Union Memorial Hospital

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Union Memorial Hospital is a non-profit, acute care teaching hospital located in the North Central section of Baltimore, Maryland.

Union Memorial has a strong emphasis on cardiac care, orthopedics and sports medicine.

As one of the area’s top specialty hospitals, Union Memorial has been caring for members of the community for more than 150 years. The seven women who established the Union Protestant Infirmary, as it was first called, wanted a place where "the sick, the poor and the infirm" could receive quality care. Union Memorial has evolved from a 20-bed to a 283-bed hospital and is renowned for the Curtis National Hand Center, the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Heart Institute, the Decker Orthopedic Institute and Union Memorial Sports Medicine. Other services include: diabetes and endocrine center, eye surgery center, general surgery, geriatric medicine, oncology, renal dialysis, thoracic surgery, weight management and bariatric center, and wound care.

Some famous individuals have spent time at the hospital. Jazz leader Chick Webb worked in the hospital as a youngster and Mickey Mantle received treatment, as well. In 1939, noted gangster Al Capone spent time at the hospital to cure his syphilis, after his release from Alcatraz. He was so delighted with the care he received, that he donated a cherry tree to the hospital, which still grows today.

Union Memorial was ranked among the nation’s top 100 heart hospitals in 2006 and was rated a best place to work by the Baltimore Business Journal.

Union Memorial is a member of MedStar Health, a community-based network of seven of the Baltimore/Washington area’s hospitals and other health care services.

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• Union Memorial Hospital
• National Hand Specialists
• MedStar Health