MADIGAN ARMYMEDICAL CENTER

As one of the Army's most state-of-the-art and technically advanced medical centers, Madigan Army Medical Center, located at Fort Lewis in Tacoma, Wash., is one of only three designated Level Two trauma centers within the U.S. Medical Command.

The facility is located on 120 acres of land, and its health care mission is executed by nearly 4,000 staff members, which include hundreds of civilian and military doctors, nurses, residents, interns, and fellows. Madigan also boasts a robust internal American Red Cross program. There are approximately 200 volunteers who donate thousands of hours of free service monthly.

The hospital was named for Col. Patrick S. Madigan, known as “The Father of Army Neuropsychiatry,” and who was the assistant to the Surgeon General of the United States Army from 1940 to 1943.

Since its opening in 1944, the center has a full spectrum of specialty and subspecialty services for adult and pediatric patients to include Developmental Pediatrics, Hematology and Oncology, and Radiation Therapy.

Recently, the hospital's Andersen Simulation Center, which helps train thousands of doctors, nurses and medics each year, received a three-year accreditation from the American College of Surgeons, becoming the only Defense Department medical educational institution to attain that status. And Madigan's simulation center is one of only 21 surgical simulation centers in the U.S. to achieve a Level One status, the highest for a center of surgical education excellence.

As a teaching institute, Madigan also has outstanding Graduate Medical and Nursing Education programs. Residents and fellows enrolled in Madigan's Graduate Medical Education program have consistently scored in the 90th percentile on state and national examinations, making Madigan a highly desirable place to train.

Area highlights include:

• Olympia, Washington's capital, is located 12 miles southwest and Seattle, the state's largest city, is one hour north.
• Fort Lewis and McChord AFB are adjacent to each other.
• The most popular nearby site is Mount Rainier, which can be seen most days from Fort Lewis.
• There are several shopping areas nearby to include three malls.