The Center is open Mondays through Fridays and morning, afternoon, and evening appointment times are available. Please call the Center for our hours.

Questions & Appointments:
443.849.3323
Mon-Fri: 8am - 4pm

Immediate Assistance:
443.849.2225
24/7 - GBMC Emergency Dept.

Currently In Danger:
Call 911

For Drs. Collins and Jensen please call 443-849-8082.

Optical Hours
M -TH: 8:00 - 6:00
F: 8:00 - 4:00

Gilchrist Hospice Care, a non-profit organization, is the largest hospice in Maryland and provides the highest quality hospice and support services, whether home-based or inpatient, to thousands of individuals and families residing throughout Central Maryland each year.

Our services include medical and nursing care, social work support, home health and volunteer assistance, as well as spiritual and grief counseling.

Inpatient Hospice Locations:

Towson
555 Towsontown Blvd W
Towson, MD 21204
(443) 849-8200

Columbia
6336 Cedar Ln
Columbia, MD 21044
(443) 283-2700

Surgical skill from the area's most experienced Johns Hopkins specialists.

Head & Neck Surgery, located at GBMC’s Milton J. Dance, Jr. Head & Neck Center, gives you access to the area's most experienced specialists in organ preservation, microvascular surgery, minimally invasive techniques, and voice rehabilitation. Our integrated practice is dedicated to caring for patients in a healing environment, with comprehensive programs and services that emphasize the highest level of comfort and convenience.

GBMC's long-standing relationship with Johns Hopkins gives our patients access to:

• The latest clinical research trials, including molecular genetic research for patients with head and neck cancers, and clinical trials in minimally invasive robotic surgery.
• New medical research, technology, and innovation including endoscopic and robotic surgery of the larynx, pharynx and skull base.
• The most advanced treatments, techniques, and information.

We treat cancers and benign tumors of the:

• Oral cavity
• Pharynx
• Larynx
• Salivary glands
• Thyroid and parathyroid glands
• Skull base
• Neck
• Jaw
• Sinuses
• Skin (melanoma, non-melanoma skin cancers)

A proven advance in technology, applied to head and neck surgery.

GBMC's da Vinci Surgical System incorporates the latest advances in robotics and computer technology to bring our surgeons a sophisticated new tool. We use this minimally invasive, robotic surgical approach, Trans Oral Robotic Surgery (TORS), for surgical procedures to treat benign and malignant tumors in adults.

he Milton J. Dance, Jr. Head and Neck Center provides comprehensive care to patients with disorders of the head and neck and their families. The Center includes head and neck surgery, multidisciplinary head and neck rehabilitation services, a full range of speech-language pathology services and a highly specialized voice center.

Our care doesn't end with state-of-the-art surgery and advanced technology. The Milton J. Dance Jr. Head and Neck Center also provides a wide range of programs and services to improve our patients' quality of life. Patients and family members receive exceptional care through counseling and education, discharge planning, home health care coordination, support groups, professional voice care, head and neck cancer care, interdisciplinary patient care conferences, and more. Every step of the way, our patients experience compassion from people who care in a healing, supportive environment.

Walk-in hours for urgent care: Mondays 8AM – 10AM and 4PM – 7PM Tuesday - Friday from 8AM – 10AM

From the Main Entrance of the hospital, take Elevator B to the fourth floor of the Main Hospital. As you exit the elevator, immediately turn right and then right again. The Ostomy and Wound Care Centers will be directly ahead.

Diagnostic Radiology: 8:00am - 4:00pm Computerized Tomography (CT): 7:30am - 4:30pm Ultrasound (General, Vascular, Echo): 8:00am - 3:00pm Nuclear Medicine: 8:00am - 3:00pm Interventional Radiology: 8:00am - 3:00pm