Charleston Area Medical Center

Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) is the name of a complex of hospitals in Charleston, West Virginia, formed via a merger of previously independent facilities. It is the state's largest hospital.

Charleston Area Medical Center is the primary medical facility for the city of Charleston. There is a combined total of 845 staffed beds between all four facilities. In 2004, there were 88,811 Emergency Department visits, 3,183 births, 23,078 outpatient surgeries, 514,849 outpatient visits, along with 36,216 Admissions and 12,866 Inpatient surgeries, not including the then independent Teays Valley operation.

The largest branch is the Memorial Division, previously Charleston Memorial Hospital, located in the Kanawha City neighborhood of the town. It primarily hosts cardiac and internal medicine cases. The other main branch is the General Division, previously Charleston General Hospital, located downtown, which focuses on trauma cases. This is joined by the Women's and Children's Division, formerly the Kanawha Valley Hospital, which is located on the edge of the downtown area. In late 2006, the hospital purchased the former Putnam General Hospital, located in suburban Putnam County about 20 miles from downtown Charleston, and renamed it CAMC-Teays Valley Hospital.

The facility is the de facto home of half of the West Virginia University medical school, because the small population of Morgantown, West Virginia has proven too small to support the full training program.

During 2005 and 2006, the facility won awards for being one of the top 50 hospitals for cardiology and cardiac surgery on the US News List of "Best Hospitals"