History

2011 - 2012

• Cardiology Associates joined as employees of MedStar Health on February 14, 2011 as Cardiology Associates, LLC. They have an office on the MedStar Montgomery Medical Center campus as well as 6 others.
• Quality Improvement Award (Medicare Excellence) received May 2011 (2nd year)

2000 - 2010

• Hospital receives American College of Cardiology Foundation's National Cardiovascular Data Registry Action "Get with the Guidelines Gold Performance Achievement Award for 2010 in August
• Hospital hosts 90th Picnic & Bazaar July 27, 2010 raising $66K for hospital programs and scholarships
• Hospital celebrates 90 years in the community
• Reaccreditation of Stroke Center received May 3, 2010
• Quality Improvement Award (Medicare Excellence) received May 2010
• Partner for Change Award with Distinction received May 2010
• 20,000 square foot state-of-the-art Howard E. Gudelsky Emergency Department opens in April 2010
• Helipad opens in March 2010
• EPA's Trailblazer award received November 2009
• Joint Commission Accreditation received March 29, 2010
• Cancer Center Certification with Commendation award received May 2008
• Montgomery General and MedStar Health merge February 1, 2008
• Cardiopulmonary and Rehabilitation Services areas are moved to new second floor wing above Emergency Department
• State-of-the-art Samuel Riggs IV Critical Care Unit opens, occupying the entire north wing of the third floor
• January 2001 sees the opening of the Helen P. Denit Center for Radiation Therapy
• Medical Staff Services, Health Information Management Services and meeting space occupies the east second-floor addition
• A new medical office building and 300-car parking deck opens

1990s

• The Maternal Newborn Center is opened in 1994
• Emergency facilities are enlarged 300%
• A new surgical services area with seven operating suites is added
• The hospital's Gift Shop and Lobby are refurbished
• The Transitional Care Center opens in 1996
• Montgomery General Hospital changes the name of the CMHC unit to Addiction and Mental Health Center (AMHC)

1980s

• The Cancer Treatment Center established
• MRI Center is built on campus
• Angiography suite to treat cardiovascular disease is opened
• Home Health and Personal Care Services is established

1970s

• 14 volunteer ambulances from Montgomery and Howard Counties move 39 patients a few hundred yards from the old building to the new hospital
• The MGH Health Foundation is established to oversee fundraising, gift and endowment stewardship, community benefits and outreach activities
• The Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) unit opens using federally subsidized funds to complete the sixth floor for this unit

1960s

• Planning begins for a brand-new hospital on Prince Philip Drive
• Groundbreaking takes place for the new hospital

1950s

• Dr. Bird is honored for a half century of service to the community
• The old hospital building is expanded a final time
• Dr. Bird and his wife die tragically in an automobile accident

1940s

• A maternity wing is added to the hospital

1930s

• It's discovered that just 15% of the hospital's patients came from a 5-mile radius
• A new Nurse's Residence is built (today the Women's Board Thrift Shop)
• The hospital is refurbished with private funds

1920s

• Still unfinished, Montgomery General Hospital admits its first 5 patients during a blizzard and flu epidemic
• Montgomery General admits 596 patients its first year
• The First Hospital Supper establishes a fundraising tradition (now the Women's Board Annual Picnic & Bazaar the third Tuesday of each July)