Greater Baltimore Med Center

Details Contact
Medical Suppliers In Maryland

Name :

Greater Baltimore Med Center

Address  :

6701 North Charles Street

Town  :

Baltimore

State  :

Maryland

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

21204

Phone  :

443 849 2000

Web URL  :

Available
Specialization
  • General Surgeon
  • Obestetrician/Gynecologist
  • Oncologist
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 281

Other Facilities

  • X-Ray
Description
About GBMC
GBMC includes Greater Baltimore Medical Center GBMC Greater Baltimore Medical Associates GBMA Gilchrist Hospice Care and the GBMC Foundation

Greater Baltimore Medical Center GBMC
The 300bed medical center acute and subacute care is located on a beautiful suburban campus and handles more than 26700 inpatient cases and approximately 60000 emergency room visits annually Since its founding in Towson in 1965 GBMCs accomplishments have validated the vision of its founders to combine the best of community and universitylevel medicine GBMCs main campus also includes three medical office buildingsPhysicians Pavilion East Physicians Pavilion West and Physicians Pavilion North I In addition to its main campus located in Towson GBMCs care can be found in several facilities located throughout the community including Hunt Manor Hunt Valley Owings Mills Pikesville Mays Chapel Perry Hall and Bel Air

GBMCs Community Needs Advisory Committee strives to improve the health of the local community The committee focuses on providing outreach education and clinical services as well as building partnerships with local organizations businesses and individuals to promote good health and disease prevention

History
GBMC HealthCare is a private notforprofit corporation that owns and operates Greater Baltimore Medical Center a regional community hospital in Towson Maryland two miles north of Baltimore City GBMC HealthCare also owns and operates Greater Baltimore Medical Associates GBMA and Gilchrist Hospice Care the largest notforprofit hospice organization in the state of Maryland

Incorporated in 1960 GBMC HealthCare consolidated the operations of two specialty Baltimore hospitals The Hospital for the Women of Maryland of Baltimore City and Presbyterian Eye Ear and Throat Charity Hospital The services were relocated to serve the growing population in suburban Baltimore County and GBMC opened its doors in 1965 as a regional medical center providing general acute and specific specialized services to the northern portion of Baltimore City most of Baltimore County and portions of Anne Arundel Carroll Harford and Howard counties

The Hospital for the Women of Maryland of Baltimore City had a unique specialization opening in 1882 in Bolton Hill as only the second womens hospital in the country The Presbyterian Eye Ear and Throat Charity Hospital had nearly 100 years of excellence in ophthalmology and otolaryngology originating as a clinic in a Civil War surgeons East Baltimore carriage house in 1887
NEWS
Evergreen Hospital Earns FiveYear BabyFriendly Hospital Designation

KIRKLAND Wash March 29 2012 PRNewswire via COMTEX Evergreen Healthcare today announced it has renewed its fiveyear designation as a BabyFriendly Hospital demonstrating the organizations commitment to adopting new policies and procedures that lead to improved health outcomes for newborns and families The designation is awarded by BabyFriendly US... Read More

ARTICLES
Support Groups A Lifeline for People in the Early Stages of Alzheimers Disease

quotIt was like opening the door to a sunlit roomquot says a member of Phyllis Dycks support group recalling the first time she attended a meeting for people in the early stages of Alzheimers disease Never before had she been with other people who understood what it was like to live with the disease Caregiver support groups have been around for ... Read More