Fact Sheet About MedStar Health

Research Institute MedStar Health Research Institute MedStar Health Research Institute provides scientific, has: administrative, and regulatory support for research programs conducted across the MedStar Health system. 300+ ACTIVE INVESTIGATORS Situated at the crossroads of academics and real-world healthcare environments, the Research Institute creates 1,500 ASSOCIATES TRAINED AND new knowledge that provides the latest advances for INVOLVED IN RESEARCH patients at nearly 300 sites of care in the region.

Located in one of the most culturally diverse regions 1,000+ PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH of the , MedStar Health Research Institute PUBLICATIONS ANNUALLY serves as a national resource for researchers and policymakers concerned about the health care of racial $40 MILLION IN RESEARCH REVENUE and ethnic minority populations. As an academic health system, MedStar Health investigators connect the 1,000 OPEN RESEARCH STUDIES community to MedStar Health medical facilities, to our academic partners at , and to residents and fellows through extensive graduate medical education programs.

Our Research Networks cardiovascular health care delivery medstar-georgetown research network research network cancer research network This network is comprised Every day, MedStar Health of basic scientists and senior investigators are studying All of our cancer care cardiovascular investigators, and implementing new ways is research driven and research nurses, and technicians to improve the delivery of health research inspired. MedStar who are dedicated to state-of- care. Our health services research Health clinicians conduct a variety the-art research in cardiovascular program continues to expand of cancer trials ranging from care. The research network utilizes and now serves as a national treatment of the actual cancer the entire experience of MedStar network for health researchers to supportive care for symptom Health patients, including more and policy makers to help set management. Our cancer research than 18,000 catheterizations, national priorities and recommend intends to treat both early and 5,000 percutaneous interventional standards of care. advanced disease, assuring that procedures, and 1,800 open-heart every person with cancer has Research topics include: procedures each year. access to the best therapies. • Access to care and utilization Research topics include: • Care delivery models Research topics include: • Acute coronary syndrome • Data science • Brain cancer • Angiogenesis and Myogenesis • Dissemination and evaluation • Breast cancer • Atherosclerosis and lipids • Health economics and policy • Digestive and gastrointestinal therapy • Health equity cancer • Cardiac imaging • Health outcomes • Endocrine and thyroid cancer • Structural heart interventions • Health IT • Gynecological cancer • Left atrial appendage occluder • Health services research • Head and neck cancer • Electrophysiology • Human factors • Hematologic cancer • Congestive heart failure • Medical-legal partnerships • Melanoma • Drug eluting stent registries • Palliative care • Precision medicine • Gene discovery • Population health • Radiation oncology • Peripheral vascular disease • Quality improvement • Sarcoma device studies • Quality and safety • Thoracic cancer • Pharmacologic therapies • Wearable technologies Research Expertise Administrative Research The transformational nature of our research—from bench to bedside to community—complements the key clinical Support services and teaching programs in our and in • Institutional Review Board through Research Integrity the diverse communities we serve. • Research Development, Planning, and Communications The 300+ active investigators at MedStar Health are • Contracts and Grant Management nationally and internationally known researchers who • Research Financial Management serve on editorial review boards of prominent scientific medical journals and have prestigious National Institutes • Educational and Clinical Research Programs of Health committee and academic appointments. Their • Resident Research Support research activities continue to lead to successful system- • Intramural Grant Opportunities wide implementation and interventions at MedStar Health and across the nation. • Annual MedStar Health—Georgetown University Research Symposium • Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical Core Scientific Services Translational Science • Biomarker, Biochemistry, and Biorepository Core • Biostatistics and Biomedical Informatics • Research Pharmacy • Pre-Clinical Research Laboratory Our Research Networks medical and surgical neuroscience and orthopaedics and research network rehabilitation sports medicine research network research network MedStar Health investigators are dedicated A variety of innovative The orthopaedic research to improving the medical programs keeps MedStar program at MedStar Health is care provided to patients and to Health at the forefront of neuro- closely aligned with its world-class advancing healthcare practices rehabilitation treatment and clinical programs, where there through clinical and basic research. technology. Our researchers is close collaboration between Our researchers participate in conduct studies and develop new orthopaedic surgeons, research both investigator-initiated research interventions for patients with fellows, and engineers. Surgical programs and commercially neurologically based impairments, training and teaching laboratories sponsored clinical trials for a evaluate the effectiveness of new are provided in a one-on-one variety of diseases and conditions. and existing interventions, enhance setting. Research efforts focus understanding of the bases of on the musculoskeletal system. Research topics include: impairment and disability, and Investigators within this program • Community research develop new methods to assess have conducted collaborative • Dermatology human function and performance. research in conjunction with • Emergency and critical care the NFL, MLB, and U.S. National Research topics include: • Gastroenterology Lacrosse, among others. • Aphasia • General, plastic, and Research topics include: transplant surgery • Cerebral palsy • 3-D printing • Infectious diseases • Epilepsy • Biomechanical testing • Pulmonary • Spasticity • Concussion • Rheumatology • Spinal cord injury • Histology • Trauma and burn • Stroke • Injury control • Women’s health and • Traumatic brain injury • In-vivo biological modeling infant services • Upper extremity amputation • Neuromuscular system • Orthopaedic clinical trials • Neurophysiology • Pre-participation exams and • Tele-rehabilitation clinical screening • Rehabilitation robotics • Protective athletic equipment • Locomotion and balance • Radiography MedStar Health Overview Total number of inpatient admissions 136,810 Total number of outpatient visits 4.6 million Net operating revenue $5.53 billion Philanthropy $31.9 million Number of associates, residents, and fellows 31,000 Nurses 8,400 Residents and fellows 1,200 Number of Affiliated Physicians 5,400 Employed Physicians 2,500

Data from FY 2017 Regional Network Hospitals • MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center • MedStar Georgetown University • MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital • MedStar Harbor Hospital • MedStar Montgomery Medical Center • MedStar National Rehabilitation Network • MedStar Southern Hospital Center • MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital • MedStar Union Memorial Hospital • MedStar Washington Hospital Center Home Health Care • MedStar Health Infusion • MedStar Visiting Nurse Association • MedStar Visiting Nurse Association Care Partners Services in Our Community • MedStar Ambulatory Services • MedStar NRH Rehabilitation Network • MedStar Pharmacy • MedStar PromptCare • MedStar RadAmerica Physicians Practices in Our Community • MedStar Medical Group • MedStar Georgetown Physician Group

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