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Bethesda Naval Hospital

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Joint Task Force National Capital Region/Medical
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The Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in June 2011.
Geography
Location 8901 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
Organization
Care system U.S. Military
Hospital type Teaching
Affiliated university Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Services
Emergency department Level II Trauma
Beds 345
History
Founded November 11, 1940
Links
Website www.wrnmmc.capmed.mil
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Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is located in Maryland
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is located in the US
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Location 8901 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland
Coordinates 39°00′06″N 77°05′41″W / 39.00167°N 77.09472°W / 39.00167; -77.09472Coordinates: 39°00′06″N 77°05′41″W / 39.00167°N 77.09472°W / 39.00167; -77.09472
Area 1 acre (0.4 ha)
Built 1939
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 77000700
Added to NRHP March 8, 1977
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
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The JTF CapMed logo
Active November 11, 1940 – present
Country  United States of America
Type Military hospital
Part of U.S. Department of Defense
Commanders
Current
commander
MG Jeff Clark, MC, USA
Insignia
Army Element, Distinctive Unit Insignia Walter Reed Army Medical Center distinctive unit insignia.png

The Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ('WRNMMC), formerly known as the National Naval Medical Center and colloquially referred to as the Bethesda Naval Hospital, Walter Reed, or Navy Med, is a tri-service military medical center located in the community of Bethesda, Maryland, near the headquarters of the National Institutes of Health. It is one of the most prominent U.S. military medical centers in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and the United States, having served numerous U.S. presidents since the 20th century.

In 2011, the Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), named after yellow fever researcher Walter Reed, was combined with the National Naval Medical Center to form the tri-service Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

In 1938, the United States Congress appropriated funds for the acquisition of land for the construction of a new Naval medical center, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt selected the present site in Bethesda, Maryland, on July 5, 1938.

Ground was broken by John McShain Builders for the Naval Medical Center on June 29, 1939 by Rear Admiral Percival S. Rossiter, MC, USN, (Ret.). President Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the Tower on Armistice Day, November 11, 1940.

The original Medical Center was composed of the Naval Hospital, designed to hold 1,200 beds, and the Naval Medical School, the Naval Dental School (now the National Naval Dental Center) and the Naval Medical Research Institute. In 1945, at the end of World War II, temporary buildings were added to accommodate up to 2,464 wounded American sailors and marines.


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