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HEALTH & BAY LIFE
SEEKING CARE
Anne Arundel County hospitals rank top 10 in the state
By Angelique Gingras
Anne Arundel County’s two major
medical centers rank in the top 10 hospitals in Maryland by U.S. News and World
Report’s 2024 “Best Hospitals” list. Out
of more than 60 hospitals in the state,
Baltimore Washington Medical Center in
Glen Burnie ranks at No. 5, while Luminis
Health Anne Arundel Medical Center in
Annapolis ranks No. 8.
Baltimore Washington Medical Center
is in the University of Maryland Medical
System, specializing in emergency, acute,
medical-surgical and critical care. It’s one of
three UMMS hospitals in the state to rank in
the top five, behind Baltimore’s University
of Maryland Medical Center at No. 2 and
Towson’s University of Maryland St. Joseph
Medical Center at No. 3.
With an operating revenue of $527
million in fiscal year 2023, the medical center has 314 beds and more than
3,100 employees on staff, including just
over 1,000 medical providers. Annually
the facility has around 18,000 hospital
admissions with about 62,000 emergency
department visits.
With its No. 5 ranking, the medical
center was recognized as high-performing in colon cancer and lung cancer
surgeries, as well as procedures related to
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,
pneumonia, heart attack, heart failure,
diabetes and kidney failure.
Kathleen McCollum serves as the
hospital’s president and chief executive
officer.
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical
Center is a health system that also owns
Doctors Community Medical Center, in
Prince George’s County, as well as J. Kent
McNew Family Medical Center and Pathways Alcohol & Drug Treatment Center
in Annapolis.
Luminis Health also has four outpatient surgery centers in the state, including one in Annapolis and another in
Pasadena.
Located on a 57-acre campus, Luminis
Health Anne Arundel Medical Center
has more than 1,200 medical personnel
and more than 1,200 nurses. In the most
recent fiscal year, providers saw roughly
94,000 emergency department visitors
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, 2001 Medical Pkwy, Annapolis. JEFFREY F. BILL/STAFF
and admitted more than 23,000 people to
the hospital. It has an operating budget of
$680 million.
The medical center received high-performance recognition in colon cancer
surgery, lung cancer surgery, procedures
relating to cardiology, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and pneumonia, as well as hip replacement and knee
replacement by U.S. News and World
Report.
Additionally, it recently received its
third Magnet designation in nursing
excellence from the American Nurses
Credentialing Center.
The hospital system is led by CEO
Victoria W. Bayless and Luminis Health
Anne Arundel Medical Center is led by
President Sherry Perkins. Christine Frost
is the hospital’s chief nursing officer.
LUMINIS HEALTH ANNE ARUNDEL
MEDICAL CENTER
2001 Medical Pkwy., Annapolis, 21401
luminishealth.org
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
BALTIMORE WASHINGTON MEDICAL
CENTER
301 Hospital Dr, Glen Burnie, 21061
umms.org/bwmc
