Maryland's Health Matters - Midtown - Fall 2016 - 14

FOCUS ON PHILANTHROPY

IMPROVING
ACCESS TO CARE
Modern medical facilities
make a world of difference-
allowing physicians and
staff to accelerate the pace
of their work and, in turn,
helping patients heal faster.
University of Maryland
Medical Center (UMMC) is
Janice J. Eisele

Building
a Healthier
Baltimore

New Outpatient Center to
provide streamlined access
to key health services

deeply committed to providing these state-of-the-

As leaves fall from the trees and cooler air stretches

art facilities and, upon completion in 2018, the

across the region, the University of Maryland Medical

new UMMC Midtown Campus Outpatient Center

Center (UMMC) Midtown Campus will undergo its own

will give patients improved access to key health

transformation beginning this autumn.

and support services on our campus.

UMMC Midtown Campus provides expert care in

As you will read here, these incredible new

more than 30 medical specialties. Several key services

resources are made possible by the tremendous

from UMMC's University Campus expanded to UMMC

philanthropic investment of generous individu-

Midtown Campus, including mental health, neurology,

als and other partners who share our dedication

pediatrics, sleep, gastroenterology, infectious disease,

to ensuring that the people of Baltimore have

diabetes and endocrinology. Also available on-site are

access to the finest health care offered inside the

subspecialty providers, such as cardiology, orthopaedics,

most advanced facilities. You are a critical mem-

ophthalmology, general surgery, and ear, nose and

ber of this community, and on behalf of UMMC

throat, to name a few.

Midtown Campus, we invite you to learn more
about this next phase in our development.

NEW MEDICAL HUB
The demolition of an older building on campus will make
room for a $56 million, state-of-the-art medical and outpatient facility. The new building is part of a bigger vision
for UMMC Midtown Campus-one that creates a "medical
neighborhood" to streamline patient visits and provide

Janice J. Eisele
Senior Vice President

multiple services at a single location.
The changes underscore a strategic vision of the

University of Maryland Medical System

renewed UMMC Midtown Campus as a medical hub and

Foundation

community resource, offering its patients preventive
education and advanced medical care. The expansion
further strengthens UMMC's mission to improve the
health and well-being of residents of west Baltimore.
Chronic diseases, such as diabetes, hypertension and
asthma, are rising at staggering rates, while infectious
diseases, such as HIV and hepatitis C, are prevalent
as well. Violence and addiction also pose serious health
risks in many Baltimore communities.

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