Self+Tucker Architects

Methodist University Hospital Gary Shorb Tower, Emergency Room & Garage

Methodist University Hospital (MUH), originally built in 1918, is the largest hospital in the Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare (MLH) system. Over its 102-year history, the hospital has undergone several renovations, expansions, and retrofits, which have scattered its various departments and services across its six-block campus. To consolidate the hospital’s services, the Shorb Tower expansion houses advanced comprehensive care for transplant, cardiology, blood and marrow transplant, and oncology services, helping increase physician and staff efficiency along with 600 patient rooms and a new heliport. The $275M, 450,000sf patient tower allows consolidation of the hospital’s transplant center and includes a new cancer center and surgical suite. The scope also includes a new 700-vehicle parking facility and pedestrian bridge designed by STA. Lead architects HKS selected STA as the local architect and design firm to partner on all phases of the project including renovation of select areas of the existing hospital facility and demolition of Crews Tower. It is one of the largest transformational projects in the history of Midtown, Memphis, and the surrounding Medical District.