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Weather Alert: Outpatient Practice Closures or Telehealth-Only Operations

January 07, 2025
Due to the inclement weather, certain outpatient and primary care practices will have a delayed opening while some will remain closed on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. The University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center’s hospital is fully open – including its Emergency Department and Labor and Delivery unit – with operations continuing per normal and unaffected by the storm. We remain open and ready to care for our community.

University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center Opens New Cardiology and Pulmonary Care Locations

December 16, 2024
Ratnakar Mukherjee, MD; Jason Heavner, MD; Abid Fakhri, MD; Jeffrey Marshall, MD
The University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center (UM BWMC), a member organization of the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS), has aligned its new heart and lung care practices on the third floor of the hospital’s Outpatient Care Center. The move physically brings together the two closely related care practices to enhance existing collaboration and offer more comprehensive cardiopulmonary care to patients.

UM Baltimore Washington Medical Center’s Critical Care Division Receives Gold Beacon Award for Excellence from American Association of Critical Care Nurses

July 17, 2024
The Intensive and Intermediate Care units at the University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center (UM BWMC), together representing the hospital's Critical Care Division, have received the Gold Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN). The award is presented to inpatient care units that create a supportive work environment for nurses and provide the highest level of care to critically ill patients.