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Atlantic City residents and visitors are fortunate to have a number of highly regarded medical services and institutions, including its own regional medical center and access to several other hospital facilities—not to mention a multitude of private practices and clinics specializing in everything from dentistry, optometry and chiropractic to orthopedic, physical therapy and family medicine.

ATLANTICARE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER — ATLANTIC CITY CAMPUS 1925 Pacific Avenue • Atlantic City, NJ 08401 (609) 344-4081 • www.atlanticare.org

Founded in 1898 as Atlantic City’s first hospital, AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center (ARMC) has placed itself among the best acute care facilities in the region. The 276-bed Atlantic City Campus, located in the center of Atlantic City, is home to the region’s sole Level II Trauma Center, an excellent regional psychiatric crisis center and a revered center for surgical weight loss—plus, the top-rated teaching hospital offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient healthcare services.

The Atlantic City Campus of ARMC is proud of its history of prestigious awards and recognitions. Most recent accolades obtained by the hospital includes the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval, J.D. Power and Associates Hospital of Distinction three years in a row, Magnet designation and its identification as an Accredited Chest Pain Center by the Society of Chest Pain Centers.

With the constant influx of residents and tourists in the area, the ARMC Atlantic City Campus is constantly looking to expand its facilities and services thus, the undertaking of the ambitious recent expansion project. With groundbreaking in September of 2005, the project includes the construction of a new $98 million, 198,000-square-foot seven-story patient tower, plus the renovation of approximately 23,000 square feet within the existing hospital facilities. The modern George F. Lynn Harmony Pavilion, which has infused a Healing Arts design, stands as the largest addition in ARMC history.

In October of 2007, the hospital celebrated the Grand Opening of the Emergency Center, which boasts of its own diagnostic imaging suite and new behavioral health area, a new Radiology Department on the first and second floors and a brand new pedestrian bridge connecting the hospital with Caesars Atlantic City’s parking garage.

February of 2008 saw the openings of the new Intensive Care Unit on the third floor a modern surgical floor located on the fourth floor and an advanced medical/pulmonary and telemetry floor situated on the fifth floor. Two floors of the new Harmony Pavilion have been designated as spaces for future expansion and/or relocation of the hospital’s existing services.

ARMC is a significant part of the AtlantiCare integrated healthcare system, which also includes the AtlantiCare Foundation, AtlantiCare Health Services, AtlantiCare Health Plans, AtlantiCare Behavioral Health and InfoShare. This medical network hails as the region’s largest healthcare organization, and stands as the largest non-casino employer with more than 4,000 employees in 60-plus locations.

SHORE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL One East New York Avenue • Somers Point, NJ 08244 (609) 653-3500 • www.shorememorial.org

Shore Memorial Hospital, a quick 25-minute drive from the heart of Atlantic City, is a 296 licensed-bed, nonprofit community hospital that stands as a regional leader in providing leading-edge healthcare. With more than 35 medical and surgical specialties, more than 350 of the region’s finest physicians and 1,600-plus employees, Shore Memorial offers sophisticated medical, surgical and nursing care comparable to that offered at major metropolitan teaching hospitals.

Shore Memorial Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission and also holds a Joint Commission Certificate of Distinction and Gold Seal of Approval as a Primary Stroke Center. The hospital offers Centers of Clinical Excellence in Cancer, Cardiac, Neuroscience and Maternal/Child Health.

Through its clinic affiliation with the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Shore Memorial physicians and patients receive the benefits of clinical research, educational resources and a seamless healthcare connection between the two health systems. The hospital is also part of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Inpatient Network.

Through Shore Health Enterprises, an affiliate of the Shore Memorial Health System, top-rate healthcare and wellness and fitness services are brought directly into the communities served—Shore Health Park in Mays Landing and through an affiliation with Tilton Fitness in Somers Point, Mays Landing and Galloway.

ADDITIONAL NEARBY MEDICAL RESOURCES:

ATLANTICARE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER— MAINLAND CAMPUS Jimmie Leeds Road • Pomona, NJ 08240 (609) 652-1000 • www.atlanticare.org

KESSLER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 600 South White Horse Pike • Hammonton, NJ 08037 (609) 561-6700 • www.kesslerhospital.org

SOUTHERN OCEAN COUNTY HOSPITAL 1140 Route 72 West • Manahawkin, NJ 08050 (609) 597-6011 • www.soch.com