Maine Medical Center (commonly abbreviated to MMC or contracted to Maine Med) is a 700-licensed-bed teaching hospital in Portland, Maine, United States. Affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine, it is located in the Western Promenade neighborhood. It has a staff of over 9,500.[1] The facility is one of only three Level I Trauma Centers in Northern New England. Founded in 1874, it is the largest hospital in northern New England with 28,000 inpatient visits, about 500,000 outpatient visits, 88,000 emergency visits, and over 27,000 surgeries performed annually.[2] MMC is structured as a non-profit, private corporation governed by volunteer trustees. Maine Medical Center is wholly owned by, and serves as the flagship hospital for MaineHealth, a non-profit healthcare network servicing Maine and New Hampshire.
| Maine Medical Center | |
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| MMC | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 22 Bramhall Street, Portland, Maine, United States |
| Coordinates | 43°39′11″N 70°16′34″W / 43.653°N 70.276°W |
| Organization | |
| Type | Non profit and Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Tufts University School of Medicine |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level I trauma center |
| Beds | 700 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1874 |
| Links | |
| Website | https://www.mainehealth.org/maine-medical-center |
| Lists | Hospitals in Maine |
History
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Maine Medical Center is the largest tertiary care hospital in Northern New England, serving all of Maine and parts of Vermont and New Hampshire. It is a Level One Trauma Center, most recently named by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top hospitals in America for heart care, orthopedics and gynecology, and home to the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital, cited as one of the Top 25 children's hospitals in the country.[3][4][5]
Maine Medical Center is a teaching hospital, with an affiliation with the University of Southern Maine, Saint Joseph's College, Tufts University and Dartmouth College. As a part of its mission, MMC is also a leader in biomedical research, through its Maine Medical Center Research Institute, ongoing clinical trials, and translational research.
Maine Medical Center Research Institute
editSince 1956, Maine Medical Center has recruited NIH-funded scientists to staff its research institute. The facility is subdivided into the centers for molecular medicine, clinical and translational research, outcomes research and evaluation, psychiatric research, and Lyme and vector-borne diseases. The institute also participates in multiple national and international clinical trials in fields ranging from cardiology to oncology, offering opportunities for graduate and post-doctoral training as well as funding.[6]
Currently, Maine Medical Center Research Institute is one of 126 NIH-designated "Centers for Research Excellence" receiving funding for stem and progenitor cell biology and regenerative medicine.[7]
Governance
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Maine Medical Center is owned by MaineHealth, the state's largest healthcare organization. MaineHealth formed in the late 1990s from MMC, with its first board of directors serving from 1999 to 2000. MaineHealth owns and operates a series of mental, long-term, primary care, emergency, and home healthcare facilities in southern, central, and western Maine. Other MaineHealth companies include Memorial Hospital, North Conway NH, Western Maine Health (Penbay Medical Center & Waldo), Southern Maine Health Care (Biddeford & Sanford), LincolnHealth, Spring Harbor Hospital and HomeHealth-VNSM.[8]
Barbara Bush Children's Hospital
editReferred to as a "hospital within a hospital", the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital (BBCH) is integrated within Maine Medical Center to offer a complete range of pediatric services, specialties and programs including behavioral and developmental, neonatal, cardiology, infectious disease, neurology, palliative care and otolaryngology, among others.[9][10] The original Children's Hospital opened in 1908, later merging with the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary (opened in 1890) and the Maine General Hospital (opened in 1874) to become Maine Medical Center. In 1998, the facility sought formal accreditation for its children's services as the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center.[11] The hospital treats infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21 throughout Maine.[12]
The inpatient unit of BBCH is approximately 26,000 square feet (2,400 m2) with 109 beds including a 31-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and a 20-bed continuing care nursery.[13][14]
Specialty programs and care centers
edit- Barbara Bush Children's Hospital
- Joint Replacement Center
- Family Birth Center
- Cancer Institute
- Digestive Health Center
- Poison Center
- Scarborough Surgery Center
- MaineHealth VitalNetwork
- Maine Transplant Program
Affiliations
editMaine Medical Center is a teaching hospital, currently using the Maine Track program at Tufts University School of Medicine. This program allows students from Maine, or those interested in practicing there, to complete the second through fourth year of medical school at MMC in Portland rather than Boston.[15] MMC also hosts a number of third year clerkships for students from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine.
References
edit- ^ Bouchard, Kelly (2010). "Maine Med Appoints New COO". Portland Press Herald. Retrieved June 16, 2010.
- ^ "US News Best Hospitals 2014 Maine Medical Center".
- ^ "Maine Medical Center makes patient quality a priority with SAS for Performance Management". SAS Institute Inc. 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2010.
- ^ Maine Medical Center Website - 2007 Press Releases Archived June 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Maine Medical Center Website - 2008 Press Releases Archived June 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Julianna. "Welcome to the Maine Medical Center Research Institute +". MMCRI.
- ^ "Participating COBRE Institutions". www.nigms.nih.gov.
- ^ "Maine Medical Center Website - History". Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. Retrieved March 20, 2007.
- ^ BBCH Website - About Us Archived June 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ BBCH Website - Pediatric Services Archived June 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ BBCH Website - Education and History Archived June 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Pediatric Intensive Care PICU". www.mainehealth.org. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
- ^ BBCH Website - Quality Care Close to Home Archived June 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Children's Miracle Network Hospitals". Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.
- ^ "Maine Track MD Program | Tufts University School of Medicine MD Programs". Tufts.edu. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
