Healthcare
University Medical Center (UMC)
UMC operates 4 modern hospitals, 3 of them are accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI): National Research Center for Maternal and Child Health (JCI), Republican Diagnostic Center (JCI), National Research Cardiac Surgery Center (JCI)*, Shymkent Cardiac Center*.
They serve as modern teaching hospitals for SOM, providing the clinical base for the training of future doctors and nurses and also as a research and innovation hub to develop and apply novel preventive measures, diagnostics and therapeutic interventions. UMC closely works with UPMC and international specialists to develop modern protocols for diagnosis and treatment of rare and severe forms of diseases. UMC is a full member of the Association for Medical Education in Europe.
In 2019 UMC started its transformation into Academic Medical Center focusing on integration with NU Schools, clinics, academic and scientific institutions with the implementation of a new organizational structure, and the first two Clinical academic departments in Women’s Health and Pediatrics were launched to integrate patient care, research and education. We now have five additional fully integrated Clinical academic departments including Laboratory Medicine, Pathology and Genetics, Anestesiology and Intensive Care, Radiology and Nuclear Medcine, Internal Medicine and Surgery. The Biomedical Council continues to facilitate the effective interaction between our academic medical center, NU schools, and Kazakhstani clinical and research organizations.
*will be a part of UMC system soon