Location: Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Military Hospitals and Clinics: Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune
Number of Graduate Medical Education programs: 4
Number of Graduate Allied Health Education programs: 7
Total number of Residents/Fellows: Approximately 65
Number of inpatient beds: 70 Staffed (58 + 12 Mental Health)
Major inpatient clinical services: NICU, ICU, Multi-Service Ward, L&D, Newborn Nursery
Number of Operating Rooms: 8
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About Us
Naval Medical Center, Camp Lejeune was commissioned May 1, 1943, at Hospital Point, on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. In 1983, a new hospital was constructed and has expanded to the current footprint of today. The core facility hosts inpatient units, primary care, and specialty care. In addition, seven outlying Branch Medical Clinics, Intrepid Spirit, and the core facility provide support for all Navy and Marine Corps garrison and operational commands. On July 1, 2017, the hospital was designated as NMC Camp Lejeune, and on Feb. 28, 2018, NMC Camp Lejeune received verification as a Level III Trauma Center from the American College of Surgeons.
NMC Camp Lejeune is the sponsoring institution for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education accredited Family Medicine and Psychiatry residency programs, and Sports Medicine fellowship. It is also the sponsoring institution for a Commission on Dental Accreditation program in Advanced Education in General Dentistry, clinical phase training for the Interservice Physician Assistant Program and Graduate nursing programs in Woman's Health, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesia, and Family Practice. The institution also serves as a participating site for ACGME accredited programs in Emergency Medicine and General Surgery and a clinical rotation site for multiple military health professions education programs.
The mission of the institution is to faithfully serve military and civilian communities through health care excellence, readiness, and professional development. We do this by developing specialty-trained physicians and health care professionals ready to support wartime and operational missions as directed by Service Departments and the Defense Health Agency. We support warfighters, their families, and the community by a commitment to the highest standards of excellence in health care and education, and by maintaining both a medically ready force and a ready medical force.
The Graduate Medical Education Committee and the Designated Institutional Official are charged with oversight of the Graduate Medical Education program. As a member of the institutional governing body, the Board of Directors, the DIO, who also serves as the Director for Professional Education and the GMEC, manage the program with input from each area of the institution.
The Commander, Executive Officer, Board of Directors, DPE/DIO, Academic Chairs, Program Directors, Ancillary Staff, and Faculty are committed to the education and training of military officers. This includes assuring the adequate provisions of administrative, educational, financial, human, and clinical resources to support our programs. Resources are allocated to ensure compliance with Department of Defense regulations, the ACGME Institutional and Program Specific requirements, and other accreditation and licensure bodies as required.
Mission
Provide the highest quality health care, maximize medical deployability of the forces we serve, and sustain exceptional professional development.
Vision
To lead the Military Health System in excellence through unparalleled patient experiences and staff development by cultivating a thriving environment of open communication, mutual respect, and unwavering integrity that fosters a deep culture of trust; empower all to their fullest potential.
Guiding Principles
- We strive to exceed the expectations of the patients and families under our care.
- We practice open, truthful, timely communication with our beneficiaries, staff, and community. We engage with empathy and understanding.
- We are all caregivers, and we will...
"Take the HELM!"
Health - We strive to provide effective warfighter readiness, force health protection and exceptional care for all.
Education - We excel in prompt and sustained force generation, training and research.
Leadership - We enable excellence, remove barriers, support ambitions, retain talent and drive teamwork.
Modernization - We strive to be the health care delivery system of tomorrow, leveraging change to drive quality and readiness in all we do, driving effectiveness and efficiency in how we use reduced resources.
