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Anne Arundel Health System Facts
At Anne Arundel Medical Center AAMC our mission is to enhance the health of the people we serve and our vision is Vision 2020 Living Healthier Together We provide acute inpatient and outpatient care on a nonprofit basis to the residents of Anne Arundel County Calvert and Prince Georges counties and the Eastern Shore of Maryland

AAMC is located on the Medical Park campus just off Jennifer Road east of the Annapolis Mall It is easily accessed from Route 50 Bestgate Road Jennifer Road and Route 2

AAMC is the third largest private sector employer in Anne Arundel County with a workforce of more than 3000 full and parttime employees In addition there are more than 800 members of the medical staff

More than 5500 babies are born each year at AAMC ranking second in the state for the greatest number of births The Level IIIb Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is the only one in Anne Arundel County and cares for more than 500 critically ill infants annually The Clatanoff Pavilion is home to the AAMC Womens and Childrens Center and offers all private rooms in a peaceful nurturing environment

At the AAMC Geaton and JoAnn DeCesarsis Cancer Institute patients find a worldclass environment as well as a warm highly personalized and caring environment and a compassionate team of caregivers sensitive to the emotional and physical aspects of cancer Accredited by the American College of Surgeons the DeCesaris Cancer Institute is committed to providing the latest tools in fighting cancer including robotic surgery PETCT IMRT and the Novalis and Novalis Tx stereotactic radiosurgery The hospital has formed a strategic affiliation with Johns Hopkins Medicine to bring together a wide range of experts and clinical programs from both institutions to provide increased access to quality medical care for patients in the region

More than 1400 joint replacements are performed each year at the AAMC Joint Center The program including Joint Camp for recovery has a worldclass reputation as a model Joint Center with physicians from around the world coming to AAMC to learn from the Centers clinical experts

The AAMC Brain Center has the most advanced techniques and technology coupled with a multidisciplinary team of neurosurgeons oncologists neurologists and radiation oncologists to treat disease and disorders of the brain

The AAMC Spine Center is second in the state in the number of total spine surgeries and its surgeons perform more spinal fusions than anywhere else in Maryland Neurosurgeons and orthopedic surgeons often work in tandem to bring the expertise of both specialties to the operating room For nonsurgical treatment these specialists along with interventional radiologists and pain specialists provide the latest in technology for pain management

BACKGROUND
AAMC was founded in 1902 as the Annapolis Emergency Hospital has evolved into a regional medical center as part of Anne Arundel Health System which also includes Pathways a nonprofit inpatientoutpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility for adolescents and adults Anne Arundel Diagnostics Righttime Pediatrics the askAAMC 24hour health line and three satellite locations AAMC Health ServicesBowie AAMC Health ServicesWaugh Chapel and AAMC Health ServicesKent Island

MEDICAL PARK CAMPUS
The Medical Park campus is located just off Route 50 near Annapolis Maryland A 330000sqft sixstory Acute Care Pavilion ACP opened December 1 2001 including a stateoftheart critical care unit as well as 12 surgical suites and a large Emergency Department with undercover ambulance access A 700car garage is adjacent to the hospital The ACP joined the Clatanoff Pavilion home to the AAMC Womens and Childrens Center and Wound Center the Edwards Outpatient Surgery Pavilion the Donner Pavilion site of the AAMC Geaton and JoAnn DeCesaris Cancer Institute and the Wayson Pavilion a medical office building

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A Short History of AAMC
At the turn of the century the growth of Annapolis as an educational and government center spurred the need for better health care A group of enlightened and energetic townswomen decided Annapolis needed a hospital and in 1902 quotThe Annapolis Emergency Hospitalquot opened in a small cottage at Franklin and Cathedral streets Nearly a century later that modest beginning has evolved into Anne Arundel Health System a regional medical center serving a population of more than 600000 area residents

Specialized care for adolescents and adults is provided at Pathways Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center Five Anne Arundel Diagnostics centers located throughout Anne Arundel County provide diagnoses and treatment Our Wellness Program offers a wide variety of educational seminars exercise and stressreduction classes and healthrelated special events