DMC Surgery Hospital
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DMC Surgery Hospital is one of the eight hospitals/Institutions composing the Detroit Medical Center
Detroit Medical Center
The Detroit Medical Center, located in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, has more than 2,000 licensed beds, 3,000 affiliated physicians and over 12,000 employees. The DMC is the affiliated clinical research site for medical program at Wayne State University...

. DMC Surgery Hospital is dedicated to the surgical needs of adults and children. Surgery for adults covers the full range of orthopaedic surgeries, neurosurgery relative to the spine and podiatric surgery. In association with the Children's Hospital of Michigan
Children's Hospital of Michigan
Children’s Hospital of Michigan is a hospital located in Detroit, Michigan. It is part of the Detroit Medical Center. It is an international provider of pediatric neurology, neurosurgery, cardiology, oncology and diagnostic services including Positron Emission Tomography and MRI...

, surgery for pediatric patients primarily provides services for all outpatient surgical needs. The major emphasis of the facility is a commitment to orthopaedic sports medicine which includes services for both adults and adolescents. The hospital also offers 24-hour emergency care and psychiatric inpatient services.

History

The Detroit Medical Center first opened this site in Madison Heights, Michigan
Madison Heights, Michigan
Madison Heights is a city in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a suburb of Detroit. As of the 2010 census, its population was 29,694.- History :...

 in March 2003 as Michigan Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital. It was the first hospital in the state to offer inpatient and outpatient surgical care exclusively focused on orthopaedics. In addition, a 24-hour general Emergency Room was opened to the community. The hospital also continued to provide services through Madison Behavioral Health Services, which it acquired with the purchase of the site.

In the past five years, the hospital has grown to also include a full-service radiology department with MRI and ultrasound technology, a Back Pain Clinic and an off-site Wound Care Center. Recently, it expanded to include outpatient surgical services performed by the doctors of DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan. On July 10, 2008, the facility was renamed the DMC Surgery Hospital to better represent this broader range of services to adults and children.

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