Welcome to OU Physicians
OU Physicians is the clinical practice of the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, and Oklahoma’s largest physician group. We partner with the hospital on our campus, OU Medical Center, to form Oklahoma’s largest academic health center. Unlike any other health care organization in Oklahoma, the care we provide each patient is enhanced by our fundamental commitment to education and research.
When you visit us, you may experience the academic health center difference in only very subtle ways. However, you can rest assured that our foundation is built upon uniting physicians of many different specialties to provide a comprehensive approach to your health care. Discoveries made on our campus by renowned researchers make their way into everyday care here sooner and are readily available to patients like you. That makes a tremendous difference in how we prevent illness, identify the causes of health conditions and treat challenging illnesses. Our patients and their families benefit from our:
Strength in numbers and unity
We are 450 doctors strong and growing. Our practice includes nearly every adult and child medical specialty. This size and diversity allows our doctors the unique opportunity to easily team with other specialists to review records, discuss treatments and get the best possible outcomes for our patients. Some 150 of these doctors are extensively trained specialists in children’s health conditions, providing your family with the only comprehensive expertise for children in Oklahoma. OU Physicians often possess uncommon expertise to bring renewed and revitalized health in challenging medical situations, going well beyond just managing a condition to keep it from worsening.
Extraordinary expertise
Patients are often referred to us because of our knowledge of the latest treatments, our track record with similar cases, or because we have the most advanced technology and equipment available. Some of our doctors are the only doctors in Oklahoma in their particular specialties. Additionally, the residents who train alongside our physician faculty are medical doctors themselves. They bring additional, unique perspectives to patient care, challenging traditional methods of care with fresh, new approaches. It creates an atmosphere of interaction and enhanced care by a team of doctors, and even pharmacists, social workers and other medical professionals all bringing their best to your care.
Education of future physicians
When our doctors aren’t seeing patients, they serve as faculty at the College of Medicine. To teach future doctors and health professionals, they must constantly stay on the cutting edge of medical advances. Constantly immersed in academic study and advances, these physician faculty are dedicated to presenting the newest knowledge and techniques to those who are tomorrow’s health care innovators.
Breakthroughs in patient care
Our doctors are engaged in research to discover health care innovations and pioneer procedures. Other doctors in the state may participate in research from time to time, but at OU Physicians, our research funding far outpaces any other health care group in Oklahoma. OU Physicians has been increasingly successful in competing for limited research funding. Medical breakthroughs made right here in Oklahoma touch families and save lives.
Caring, personal attention
We know that the little things like sharing a smile and a kind word are anything but little when facing a health challenge. Our service theme, endorsed by all doctors, nurses and staff, reads, “Patients are our top priority. Nothing matters more.” OU Physicians is dedicated to achieving its vision of being the premier medical care team in Oklahoma and the Southwest as evidenced by the highest quality outcomes and patient satisfaction and a commitment to providing value to our patients.
We invite you to find out more about OU Physicians and our commitment to a brighter, healthier future for Oklahomans. This Web site provides helpful information about our physicians, medical services, locations and structure.
Choose OU Physicians when you or your loved ones need health care and experience the difference!
Brian Maddy
Chief Executive Officer
C. Douglas Folger, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
