MedStar Health Surgeons, and recently has been accredited as for excellence in orthopedics, rheumatology, fetal assessment, cardio-pulmonary rehabilitation With the support of 250 physicians and gastroenterology, endocrinology, allergy/ Nascott Orthotics and Prosthetics MedStar Health is a not-for-profit, regional a Magnet hospital for nursing. It was the recipient nephrology, physical and rehabilitation medicine and treatment of chronic lung conditions. The approximately 1,200 associates, St. Mary’s immunology, dermatology and pulmonology. Founded in 1985 at the National Rehabilitation healthcare system that provides healthcare of the Delmarva Foundation’s highest honor, and burn reconstruction. hospital’s continuum of care also includes Hospital works to be an integral partner in Currently, there are 19 offices throughout the Hospital in Washington, D.C., Nascott is the services in Maryland and the Washington, D.C., the Delmarva Foundation Quality Excellence wellness programs, outpatient services and providing a seamless continuum of care. The Baltimore/Washington region and a total of preferred source for orthotic, prosthetic and region. Based in Columbia, Maryland, it is the Award, in 2009. Due to unprecedented growth, For nearly 40 years, the hospital has been affiliated inpatient treatment. hospital also boasts numerous centers of 400 associates. pedorthic services in the Baltimore/Washington, area’s largest health system and one of its the hospital is undergoing a major expansion with The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, with www.harborhospital.org excellence including behavioral health, diabetes www.mppdocs.org D.C., Metro area with more than 200 years of largest employers, with more than 26,000 project that includes a new seven-story patient special programs in physical and rehabilitation management, emergency/urgent care, hospice, combined clinical experience by practitioners associates and 5,300 affiliated physicians, all tower, an expanded emergency department medicine, orthopedics and rheumatology. oncology, orthopedics, radiology, community MedStar Research Institute and technicians. Each Nascott facility can provide of whom support MedStar Health’s patient-first and additional parking facilities. Franklin Square Good Samaritan opened a full-service emergency wellness and women’s services. MedStar Research Institute provides scientific, a full range of services, including measuring philosophy that combines care, compassion is located in the White Marsh area of Northeastern department in 1990. Since then, it has consistently www.smhwecare.com administrative and regulatory support for and molding the affected area, fabricating a and clinical excellence with an emphasis on Baltimore County. been one of the fastest-growing hospitals in research programs that complement the key device customized for each patient and training customer service. www.franklinsquare.org Maryland, and recently has been named as a Children’s Rehabilitation, a joint service of in coronary artery bypass graft surgery and clinical services and teaching programs within to use the new device. Nascott provides patients top 50 hospital in orthopedics and diabetes/ NRH and Children’s National Medical Center. percutaneous coronary intervention are among the MedStar Health network. Focused on the with the orthoses, prostheses and foot orthotics Areas of clinical excellence include cardiology, endocrine disorders by U.S. News & World Report. Physicians consistently rank NRH as one of the highest in the University Health System system vision, the Research Institute supports to help them live an active life. cardiac surgery, oncology services, rehabilitation, Additionally, in 2009, the hospital received the the top rehabilitation hospitals in the annual Consortium’s clinical database, and evidence the academic platform of MedStar Health by www.nascott.com neurosciences, sports health, orthopedic Delmarva Foundation’s Quality Excellence Award. America’s Best Hospitals issue of U.S. News & exceptional morbidity and mortality outcomes. conducting high-quality translational and health surgery, women’s services and emergency World Report. NRH is fully accredited by The The Hospital Center’s neurosciences program services research to provide for the advancement RadAmerica and trauma services. Today, Good Samaritan is licensed for 236 Joint Commission and the Commission on offers a full range of surgical and minimally- of health from bench to bedside to community. RadAmerica manages seven radiation oncology medical/surgical, 51 comprehensive rehab Montgomery General Hospital Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). invasive treatments. Washington Cancer Institute The Research Institute’s areas of research centers in the Baltimore/Washington region. MedStar Health’s comprehensive services and 30 transitional care beds, for a total of 317 As Montgomery County’s first acute-care NRH has the only CARF accredited specialty provides the latest in treatment and therapies, strength include: cardiovascular disease, The organization works with several radiation include primary, urgent and subacute care, beds. In addition to hospital services, the Good hospital, Montgomery General Hospital (MGH) program for both spinal cord injury and stroke in and access to cutting-edge clinical trials. The oncology, diabetes/obesity, neuroscience, oncology physician groups and employs over medical education and research. Other health- Samaritan Nursing Center and senior housing is a community-based, 149-bed facility founded the region. The NRH Spinal Cord Injury Program Hospital Center also operates the area’s only maternal and child health, orthopedics/sports 100 individuals including physicists, dosimetrists, related services include assisted living, home complexes, Woodbourne Woods and Belvedere by Dr. Jacob Wheeler Bird. After 90 years, MGH has been designated one of only 14 Model SCI Union Memorial Hospital adult burn center and the region’s premier medicine and critical care/bioterrorism. engineers, nurses and radiation therapists. health and long-term care. MedStar Health Green, are located on the 43-acre campus. remains true to its roots offering sophisticated, Systems of care in the country by the National Located in the North Central section of Baltimore, shock trauma and surgical critical care center, As a widely recognized and internationally RadAmerica is independently accredited by also operates nursing homes, senior housing, www.goodsam-md.org Georgetown University Hospital high-quality treatment tempered with personal, Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Union Memorial is a regional specialty and providing major trauma resuscitation, surgery acknowledged organization, MedStar Research the Joint Commission, the American College of rehabilitation, ambulatory centers and a Georgetown University Hospital is a not-for-profit, individualized care. Committed to the well-being a part of the Department of Education. NRH is teaching hospital that has been caring for and care of critically ill or injured patients. Institute demonstrates expertise in translating Radiology and the Accreditation Association of physician network. acute care teaching and research hospital with of the community it serves, the hospital offers a proud member of MedStar Health. members of the community for more than 150 www.whcenter.org the findings of biomedical and clinical research Ambulatory Health Care. Radiation oncology is www.medstarhealth.org 609 beds located in Northwest Washington, D.C. a range of wellness programs and outpatient www.nrhrehab.org years. Union Memorial has been named one into improved techniques for disease prevention, one of the three major modalities utilized in the diagnosis and treatment. Its demonstrated Founded in the Jesuit principle of cura personalis– services in addition to inpatient treatment. of the nation’s 100 top hospitals by Thomson Medstar health treatment of cancer. It is a high-tech specialty Medstar health record of initiating research projects, both in involving the use of high-energy radiation beams caring for the whole person–Georgetown is Reuters, and recognized as a top 50 hospital for Diversified Services hospitals committed to offering a variety of innovative With dozens of programs and a large array of excellence in diabetes and endocrine disorders, the laboratory and in the field, serves the needs that are delivered in a precise method targeting diagnostic and treatment options within a trusting services, MGH treats and cares for patients of geriatric care, heart and heart surgery and of medically underserved and disenfranchised cancers. Radiation can be administered in and compassionate environment. Georgetown’s all ages, newborns through seniors. As such, orthopedics by U.S. News & World Report. Union MedStar Family Choice groups across the region and the nation. multiple forms, including external radiation, given centers of excellence include cancer, neuro- the hospital handles most medical emergencies, Memorial is known nationally for the Curtis MedStar Family Choice (MSFC) is a managed www.medstarresearch.org from the outside of the body, and brachytherapy, sciences, gastroenterology, transplant and and is accredited by The Joint Commission as National Hand Center and creating the first care organization that serves Medicaid enrollees the clinical use of radioactive sources placed vascular diseases. Along with Magnet nurses, a primary stroke center. In addition, the hospital’s hospital-based sports medicine program