R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma

The Nation's First and Only Integrated Trauma Hospital

The R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland is dedicated to treating the critically sick and severely injured and employing groundbreaking research and innovative medical procedures with one goal in mind: saving lives.

For more than 40 years, the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center has been a worldwide leader in trauma care. Shock Trauma is the heart of Maryland’s exceptional Emergency Medical Services (EMS)—the first coordinated system in the country and a national model of excellence. To date, more than 150,000 people have been cared for at Shock Trauma.