Charleston Area Medical Center

Charleston Area Medical Center, also known as CAMC, is a nonprofit health system headquartered in Charleston, West Virginia, United States. It operates multiple hospitals and outpatient facilities that provide acute inpatient care, emergency services, surgical procedures, diagnostic imaging, and specialty care. The organization delivers both inpatient and outpatient medical services to residents of West Virginia and neighboring regions, functioning as a referral center for complex cases. CAMC also supports graduate medical education through residency and fellowship programs affiliated with medical schools.

The source material does not provide explicit quantitative details about the organization's size, such as number of beds, employees, or annual patient volume; therefore, no scale metrics are included here.

CAMC is recognized as a Level I trauma center, offering the highest level of trauma care for critically injured patients. It maintains an academic affiliation that enables training of future physicians and integrates clinical research into patient care. As a nonprofit entity, its mission emphasizes community health improvement and access to care for underserved populations. The health system also operates specialized institutes that provide focused expertise in certain clinical areas.

Charleston Area Medical Center is a standalone nonprofit organization; the source material does not indicate a parent company or subsidiary structure beyond its own health system entities. It is governed by a board of directors overseeing its hospitals and affiliated facilities.