Regional One Health history

1830 – $3,300 was appropriated to enable the Memphis Hospital to open its doors.

1862 – During the Civil War, the Memphis Hospital was transformed into a military hospital operated by the federal government.

1866 – Governance of the Memphis Hospital was returned to the state of Tennessee after the Civil War ended.

1936 – Dedication of the new John Gaston Hospital.

1968 – The Newborn Center opened its doors with a focus on reducing the infant mortality rate of African-Americans.

1983 – The hospital was officially renamed the Regional Medical Center at Memphis, or The MED. The Elvis Presley Trauma Center also opened this year.

1992 – The Wound Center opened for the treatment of chronic and non-healing wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers, venous stasis ulcers, failing skin grafts and infected amputations.

1993 – The Burn Center was dedicated as the Firefighters Burn Center and moved to its new home – Jesse Turner Tower.

1994 – The MEDPlex Ambulatory Care Center opened to replace the aging Gailor Clinic as the hospital’s outpatient treatment facility.

1999 – Regional Medical Center at Memphis, in concurrence with the Shelby County Health Department agreed to manage six health department primary care clinics along with four hospital-owned community based clinics, creating a primary care network known as the Health Loop.

2001 – The Mobile Wound Service was added to the Wound Center as a mobile clinic to serve patients on location in nursing homes.

2003 – The Rehabilitation Hospital of Memphis opened its doors to fill the need of post-acute care for trauma, burn and stroke patients.

2004 – The Newborn Center was dedicated as the Sheldon B. Korones Newborn Center, after its founder and medical director.

2010 – Regional Medical Center opened a dedicated orthopedic inpatient unit to total joint replacement patients.

2012 – The Vascular Institute at Regional Medical Center was opened.

2014 – The system identity Regional One Health was launched, introducing the community to the family of services offered including the acute care hospital Regional Medical Center, an extended care hospital, rehabilitation hospital, outpatient surgery center and more.