The headquarters for ASU Health will be in downtown Phoenix bounded by Fillmore, Pierce, Fourth and Fifth streets, university officials announced Monday.

“We’re not just building a medical school,” Arizona State University President Michael Crow said. “We’re not just building a public health school. We’re not just doing a few new things under some label.

"We’re trying to take the assets of the most innovative university that the United States has had and apply it to the new class of problems. And right here on this gravel pile will be the headquarters of all of that.”

Citing the need for a “new way” of doing things, Crow said the headquarters for ASU Health will be the hub of the university’s efforts to improve health outcomes for Valley residents.

Crow made his remarks Monday in downtown Phoenix at the future site of the headquarters, expected to open in time for the fall 2028 semester.

Sherine Gabriel, the executive vice president of ASU Health, told a crowd that included ASU representatives, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, members of the Arizona Board of Regents and other health leaders that the headquarters represents an “incredible milestone.

“ASU Health is taking a transformative approach to medical education,” she said.

Announced in May 2023 at a meeting of the Arizona Board of Regents, ASU Health includes new and existing schools with a focus to advance health care, research and discovery and treatment.

The headquarters location was selected to be in the heart of the Phoenix Bioscience Core innovation zone, “a cluster of industry leaders spearheading research on the world’s most important health science discoveries,” according to an ASU release.

The headquarters will house the School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering, a medical school that will produce physicians who blend medicine, engineering, technology and humanities, the release stated.

“Graduates will leverage new tools such as artificial intelligence and data science to connect with more patients, seek innovative practices and improve health outcomes.”

It will also house the School of Technology for Public Health, “which aims to create a new and rapidly evolving space for the integration of digital technology, data-driven decision-making and a significant focus on local impact within public health,” ASU officials stated in the release.

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