Montgomery Hospital Medical Center history

In 1918, he broke ground for the new hospital which was to be the first acute care hospital in Montgomery County.

1920: Doctor Jacob Wheeler Bird establishes Montgomery County General Hospital, today known as MedStar Montgomery Medical Center; the first Chicken Supper raises $1,000

1937: Board of Directors and the Women’s Board sponsor a county-wide fund drive to build a nurse’s home on hospital property

1967: Women’s Board opens The Thrift Shop in Olney

1969: Scholarship Fund is established.

1970: Gift Shop is opened in the old hospital

1971: New hospital opens and Thrift Shop moves to former Nurse’s Home

1973:Pledges $100,000 to complete the hospital’s 5th floor; Gift Shop is staffed entirely by volunteers from the Women’s Board and the community; the Memorial Gift Fund is established

1980: 60th Annual Picnic & Bazaar raises more than $24,000

1981: Women’s Board underwrites the hospital’s chaplaincy program for one year; The Thrift Shop Fashion Show is held in the cafeteria for hospital employees; Emeritus status for long-time active members is adopted

1983: Women’s Board sponsors a luncheon for The Thrift Shop, Gift Shop, gift cart, and linen committee volunteers; 204 men and women attend

1990: 70th Anniversary Picnic & Bazaar raises $50,000; Women’s Board contributes $154,000 to hospital and makes $500,000 three-year pledge to the Capital Improvement Campaign

The Transitional Care Center opens in 1996

MedStar Health celebrates 20 years since its establishment as a not-for-profit healthcare system in June 1998.

1999:Purchases two bicycles for security patrol; Women’s Board and the philanthropy team partner to launch Annual Book Talk & Tea

January 2001 sees the opening of the Helen P. Denit Center for Radiation Therapy

MedStar Health received the 2005 Bridging the Gap Pioneer Award.

MedStar Family Choice, a Maryland Medicaid Managed Care Organization, has been named the top-ranked Medicaid health plan in Maryland by the United States News and NCQA America's Best Health Insurance Plans 2009-10.

MedStar Health is featured in the February 2010 issue of Baltimore magazine as one of the region's "Best Places to Work."

Becker’s Hospital Review names MedStar Health as one of the 150 Great Places to Work in Health Care in 2014.

MedStar St Mary’s Hospital recognized with 2015 Quality Innovation Award from the Virginia Health Quality Center (VHQC).

MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, MedStar Good Samaritan, MedStar Harbor and MedStar Union Memorial Hospitals honored with the 2016 “Partner for Change” award by Practice Greenhealth.

MedStar Health is named 2018 Most Wired for the 14th time.