Detroit Medical Center

Emergency entrance to Detroit Receiving Hospital

The 'Detroit Medical Center is a Detroit-based non-profit corporation that owns and operates Children’s Hospital of Michigan (southeast Michigan’s only pediatric Level I trauma center), Detroit Receiving Hospital (Michigan’s first Level One Trauma Center), Harper University Hospital (with specialty services including bariatric surgery, cardiology, vascular procedures, neurosurgery, neurology and kidney and pancreas organ transplants, Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital in adjacent Oakland County, Michigan), Hutzel Women’s Hospital (obstetrics, infertility and gynecology), the Kresge Eye Institute (ophthalmology and cornea transplantation), Michigan Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital (orthopaedic services), Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan (rehabilitation medicine and spinal cord injuries, Sinai-Grace Hospital (total joint replacement surgery) and the Karmanos Cancer Institute/The Cancer Hospital (oncology).^[1] The DMC has more than 2,000 licensed beds and 3,000 affiliated physicians. The center is staffed by physicians from the Wayne State University School of Medicine, the largest single-campus medical school in the United States. ^[2] Image File history File links Dmc. ... Image File history File links Dmc. ... Pediatrics (also spelled paediatrics or pædiatrics) is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants and children. ... Level I trauma center provides the highest level of Surgical care to trauma patients. ... Bariatrics is the specialty of medicine dealing with the surgical treatment of obesity. ... Cardiology is the branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the heart and blood vessels. ... The heart and lungs, from an older edition of Grays Anatomy. ... Old German engraving depicting a trepanation, an ancient and still performed neurosurgical procedure Neurosurgery is the surgical discipline focused on treating those central and peripheral nervous system diseases amenable to mechanical intervention. ... Neurology is a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the nervous system. ... Human kidneys viewed from behind with spine removed The kidneys are bean-shaped excretory organs in vertebrates. ... The pancreas is an organ that serves two functions: exocrine - it produces pancreatic juice containing digestive enzymes. ... Link titleLink titleLink titleLink titleLink titleLink titleLink titleLink titleLink titleLink titleLink titleLink titleLink titleLink titleLink titleLink titleLink titleLink titleLink titleLink titleLink titleLink titleAn organ transplant is the transplantation of a whole or partial organ from one body to another (or from a donor site on the patients own body... Oakland County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Infertility is the inability to naturally conceive a child or the inability to carry a pregnancy to term. ... The shamefulness associated with the examination of female genitalia has long inhibited the science of gynaecology. ... The Kmart Corporation (NASDAQ: KMRT), based in Troy, Michigan, near Detroit, functions as a global retailer, based primarily in the United States of America. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The cornea is the transparent front part of the eye that covers the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber, providing most of an eyes optical power [1]. Together with the lens, the cornea refracts light and, as a result, helps the eye to focus. ... Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics (BE: orthopaedics) is the branch of surgery concerned with acute, chronic, traumatic and recurrent injuries and other disorders of the locomotor system, its musclular and bone parts. ... Look up Rehabilitation on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Rehabilitation is the restoration of lost capabilities, or the treatment aimed at producing it. ... Cross-section through cervical spinal cord. ... Oncology is the medical subspecialty dealing with the study and treatment of cancer. ... Physician examining a child A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... Wayne State University Wayne State University, located in Detroit, Michigan, is adjacent to the citys Cultural Center. ...

Former Wayne County, Michigan Executive Michael E. Duggan has been president and chief executive officer since January, 2004. Wayne County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. ...

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• DMC Homepage