Suburban Hospital

Location8600 Old Georgetown Road
Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland, Maryland, United States

Coordinates38°59′51″N 77°06′38″W / 38.9974266°N 77.1104762°W

TypeCommunity-based

Suburban Hospital
Johns Hopkins Health System

Suburban Hospital Main Campus

Geography
Location	8600 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland, Maryland, United States
Coordinates	38°59′51″N 77°06′38″W / 38.9974266°N 77.1104762°W / 38.9974266; -77.1104762
Organization
Care system	Nonprofit
Type	Community-based
Affiliated university	Johns Hopkins Medicine
Services
Emergency department	Level II trauma center
Beds	230^[1]
Helipads
Helipad	(FAA LID: 5MD9)
History
Opened	1943
Links
Website	www.suburbanhospital.org
Lists	Hospitals in Maryland

Suburban Hospital is a community-based, not-for-profit hospital serving Montgomery County, Maryland, and the surrounding area since 1943. Located in Bethesda, Maryland, Suburban is the designated trauma center for Montgomery County. Suburban Hospital is affiliated with many local health-care organizations, including the National Institutes of Health. The hospital specializes in surgery, orthopedics, cardiology, neurology, oncology, emergency/trauma and a variety of additional clinical services. On June 30, 2009, Suburban Hospital became a member of Johns Hopkins Medicine.

The hospital was rated as high performing in 2 adult specialties and 7 procedures/conditions.^[2]

On December 13, 1943, Suburban Hospital opened its doors as a 130-bed hospital constructed to accommodate the expanding World War II military population in rural Montgomery County, Maryland. In its first full year, the small facility, consisting of several one story cottages, admitted 3,000 patients and had an operating budget of $13,000.

In 1950, the hospital was purchased by the community from the federal government for $125,000. During the late 1950s, the hospital experienced a severe shortage of beds, requiring administrators to enclose sun porches and convert clinic space to accommodate patients. To alleviate the overflow of patients, the Suburban Hospital Association developed a master facility plan to construct three new wings over the next decade.

Campus enhancement project

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On February 7, 2008, Suburban Hospital unveiled its plans for the first major upgrade and enhancement of its facilities and campus in nearly 30 years. The last major upgrade to its facilities was in 1979.

The proposed improvements will be built on Suburban's existing campus at 8600 Old Georgetown Road, across from its key clinical partner, the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Major features include improved access to the emergency/trauma center; more private patient rooms; larger operating rooms; onsite physician offices; and more parking. Details include:

A new building addition consisting of approximately 300,000 square feet. The building will house a new surgical wing, physician office space and private patient rooms and be four stories in height.
A new surgical wing containing 15 state-of-the-art operating rooms to replace existing operating rooms. Each operating room measures approximately 700 square feet and is designed to accommodate important technological advancements, such as MRI-guided surgery. All of the new operating rooms will be located on one floor, near the emergency/trauma center, allowing for greater efficiencies and better patient flow.
Improved vehicular and pedestrian circulation, including orientation of traffic to Old Georgetown Road.
Improved emergency and trauma access, including a new main entrance that will separate the pedestrian and private vehicle entrance from the helipad and emergency vehicle entrance.
A sustainable design that incorporates green building initiatives.
Separate elevators for patients and non-patients.
Replacement of the existing parking garage with a new 1,200-space parking garage to address the parking needs of the new building and the current parking shortage.
A landscape program to include gardens, greenways, trees and paths.
Mechanical systems housed below grade to minimize noise and enhance aesthetics.

v t e Maryland trauma centers
List of hospitals in Maryland
Primary adult resource center	R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
Level I	Johns Hopkins Hospital
Level II	Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Sinai Hospital (Maryland) Suburban Hospital University of Maryland Capital Region Health Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Level III	Meritus Medical Center TidalHealth Peninsula Regional UPMC Western Maryland
Pediatric Level I	Johns Hopkins Children's Center
References: American College of Surgeons and maryland-traumanet.com

v t e Johns Hopkins Health System
Main campuses	Johns Hopkins Hospital Johns Hopkins Children's Center Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Member institutions	All Children's Hospital Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center Sibley Memorial Hospital Suburban Hospital
Community centers	Johns Hopkins Bethesda Johns Hopkins Greenspring Johns Hopkins Odenton Johns Hopkins White Marsh
Affiliations	Kennedy Krieger Institute Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

v t e Hospitals in Maryland
General/Acute/Emergency	Adventist HealthCare - Fort Washington Adventist HealthCare - Shady Grove Adventist HealthCare - White Oak Anne Arundel Medical Center Atlantic General CalvertHealth Carroll Hospital Doctors Community Frederick Health Garrett Regional Grace Medical Center GBMC Holy Cross - Germantown Holy Cross - Silver Spring Johns Hopkins Johns Hopkins Bayview Johns Hopkins Howard County MedStar Franklin Square MedStar Good Samaritan MedStar Harbor MedStar Montgomery MedStar Southern Maryland MedStar St. Mary's MedStar Union Memorial Mercy Meritus Northwest St. Agnes Sinai Suburban TidalHealth Peninsula Regional Union UPMC Western Maryland University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) (R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center) UMMC Midtown UM Baltimore Washington Medical Center UM Capital Region UM Charles Regional UM Harford Memorial UM Shore - Chestertown UM Shore - Easton UM St. Joseph UM Upper Chesapeake Walter Reed NMMC
Freestanding Emergency Centers	Adventist HealthCare - Germantown EC TidalHealth McCready Pavilion UM Bowie Health Center EC UM Laurel Medical Center UM Shore - Cambridge MC UM Shore - Queenstown EC
Long term/rehab/outpatient	Adventist Rehabilitation Hospital of Maryland Brandenburg Center Deer's Head Center Gladys Spellman Specialty Hospital & Nursing Center Holly Center Kennedy Krieger Institute UM Rehab & Ortho Institute Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital VA Baltimore VA Perry Point Western Maryland Hospital Center
Psychiatric	Adventist Behavioral Health Eastern Shore Adventist Behavioral Health Rockville Brook Lane Clifton T. Perkins Eastern Shore Saint Luke Institute Sheppard Pratt Sheppard Pratt at Elkridge Sheppard Pratt at Ellicott City Spring Grove Springfield Thomas B. Finan Center
Research/Teaching	Johns Hopkins Hospital Johns Hopkins Children's Center MedStar Union Memorial NIH St. Agnes Hospital University of Maryland Medical Center National Institutes of Health Clinical Center Walter Reed NMMC
Defunct	Baltimore General Dispensary Children's Hospital Church Home and Hospital Crownsville Hospital Center McCready Memorial Fallston General Hospital Forest Haven Fort Howard Veterans Hospital Glenn Dale Hospital Gundry Sanitarium Henryton State Hospital Jarvis Hospital Laurel Sanitarium Lutheran Hospital Memorial of Cumberland Pine Bluff State Hospital Provident Hospital Rosewood Center Sydenham Sacred Heart UM Shore - Dorchester UM Prince George's University Specialty Hospital Walter P Carter Center Washington County Hospital Women's Hospital
Italics denote designated Trauma Centers

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