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Washington Hospital Center

This 907-bed, not-for-profit teaching hospital is noted for its clinical expertise, innovative medical technology, and patient-centered care. Since 1958, it has set the standard for adult tertiary care in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area, providing the area's premier specialty services. Its nationally acclaimed programs include Washington Heart, Washington Cancer Institute, The Burn Center, MedStar Shock/Trauma and Medical Transport Services, Women's Service, Transplantation Services, Washington National Eye Center, and the Endocrinology Section.
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The Office of Continuing Medical Education at Washington Hospital Center sponsors a wide variety of continuing medical education programs across numerous clinical specialties for physicians and healthcare professionals. Washington Hospital Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
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MedStar Diabetes Institute at Washington Hospital Center

The MedStar Diabetes Institute (MDI) coordinates diabetes clinical, educational, and research programs at seven hospitals in Washington, DC, and Baltimore—Washington Hospital Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, National Rehabilitation Hospital, Franklin Square Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, Harbor Hospital Center, and Union Memorial Hospital.

The Diabetes Self-Management Education Program of MDI provides a comprehensive approach to management of the patient with diabetes mellitus through all levels of care. It is dedicated to excellence in diabetes clinical care, education, and research. Comprehensive outpatient services provide state-of-the-art care for the patient with diabetes. The American Diabetes Association, in accordance with the National Standards of Diabetes Self-Management Education Programs, has awarded recognition to the MDI Diabetes Self-Management Education Program.
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MedStar Research Institute

The MedStar Research Institute coordinates and supports all aspects of research for the Washington Hospital Center, National Rehabilitation Hospital, Georgetown University Hospital Center, and the entire MedStar Health System in Washington, DC, and Baltimore. Research programs supported have been designed to develop and implement innovative and effective strategies for clinical care and healthcare delivery for patients in the community. Specialized research areas include diabetes, cardiology, cardiac surgery, atherosclerosis, nutrition, nephrology, women's health, cancer, transplantation, critical care, gene therapy, and rehabilitation medicine.
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Union Memorial Hospital

This 350-bed, full-service teaching hospital in Baltimore is noted regionally for its specialized services and highly advanced, patient-centered care. For more than 150 years, it has set the standard for quality community care, clinical education, and research in the region, providing a variety of centers of excellence including the Diabetes and Endocrine Center and Eye Center. Its premier specialty services include nationally acclaimed programs such as The Heart Institute at Union Memorial Hospital, The Orthopaedic Institute at Union Memorial Hospital, and the Intensive Care Unit.
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