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

Geography
Location	Portland, Maine, United States
Organization
Hospital type	Teaching
Affiliated university	University of Vermont College of Medicine
Services
Emergency department	Level I trauma center
Beds	637
History
Founded	1874
Links
Website	home page
Lists	Hospitals in Maine

Maine Medical Center (commonly abbreviated to MMC or contracted to Maine Med) is a 637-bed teaching hospital located in Portland, Maine, United States. Founded in 1874, it is the largest hospital in northern New England.

[edit] History

A 2009-issued 550-piece jigsaw puzzle of Maine Medical Center commemorating the expansion of the hospital's emergency department

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 in the country.

Maine Medical Center is a teaching hospital, with an affiliation with the University of Vermont College 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. In 2009, Maine Medical Center completed 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, named Scarborough Surgical Center. [2] Maine Medical Center also has the Brighton Medical Center Campus, which is the location of Brighton First Care and New England Rehab.

[edit] Governance

MMC as seen from the South Portland side of the Portland International Jetport.

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]

[edit] Affiliations

Maine Medical Center is a teaching hospital, with an affiliation with the University of Vermont College of Medicine since the late 1970s. This affiliation will be ending in 2010 with the introduction of a Maine-track program at Tufts University School of Medicine. This program will allow students interested in practicing in Maine to attend the third and fourth year of their clerkships at MMC in Portland rather than Boston.

[edit] External links

• Maine Medical Center official website
• A photograph of the original building, then named Maine General Hospital