About BWMC
About BWMC
Baltimore Washington Medical Center
President and CEO: Karen Olscamp
301 Hospital Drive Glen Burnie, MD 21061
410-787-4000
Baltimore Washington Medical Center.
One of the best hospitals in a region famous for hospitals.
On paper, Baltimore Washington Medical Center looks like many of the suburban hospitals you'll find across America. We have 311 beds. We're home to over 2,600 employees and 600 physicians. And in 2000, we became affiliated with a prestigious academic medical system - the renowned University of Maryland Medical System.
But those are mere statistics. And they don't begin to capture what makes Baltimore Washington Medical Center so special.
Why, for example, has the independent health care rating organization, HealthGrades, ranked Baltimore Washington Medical Center in the top 5 percent of America's hospitals nationwide?
Why did U.S. News & World Report rank us one of American's Best Hospitals for neurology/neurosurgery and digestive disorders?
Why was our Aiello Breast Center one of only two hospitals in the state and 23 in the entire country to receive accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers administered by the American College of Surgeons?
The answer can only be found inside the hospital itself. It's only by talking with our staff that you discover they refuse to accept anything less than a leadership roll in the region's medical care.
- BWMC opened in 1965 and has continuously grown to become one of the largest and best-equipped medical centers in the state.
- We performed Anne Arundel County's first joint replacement surgery in 1975. And continue to be an innovator in replacement surgery.
- We took the bold move to become one of the first hospitals in the country to launch InstaCare, an innovative emergency care system that makes sure you'll see a caregiver within minutes of arrival. The Emergency Department sees about 19,000 inpatients a year, and over 100,000 patients a year.
- In 2009, BWMC opened BWMC Health Services at Arundel Mills, a multi-specialty office building that brings physicians, specialists and support care to western Anne Arundel County.
- We became the first hospital in the Baltimore region to offer the da Vinci® S HD System. By integrating 3D high definition endoscopy with robotic technology to virtually extend the surgeon's eyes and hands, our surgeons can perform like never before.
- We were the first hospital in Maryland to offer the Calypso® 4D Localizing System that uses satellite GPS to zap tumors without damaging the healthy tissue surrounding them.
- We just opened a $117 million expansion project that brought an expanded emergency department in Summer 2008, a new 111-bed patient care building in January 2009 and a new women's health center with obstetrics that opened in October 2009 offering a family-like atmosphere to welcome your new arrival.
BWMC will always be there for you with services and centers of excellence that include the Aiello Breast Center, Pascal Women's Center, Tate Cancer Center, Maryland Vascular Center, PET/CT technology, emergency care, pediatric care, psychiatric care, Joint Replacement Center, Spine and Pain Center, Wound Healing Center, Joslin Diabetes Center, cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation services, endoscopy services and geriatric services. BWMC is also a Primary Stroke Center.
It's a spirit of leadership we hope you'll see demonstrated time and time again throughout this website. Thank you for visiting. Welcome to Baltimore Washington Medical Center.
For more information about specific programs and what BWMC can do for you and your family, visit Baltimore Washington Medical Center's "Events" calendar or call 410-787-4367.
