About Us
Our Mission
We solve the U.S. military’s toughest medical challenges by leading high-impact research, education, and innovation in collaboration with government, academic, and industry partners.
Our Vision
To save and improve lives on the battlefield and at home.
About Us
At the CU Anschutz Combat Medicine Research Center, we leverage more than a century of combined military experience to partner with scientists, clinicians, military leaders, and industry innovators. Together, we develop cutting-edge products and transformative knowledge that improves care on the battlefield and at home.
We accelerate the delivery of innovative, evidence-based solutions and help shape policy and practice across military and civilian communities. By closing critical gaps in combat and deployment-related medicine and sharing these advances with civilian partners, we turn military medical breakthroughs into better healthcare for all.
We are also committed to cultivating the next generation of military physicians and scientists through training, mentorship, and professional development.
We accelerate the delivery of innovative, evidence-based solutions and help shape policy and practice across military and civilian communities. By closing critical gaps in combat and deployment-related medicine and sharing these advances with civilian partners, we turn military medical breakthroughs into better healthcare for all.
We are also committed to cultivating the next generation of military physicians and scientists through training, mentorship, and professional development.
Our Legacy
The Combat Medicine Research Center is rooted in a campus shaped by more than a century of military medical innovation. This site first served as Army Hospital 21, built in 1919 to care for World War I casualties and tuberculosis patients. Soon renamed Fitzsimons Army Hospital, it became a cornerstone of military medicine—treating service members returning from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf War, and standing as an essential part of the Aurora community for generations.
At its heart is the historic Fitzsimons Building, which opened just days before Pearl Harbor and once held the distinction of being the largest hospital ever built by the U.S. Army. Thousands of Coloradans were born or treated there, and even President Eisenhower recovered within its walls. Today, its prominent place on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus serves as a powerful reminder of our enduring connection to military medicine. This legacy makes it the ideal home for the Combat Medicine Research Center—advancing the next era of lifesaving care on the very ground where it has been pioneered for over 100 years.
Contact
The CU Anschutz Combat Medicine Research Center is located at The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
1890 N. Revere Ct
Mail Stop L608
Aurora, CO 80045
Email: [email protected]