We take care of it all. The most critically ill patients, the most challenging medical problems. Minor illnesses – and chronic disease. The birth of healthy babies – and the healthy lives of adults.
For more than a half a century, MedStar Washington Hospital Center has set the highest standards for health care. It is a not-for-profit, 926-bed academic medical center in the center of the nation’s capital. It is the busiest and largest hospital in Washington, D.C. and the surrounding area and serves as a referral center and central hub for the region’s advanced acute medical care.
Primary and secondary health services help the community’s residents get and stay healthy, and help to improve patients’ quality of life by managing chronic illness. The inpatient services, education and research programs, outpatient care and community outreach initiatives are all aimed at meeting today’s health care needs—and at leading the way to meet the future health needs of the nation.
MedStar Washington Hospital Center: At a Glance
• World class cardiovascular care through the MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute, and it’s alliance with renowned Cleveland Clinic Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute, the #1 heart program in the nation.
• Recognized internationally for MedSTAR Trauma Center, offering the nation’s highest level of comprehensive care for critical multiple injury, and for its sophisticated MedSTAR Transport service
• A designated Comprehensive Stroke Center, the first stroke program in the area accredited as such by The Joint Commission
• The region’s only adult burn center, recognized as a national model in burn care therapies
• A robust research program that has paved the way to innovative new treatment—and the opportunity for patients to participate in leading-edge therapy
• Medical education programs that attract the best and brightest physicians from around the nation
• A proud member of MedStar Health, one of the nation’s most progressive health care systems—focused on creating access to the superior health care services
