The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is opening a new University of Maryland Urgent Care location in Charles County on Monday.
UM Urgent Care at La Plata, located in the Potomac Shopping Center off southbound Route 301, across the street from Applebee’s and Safeway, is scheduled to open March 9th, 2026.
The center will offer walk-in urgent care seven days a week, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. for adult and pediatric patients over 12 months of age. In addition to walk-in care, UM Urgent Care offers telemedicine visits seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The opening of UM Urgent Care’s La Plata location will complement existing UMMS primary and specialty care services, including those at UM Charles Regional Medical Center and its affiliated medical group, in the region and create greater access to care for local residents.
“We are proud to expand UM Urgent Care into Charles County,” said Scott Burger, DO, Chief Medical Officer of UM Urgent Care. “This new location improves access to high‑quality, convenient care for Marylanders close to home. Our team is dedicated not only to helping patients get healthy quickly, but also to ensuring seamless follow‑up with primary care or specialty providers when needed. Through this effort, we aim to strengthen the long‑term health and well‑being of the community.”
UM Urgent Care offers affordable comprehensive medical services that bridge the gap between primary care and emergency room visits. Health care providers see patients in-person and virtually for a variety of ailments including fevers, rashes, allergies and asthma, headaches, eye injuries, sprains and broken bones. The centers also provide X-ray, EKG and onsite lab testing to support preoperative examinations, as well as occupational health needs and sports physicals. When needed, UM Urgent Care’s dedicated clinicians can support patients with referrals to primary and specialty care providers.
UM Urgent Care at La Plata will be the 12th University of Maryland Urgent Care location and is located at 9405 Chesapeake St. Suite 2-B, La Plata, MD 20646. The phone number is 240-349-3108.
About University of Maryland Urgent Care: University of Maryland Urgent Care is dedicated to providing accessible and high-quality healthcare services for families through in-person or telehealth visits. As a part of the University of Maryland Medical System, UM Urgent Care connects patients across the state to an extensive network of health care professionals and services. For more information about the new urgent care centers in Anne Arundel County, visit umurgentcare.com.
About the University of Maryland Medical System: The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system, focused on delivering compassionate, high-quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine and University of Maryland, Baltimore who educate the state’s future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban, suburban and rural communities across the state of Maryland. UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the System’s anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties. For more information, visit www.umms.org.
