Fortis Institute - Towson occupies the entire first floor (19,600 square feet) of the Tolbert Garage located at 700 York Road, Towson, Maryland. The Institute is divided into training rooms that include medical laboratories, classrooms, Mock Pharmacy, a student lounge, staff lounge, faculty workroom, student library/study area, and various administrative offices.
Additional classroom space (13,880 square feet) is located at 111 Allegheny Avenue, Towson, Maryland. This space is divided into multi-use lecture rooms, dental labs, and a wet lab, a student lounge, student massage clinic, Esthetics lab, and program chair offices.
All classrooms in both locations are equipped with wireless computer access.
Dental Assisting Facilities
The Dental Assisting facilities include lecture rooms, a laboratory that is outfitted with complete dental operatories and all accessories necessary to perform four-handed dentistry and an additional laboratory that is outfitted with the necessary equipment and supplies to teach students how to take impressions and work with amalgams. Additionally, there are dual station x-ray units and a Panorex unit. Students use digital imaging for x-rays and are trained in the use of traditional x-ray methods employing manual and automatic film processing.
Esthetic Skincare Facilities
There are two rooms dedicated to the Esthetic Skincare program. One room is devoted to lectures while the second room is set up as a laboratory and serves as the public clinic. The laboratory is outfitted with equipment that includes treatment chairs, facial steamers, wax pots used in waxing procedures, and high frequency/galvanic machines used on clients during facials. Additionally, there are a vast number of facial products used in training and in the public clinic.
Massage Therapy Facilities
The rooms used for Massage Therapy training include two lecture rooms, a bodywork training room outfitted with massage tables, and a public massage clinic that is utilized to prepare students to work with the public in a supervised environment.
Medical Assisting Facilities
The Medical Assisting facilities are comprised of labs that contain, among other things, microscopes, centrifuges, EKG machines, phlebotomy equipment, urinalysis supplies and blood pressure equipment as well as surgical, aseptic, and CPR supplies and equipment.
Medical Office Administration Facilities
As Fortis Institute - Towson is largely a wireless environment; most classrooms can function as didactic rooms as well as serve as rooms where keyboarding, transcription, word processing, spreadsheet programs, medical billing, and electronic medical records programs can be taught. Additionally, students utilize the medical laboratories to learn back-office procedures such as blood pressure and vitals, CPR, positioning, draping, and asepsis techniques.
Pharmacy Technician Facilities
The Pharmacy Technician classrooms include a simulated retail store, a lecture room with a Laminar Flow Hood to simulate venting of compounds and air borne particles. Additionally, the Pharmacy Technician program has the appropriate ancillary teaching equipment for the profession including scales, measuring and dispensing devices, vials, and intravenous equipment.
All Fortis Institute - Towson facilities are handicapped accessible.