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www.mybwmc.org
On paper, UM Baltimore
Washington Medical Center looks like many of the suburban hospitals
you'll find across America. We have 310 beds. We're home to over 2,800
employees and 650 physicians. And in 2000, we became affiliated with the
prestigious academic medical center, University of Maryland Medical
Center, as a member of the
University of Maryland Medical System.
But those are mere
statistics. And they don't begin to capture what makes UM Baltimore
Washington Medical Center so special.
Why, for example, has
the independent health care rating organization, HealthGrades, ranked UM
Baltimore Washington Medical Center in the top 5 percent of America's
hospitals nationwide?
Why did U.S. News &
World Report rank us one of America's Best Hospitals for
neurology/neurosurgery (ranked 43rd) and digestive disorders (ranked
22nd)?
Why was our Aiello
Breast Center one of the first hospitals in the state and in the entire
country to receive accreditation from the National Accreditation Program
for Breast Centers administered by
the American
College of Surgeons?
Why did the Delmarva
Foundation for Medical Care award us the 2014 Quality Improvement Award
for patient safety and quality improvement?
And why were we
recognized by The American Heart Association (AHA) and American Stroke
Association (ASA) with the 2013 Get With The Guidelines Silver
Performance Award for having reached aggressive goals in the treatment
of treating stroke patients?
The answer can only be
found inside the hospital itself. It's only by talking with our staff
that you discover they refuse to accept anything less than a leadership
role in the region's medical care.
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UM BWMC opened in
1965 and has continuously grown to become one of the largest and
best-equipped medical centers in the state.
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We performed Anne
Arundel County's first
joint
replacement surgery in 1975. And continue to be an
innovator in
replacement
surgery.
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UM BWMC’s Emergency
Department is one of the busiest in Maryland, serving over 104,000
patients a year.
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In 2009, UM BWMC
opened BWMC Health Services at Arundel Mills, a multi-specialty
office building that brings physicians, specialists and support care
to western Anne Arundel County.
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We were the first
hospital in Maryland to offer the Calypso® 4D Localizing System that
uses satellite GPS to zap tumors without damaging the healthy tissue
surrounding them.
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We opened a $117
million expansion project that brought an expanded emergency
department in Summer 2008, a new 111-bed patient care building in
January 2009 and a new women's health center with obstetrics that
opened in October 2009 offering a family-like atmosphere to welcome
your new arrival.
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We completed an
18-month, $31 million surgical suite expansion in September 2011.
The project expands the number of operating rooms from 14 to 17. The
rooms allow for the ability to add to the complexity of surgical
cases we perform in neurosurgery, vascular, orthopedics and
robotics.
UM BWMC will always be
there for you with services and
centers of
excellence that include the Aiello Breast Center, Pascal
Women's Center, Tate
Cancer Center,
The Vascular Center, PET/CT technology, emergency care, pediatric care,
psychiatric care, Joint Replacement Center, UM Baltimore Washington
Spine and Neuroscience Center, Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine
Center, University of Maryland Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology,
cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation services, endoscopy services and
geriatric services. UM BWMC is also a Primary Stroke Center.
It's a spirit of
leadership we hope you'll see demonstrated time and time again
throughout this website. Thank you for visiting. Welcome to University
of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center.
For more information
about specific programs and what UM BWMC can do for you and your family,
visit
UM Baltimore Washington Medical Center's
"Events" calendar or call 410-787-4367.
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