansion. BBHeart provides specialized cardiology services to the East Valley community, offering advanced cardiac diagnostics and treatment.

Mesa General Hospital has served the community for 40 years, offering 126 licensed beds for care ranging from cardiac services, intensive and critical care, imaging, rehabilitation, and wound treatment. Mesa General is also home to the Arizona Diagnostic and Surgical Center and is a designated Diabetes Care Center of Arizona.

Mesa's proximity to Phoenix allows access to hundreds of medical professionals in family practice, specialty practices, outpatient psychiatric services and alternative medicine practices.