Anne Arundel County Department of Health history

In 1941, the Parole Health Association was formed.

1944 – Hospital auxiliary is founded with several volunteers.

Groundbreaking for a new facility took place in 1946 when the land was purchased from Henry and Marie Taylor for $10.

In 1949, the hospital changed its name to Anne Arundel General Hospital.

Anne Arundel County established a charter form of government in 1964.

In 1967, the Executive Director of Economic Opportunity, Inc.

1977 – First total hip replacement is performed.

The hospital’s history is marked by several milestones, but none more prescient than the decision by its Board of Trustees in 1983 to purchase more than 100 acres of vacant land off Jennifer Road near Parole.

1984 – The hospital association purchases 104 acres of land on Jennifer Road.

1985 – Anne Arundel Diagnostics Imaging opens in Annapolis and Arnold.

1987 – Construction begins on Medical Park buildings.

The name changed again in 1988 to Anne Arundel Medical Center, and plans began for major expansion.

Today, Pathways—as it was named when it first opened its doors in 1992—serves adolescents and adults with alcohol and drug use issues on both an inpatient and outpatient basis, one of few nonprofit treatment centers in the state.

1994 – Annapolis Outreach Center opens, providing free medical services to uninsured residents.

1996 – ASK-A-NURSE nurse advice line starts taking calls.

2000 – Inpatient admissions climb to 18,648 with 50,929 emergency room visits.

That important purchase set in motion construction of a new Medical Park campus and a final move from downtown Annapolis in late 2001.

2005 – AAMC is the only Maryland community hospital named in the Top 100 list by Solucient.

But the Board has a clear direction, thanks to a strategic vision adopted in 2009.

In April 2011, the hospital completed its $424 million expansion project, which included a pediatric emergency room, an expanded general emergency room, 50 new patient beds, and eight new operating rooms.

2012 – A new inpatient care unit opens, adding another 30 beds.

2013 – New simulation training facility opens, the James and Sylvia Earl SAIL Center.