Union Memorial Hospital

Name :

Union Memorial Hospital

Address  :

201 East University Parkway

Town  :

Baltimore

State  :

Maryland

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

21218

Phone  :

410 554 2000

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Cardiology
  • Colon & Rectal Surgeon
  • Dentistry
  • Dermatology
  • Gastro-enterology
  • General Surgeon
  • Hematologist
  • Internal Medicine
  • Neuro Surgeon
  • Neurologist
  • Obestetrician/Gynecologist
  • Oncologist
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopedics
  • Pain Management
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Psychiatrist
  • Pulmonology
  • Urology
  • Vascular Surgeon
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 301


Description

About Union Memorial Hospital
Union Memorial Hospital is a notforprofit acute care teaching hospital with a strong emphasis on cardiac care orthopedics and sports medicine

As one of the regions top specialty hospitals Union Memorial has been caring for members of the community for more than 150 years We are renowned for the Curtis National Hand Center Harry amp Jeanette Weinberg Heart Institute Decker Orthopedic Institute and Union Memorial Sports Medicine In addition we offer a comprehensive range of inpatient and outpatient including diabetes and endocrine center eye surgery center general surgery oncology thoracic surgery and vascular surgery

Our excellence in cardiovascular and orthopaedic care has earned national recognition from Thomson Healthcare Top Hospitalsreg Cardiovascular Benchmarks for Success and US News amp Report Americas Best Hospitals Union Memorial is a member of MedStar Health a nonprofit regional health care system with a communitybased network of eight hospitals and other healthcare services in the MarylandWashington DC region

Union Memorial is accredited by The Joint Commission and designated as a Primary Stroke Center and the Hand Trauma Center for the state of Maryland

Mission Vision and Values
MISSION
Union Memorial is a comprehensive hospital with regional specialty services of distinction and quality community services all enhanced by clinical education and research

VISION
To be the trusted leader in caring for people and advancing health

VALUES
Service
We strive to anticipate and meet the needs of our patients physicians and coworkers

Patient first
We strive to deliver the best to every patient every day The patient is the first priority in everything we do

Integrity
We communicate openly and honestly build trust and conduct ourselves according to the highest ethical standards

Respect
We treat each individual those we serve and those with whom we work with the highest professionalism and dignity

Innovation
We embrace change and work to improve all we do in a fiscally responsible manner

Teamwork
System effectiveness is built on the collective strength and cultural diversity of everyone working with open communication and mutual respect


History

Union Memorial Hospital is rooted in a long history of medical and nursing excellence and our commitment to serving the community has been evident from the beginning

The seven women who established the Union Protestant Infirmary UPI as it was first called in 1854 wanted a place where quotthe sick the poor and the infirmquot could receive quality care In 1867 UPI became the first nonuniversity hospital to develop a residency training program and by 1890 the School of Nursing now closed was established

UPI was renamed Union Memorial Hospital in 1920 and three years later the hospital expanded into a new home at Calvert and 33rd Streets in Baltimore Expansions to the campus continued through 1975 and beyond and in 2004 Union Memorial celebrated its 150th anniversary

Union Memorial has evolved from a 20bed to a 301bed hospital with more than 2500 employees and a medical staff of more than 650 physicians As long as there are new challenges in medicine Union Memorial will find new ways to meet those challenges with compassion and quality care

Important Dates in our History
1854 Union Protestant Infirmary founded as first community hospital in
Baltimore

1867 First nonuniversity hospital in Maryland to develop residency
training program

1890 UPI School of Nursing opens

1920 UPI renamed Union Memorial Hospital

1923 Union Memorial moves into new home at Calvert and 33rd Streets

1924 1929 Johnston Hospital amp Nurses Home and Bauernschmidt Building
expansions

1975 Union Memorial expands into North Building on University Parkway
Raymond Curtis National Hand Center opens

1979 Sports Medicine Center opens

1991 Union Memorial School of Nursing closes

1994 US Congress designates Curtis National Hand Center as the National
Center for the Treatment of the Hand and Upper Extremity Open Heart Surgery
program opens

2000 Diabetes and Endocrine Center Vascular Institute open

2004 Union Memorial Hospital 150th Anniversary

2006 Decker Orthopedic Institute Harry amp Jeanette Weinberg Heart
Institute open

2008 Arnold Palmer SportsHealth Center rooftop helipad open
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