University of Maryland Medical System

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University of Maryland Medical System
Company type Not-for-profit
Industry Healthcare
Founded1984;40 years ago (1984)
Headquarters Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Area served
Maryland, Mid-Atlantic region
Key people
Dr. Mohan Suntha (President and CEO)
ServicesHealthcare, Medical Research, Medical training
Revenue US$4.86 billion (2022)
Number of employees
29,000
Website www.umms.org

The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is a private, not-for-profit corporation founded in 1984 and based in Baltimore, Maryland. It owns and operates 11 hospitals (as of 2023) in Maryland, 4 free-standing emergency rooms and over 150 care locations, including a network of urgent care centers. [1] The System has more than 2,400 licensed beds, 100,000 annual admissions and gross patient revenues of $4.86 billion annually. [2] University of Maryland Medical System medical staff work with University of Maryland School of Medicine specialists to provide primary and specialty care across the state.

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History

In 1823, the University of Maryland Medical System originated as the Baltimore Infirmary formed by the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Medicine. The Infirmary became the University of Maryland Hospital in 1897. Formerly a State institution, University Hospital, in 1984 affiliated with the newly created University of Maryland Medical System. The System was established by the Maryland General Assembly in 1984 as a private, nonprofit corporation (Chapter 288, Acts of 1984). It reformed as the University of Maryland Medical System Corporation in 1996. [3]

Major components of the University of Maryland Medical System include:

UMMS Hospitals

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. [4]

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. [5]

It is named after its founder, R Adams Cowley, M.D., who came up with the concept of the "golden hour" — that lives can be saved when trauma patients receive appropriate care within one hour of their injury. Shock Trauma trains physicians and medical personnel from locations overseas and throughout the United States. [5]

Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center

The University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCCC) is designated by the National Cancer Institute as one of the top cancer centers in the country [6] UMGCCC is known for providing coordinated care from teams of specialists—medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgical oncologists, pathologists, nurses and other team members who have expertise in particular types of cancer—who consult on each patient's case and develop a joint treatment plan. [7]

UMGCCC also is known as a center with expertise in laboratory and clinical research. UMGCCC researchers actively participate in new drug development, and the center offers more than 100 clinical trials.

University 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 [8] [9] and sometimes up until 25 [10] throughout Maryland. UMCH has its own pediatric pharmacy and emergency room, and is also very active in children's health care research. [11]

Successful cases

In January 2022, researchers and clinicians at the University of Maryland Medical System's flagship hospital successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig heart into a 57-year-old man, David Bennett Sr., for the first time in history. [12] [13]

In 2019, The university of Maryland Medical System was the first in the world to use of a drone/unmanned aircraft to carry an organ for transplantation. [14]

Healthy Holly Controversy

In 2019, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh became the center of a controversy related to a payment of $500,000 from the University of Maryland Medical System for the purchase of her Healthy Holly self-published books. This no-bid payment was controversial because the years of payments coincided with her tenure as head of a health committee in the Maryland State Senate and as mayor of Baltimore. Mayor Pugh also served on the Board of Directors of the University of Maryland Medical System. She did not disclose the payments or recuse herself from votes and decisions involving the medical system and the wider Healthy Holly Controversy led to her resignation and eventual criminal conviction. [15]

Maryland legislative leaders and the Medical System pledged to reform the practice of giving large contracts to board of directors due to the conflict it poses to their decision-making. [16] By January 2020, the University of Maryland Medical System had replaced almost all members of its Board of Directors and its senior executives, appointing Dr. Mohan Suntha as its new President and Chief Executive officer. [17]

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