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Since Roosevelt, most presidents have used a military hospital close to Washington, D.C., either Bethesda or Walter Reed AMC, as the primary facility for their medical care and that of their immediate family. President Lyndon B. Johnson was a patient at the medical center several times during his presidency.
Suburban Hospital is a community-based, not-for-profit hospital serving Montgomery County, Maryland, and the surrounding area since 1943. Located in Bethesda, Maryland, Suburban is the designated trauma center for Montgomery County. Suburban Hospital is affiliated with many local health-care organizations, including the National Institutes of ...
Dr. Lauretta E. Kress, wife of the hospital's medical director, Dr. Daniel H. Kress, was the first female surgeon in Montgomery County. [13] In 1916, she opened a maternity ward and during her hospital career delivered more than 5,000 babies. In 1940, the hospital added the Lisner wing; 10 years later, it added a six-story addition.
Fort Howard Veterans Hospital; Glenn Dale Hospital; Henryton State Hospital; Jarvis Hospital; Liberty Medical Center; Lutheran Hospital; Memorial of Cumberland; Pine Bluff State Hospital; Rosewood Center; Sacred Heart; University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Dorchester [6] University Specialty Hospital; Walter P Carter Center; Washington ...
When Shady Grove Adventist Hospital admitted its first patient in December 1979, it was located in a "rural" part of Montgomery County, surrounded by fields.With some 2,100 employees, 1,200 Medical Staff and Allied Health Professionals, and 350 to 380 volunteers per month, Shady Grove Adventist delivers more than 5,000 babies, treats more than 108,000 emergency patients at its main Rockville ...
The Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), officially known as Walter Reed General Hospital (WRGH) until 1951, was the U.S. Army's flagship medical center from 1909 to 2011. Located on 113 acres (46 ha) in Washington, D.C. , it served more than 150,000 active and retired personnel from all branches of the United States Armed Forces .
Bethesda North Hospital was established in 1970 as a satellite of Bethesda Hospital in Cincinnati, which was later known as Bethesda Oak Hospital. [2] Bethesda North grew to 235 beds in 1979 (approximately 360 as of 2017) and opened an outpatient surgery center in 1987.
Veterans' health care in the United States is separated geographically into 19 regions (numbered 1, 2, 4–10, 12 and 15–23) [1] known as VISNs, or Veterans Integrated Service Networks, into systems within each network headed by medical centers, and hierarchically within each system by division level of care or type.