About Us

The health care professionals at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center in Glendale, Ariz., have served the Northwest Valley for more than 25 years.

Opening in 1983 as Thunderbird Samaritan Medical Center, we have since expanded to 513 beds.

The hospital is currently undergoing through a massive renovation and expansion project. As part of this project, Banner Thunderbird received a beautiful new entrance, a new chapel, a spacious patient/family library, and a new 200-bed patient tower. The patient tower includes Banner Thunderbird's new Emergency department. The Emergency department includes a treatment area for adults and a separate treatment area for kids.

Once construction is complete, Banner Thunderbird will become the largest hospital in the northwest Valley with 563 licensed beds in all private rooms.

In addition, Banner Thunderbird is the leading provider of pediatric care in the West Valley, and is the only hospital in the area with a pediatric intensive care unit.

Employing nearly 2,900 employees, Banner Thunderbird is the fastest growing hospital in the state of Arizona in terms of market share and is the largest private employer in Glendale.

Banner Thunderbird offers state-of-the-art technology such as iCare, a telehealth program that provides an extra layer of monitoring for patients in intensive-care units. Banner Thunderbird also offers robotic surgery, which allows for faster recovery times for patients and a computerized system that reduces the chances of complications during labor and delivery.

Additionally, Banner Thunderbird offers a 24-bed Children’s Center and a 42-bed Behavioral Health Center.