About the University of Maryland Medical Center

2010 UMMC Fact Sheet

Overview:

The University of Maryland Medical Center is an innovative teaching hospital in Baltimore that provides a full range of health services to people throughout Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic region. It is a national and regional referral center for trauma, cancer care, cardiac care, neurocare, women's and children's health and organ transplants. Established in 1823, the Medical Center is one of the nation's first teaching hospitals.

Highlights:

Major components include the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center and the University of Maryland Hospital for Children.
The Medical Center is part of the University of Maryland Medical System, a private, not-for-profit network of 12 academic, community and specialty hospitals, as well as outpatient sites for primary and specialty care throughout Maryland.
All Medical Center physicians are on the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Leadership In:

Quick Facts
Staff
7,500	Employees
1,135	Attending Physicians
Number of Beds
757	Total Licensed Beds
333	Intensive Care Beds
Clinical Activities
38,332	Admissions
1,473	Births
309,621	Diagnostic Imaging Tests
2,806,001	Lab Tests
19,634	Surgeries
9,332	Patient transfers from other hospitals by MD ExpressCare
Visits
66,136	Emergency Department (adult and pediatric)
172,872	Outpatient - Medical Center
295,762	Physician Offices (faculty practice groups of the University of Maryland School of Medicine)
How to Reach Us
Main	410-328-8667
Patients	800-492-5538
Physicians	800-373-4111
Media	410-328-8919

Minimally Invasive Surgery: Performing complex surgeries through tiny incisions to help patients recover more quickly. Comprehensive robotic surgery program offers state-of-the-art treatment for heart, urological, gynecological and gastrointestinal disorders.
Comprehensive Cancer Care: Providing individualized treatment plans for patients with all types of cancer, utilizing the latest in radiation therapy, surgical procedures and targeted drug therapies. The Greenebaum Cancer Center is one of only a select few National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers in the U.S.
Pediatrics: Caring for critically ill children and those with chronic conditions, such as asthma, diabetes and cardiac problems. The Hospital for Children combines state-of-the-art medicine with family-centered care and is a recognized leader in developing and providing innovative treatments for childhood illnesses.
Organ Transplantation: Providing a full range of transplant services, with one of the largest programs in the country for kidney and pancreas transplant and excellence in heart, lung and liver transplantation.
Cardiovascular Care: Providing comprehensive and innovative medical and surgical care for people with all types of cardiovascular problems, including those who need multiple-vessel heart bypass surgery with the da Vinci robot or a lifesaving heart pump for severe heart failure.
Neurocare: Nationally recognized program for patients with Parkinson's Disease and other movement disorders. Created Maryland's first Brain Attack team to rapidly evaluate and treat stroke patients with clot-dissolving drugs.
Critical Care: Providing the highest level of care with intensivists and specialized nurses for the sickest patients in 10 state-of-the-art critical care/intensive care units.
Trauma Care: Providing lifesaving care to the most severely injured patients at the world-renowned University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. It is the first and only integrated trauma and critical care hospital in the nation.
Radiation Therapy: First in region to offer Trilogy, the fastest, most precise and versatile radiation therapy system available to treat cancer patients. Developed a new technology called RapidArc that cuts the average treatment time to two minutes or less.
Training and Innovation: Developed the Maryland Advanced Surgical Training, Research and Innovation (MASTRI) Center, one of the nation's first hospital-based training facilities to advance research and training in minimally invasive surgery.

Our National Profile:

The Leapfrog Group has named the Medical Center as a "Top Hospital of the Decade" for patient safety and quality of care. UMMC has been on the national Leapfrog Top Hospitals list -- the gold standard for hospital performance -- every year since 2006.
The University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center won National Cancer Institute designation because of its outstanding research and patient care.
UMMC's Cardiac Care and Progressive Care Units have received the Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.
UMMC made the 2010 U.S. News and World Report's "Best Hospitals" List in nine specialty areas.
The University of Maryland Breast Center has been designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology.
The Medical Center was the first hospital in the nation to receive the newly created Outstanding Facility Achievement in Perioperative Nursing award from the Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses.
The American Heart Association has recognized UMMC for two years in a row for its efforts to promote the health of its employees with a Fit-Friendly Company Gold Achievement Award.
UMMC won two awards for environmental excellence from Practice Greenhealth, a national membership organization for health care facilities committed to environmentally responsible operations.
The Medical Center achieved Magnet Designation in recognition of the hospital's nursing excellence.

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This page was last updated on: January 24, 2011.

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