Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Overview

Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare is a first-of-its-kind health care joint venture between Saudi Aramco, a world leader in energy, and Johns Hopkins Medicine. About 255,000 eligible medical recipients ― including Aramco employees from Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, as well as their dependents and retirees ― receive quality care free of charge at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare. Patients are seen at a 330-bed tertiary care hospital (Dhahran Medical Center), a 55-bed hospital in Al Hasa (opened in 2018), three satellite outpatient Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare facilities and third-party medical designated facilities in the Eastern Province.  

About Our Agreement

Saudi Aramco and Johns Hopkins Medicine signed a joint venture agreement that launched in 2014 with a term of 10 years. Johns Hopkins owns 20% of the joint venture. The shared goal is not only to create a health care organization that serves the immediate needs of Saudi Aramco employees, retirees and their families, but also to evolve into a health system of excellence that provides enhanced specialty and subspecialty care. 

In addition to owning equity in the joint venture, Johns Hopkins provides:

• Clinical program development and education and training     
• Direct clinical care by Johns Hopkins faculty rotating at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare
• Patient safety and continuous quality improvement
• Operations development, integration and support

Joint Commission International Accredited

Reaccreditation expected in December 2020

Points of Pride

• Conducted clinical rotations by Johns Hopkins faculty in specialties such as bariatric surgery, colorectal surgery, radiology, ophthalmology, vascular surgery and cardiology
• Developed programs and services not previously offered at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare (e.g., robotic surgery, cardiac surgery, cardiac rehabilitation, complex electrophysiology, palliative care, endovascular therapies and noninvasive imaging)
• Introduced inpatient and outpatient palliative care and established a holistic, multidisciplinary program
• Launched personalized care for patients with sickle cell disease
• Developed a center of excellence in bariatrics and weight management 
• Established the Office of Emergency Management for Disaster/Emergency Preparedness
• Performed the first robotic surgery in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia using the da Vinci Xi Surgical System
• Performed Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare’s first Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty procedure, an alternative to corneal transplant

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