Maine Medical Center

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Coordinates: 43°39′12″N 70°16′34″W / 43.65328, -70.276172

Location
Maine Medical Center

Place	Portland, Maine, (US)
Organization
Care System	Unknown
Hospital Type	Teaching
Affiliated University	University of Vermont
Services
Emergency Dept.	Level I trauma center
Beds	606
History
Founded	1874
Links
Website	Homepage
See also	Hospitals in Maine

Maine Medical Center (commonly abbreviated to MMC) is a 606-bed teaching hospital located in Portland, Maine, United States. Founded in 1874, it is the largest hospital in northern New England.

[edit] History

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 US News and World Report as one of the top hospitals in the US for heart care and orthopedics, and home to the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital, cited as one of the Top 25 children's hospitals on the country.

Maine Medical Center is a teaching hospital, with an affiliation with the University of Vermont School of Medicine. 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.

The present-day complex of more than one million square feet (92,000 square meters) was completed in 1984. Maine Medical Center is currently undergoing a major expansion, to include a new or improved emergency department, birthing center, neonatal intensive care unit, helipad, utility plant, and parking garage.[1] In August 2007, it opened a new Ambulatory Surgical Center in Scarborough, Maine. [2]

[edit] Governance

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 1999-2000. 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 St. Andrews Healthcare, Miles Health Care, Spring Harbor Hospital, HomeHealth-VNSM.[3]