George Washington University Hospital

900 23rd St., NW, Washington, DC, 20037
(202) 715 – 4000
http://www.gwhospital.com/Home

Just minutes from DC's tourist attractions, George Washington University Hospital is a technologically advanced hospital serving a diverse group of patients from local residents to visiting dignitaries and heads of state.  More than 810 doctors and 700 nurses work in the 371-bed hospital.  Since moving into a new $96 million facility in 2002, George Washington University Hospital has continued to add new and improved techniques and technologies. 

George Washington University Hospital's high-tech health care equipment includes the following:

• A Dilon 6800 Gamma Camera that can detect the smallest, hardest-to-find cancers, and may revolutionize how doctors detect and diagnose breast cancer;
• A Picture Archiving Communication System that allows medical professionals to distribute and access electronic pictures of x-rays, CT, MRI, ultrasounds and nuclear medicine on computer workstations;
• A daVinci surgical system of robotic surgery for precise and advanced surgical techniques;
• A 64 slice CT scan to identify heart disease in a noninvasive manner;
• Dynesys, a spinal system that uses flexible materials to stabilize the spine;
• On-Q Painbuster, post-operative pain relief that soaks the surgical site with anesthesia;
• Sonosite, a system that extends the capabilities of portable sonography.

George Washington University Hospital also has high-tech classrooms for the most advanced education of medical students, a state of the art Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit, and new systems of digital mammography and electrophoresis.  In addition, the George Washington Minimal Invasive Surgery Center is revolutionizing surgery with an advanced technique that allows them to perform hip, knee, spine, heartburn, cancer, cardiac and obesity surgery through surgical holes that are only the size of a pencil.  Using video equipment to magnify the site inside the body and instruments that fit through the tiny incisions, surgeons are able to perform surgery that results in minimal scarring and faster recoveries.

Clinical expertise at the George Washington University Hospital includes Breast Care Services, Cancer Care, Cardiovascular Care, Emergency Medicine, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology and a Women's Center.  Outpatient care is offered through the Medical Faculty Associates, a 280-member multi-specialty physician practice group. 

The George Washington University Hospital experiences more than 16,999 inpatient admissions and 150,000 outpatient visits every year.  The emergency department, a Level I Trauma Center, sees more than 69,000 patients every year. 

Since 1997, George Washington University Hospital has been owned and operated by a partnership between George Washington University and United Healthcare Services, one of the largest health care management companies in the United States.

George Washington University Hospital is one of several hospitals in the Washington, DC area. For your convenience, the Abelson Law Offices Website has a directory of other Washington, DC health care facilities.

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