History
The University of Maryland Medical Center is one of the nation's oldest teaching hospitals. It was created in 1823 as the Baltimore Infirmary, which was located on the same site as today's medical center, on the West side of downtown Baltimore.Overview
The University of Maryland Medical Center is a major regional referral center for trauma, cancer care, neurocare, cardiac care and heart surgery, women's and children's health and organ transplants. It has one of the nation's largest kidney transplant programs and is known for developing and performing minimally invasive surgical procedures. The University of Maryland Medical Center sponsors multiplFacilities
The major components of the University of Maryland Medical Center include:R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
The R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center (also known as Shock Trauma) is the world's first center dedicated to saving lives of people with severe, life-threatening injuries sustained in motor vehicle collisions, violent crimes and other traumatic incidents. Shock Trauma has more than 100 inpatient beds dedicated to emergency surgery, resuscitation, intensive care, and acute surgical care. The trauma staff treat more than 7,500 critically injured patients each year who arrive by helicopter or ambulance. It is named after its founder,Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
TheUniversity of Maryland Children's Hospital
With 16 locations across Maryland, the University of Maryland Children's Hospital (UMCH) provides care for serious and complex health problems in infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21 and sometimes up until 25 throughout Maryland. UMCH has its own pediatric pharmacy and emergency room, and is also very active in children's health care research. Special programs and services include a headache clinic, celiac disease program, asthma program, AIDS program, pediatric surgery and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Infants born prematurely are transported from around the region to be cared for in the 52-bed NICU — the largest in the state. The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) has 19 private rooms where children heal from an array of issues, including major surgery, respiratory failure or acute infection. UMCH was named the Best Children's Hospital for cardiology and heart surgery by ''U.S. News & World Report'' two years in a row (2018-2019 and 2019–2020). The hospital was also ranked as the second best children's hospital in Maryland.University of Maryland Heart and Vascular Center
The University of Maryland Heart and Vascular Center is recognized for its expertise in robotic heart surgery, minimally invasive heart bypass and valve surgery, heart transplants and heart pumps. The Heart and Vascular Center's specialists treat a full range of heart problems, including heart failure, coronary artery disease, heart rhythm abnormalities, aortic and mitral valve disorders and cardiomyopathy. The Heart and Vascular Center also emphasizes heart disease prevention by educating patients about lifestyle factors, including proper nutrition and exercise.University of Maryland Division of Transplantation
Performing more than 400 organ transplants a year, the University of Maryland Division of Transplantation is one of the nation's largest transplant programs with a reputation for expertise in treating patients who need kidney, pancreas, liver, lung or heart transplants. The Division of Transplantation is known for its outstanding living kidney and living liver donor programs, as well as laparoscopic kidney donation, curing insulin dependency through simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation, three-artery kidney transplant, transplanting HIV-positive and hepatitis-C positive patients, domino liver transplants, simultaneous bilateral kidney transplant for polycystic kidney disease (PKD) and simultaneous heart and liver transplantation.Successful cases
In January 2022, researchers and clinicians at UMMC successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig heart into a 57-year-old man, David Bennett Sr., for the first time in history.References
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