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Army Medical SchoolFounded by U.S. Army Brigadier General George Miller Sternberg, MD in 1893, the Army Medical School (AMS) was by some reckonings the world's first school of public health and preventive medicine. (The other institute vying for this distinction is the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health (1916).) Additional recommended knowledge
HistorySternberg created the AMS by issuing "General Order 51" on June 24 1893. The School was housed, along with the Army Medical Library in the building of the Army Medical Museum and Library (affectionately known as the "Old Pickle Factory" or "Old Red") at 7th Street and South B Street (now Independence Avenue), SW, Washington, D.C. (This site is on the National Mall where the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum now stands.) In 1910, the AMS relocated to 721 13th Street, NW and in 1916 to 604 Louisiana Avenue. In 1923, the "Army Medical Center" (AMC) was created when (1) the AMS became the "Medical Department Professional Service School" (MDPSS) and (2) the MDPSS moved into "Building #40" on the grounds of the Walter Reed General Hospital (WRGH) in northern Washington, D.C. The historic edifice known as Building #40 was constructed at 14th and Dahlia Streets beginning in 1922 and reached completion in 1932. This facility consists of four "Pavilions":
In 1947, MDPSS became the "Army Medical Department Research and Graduate School" (AMDRGS), which in turn became (in 1950) the "Army Medical Service Graduate School" (AMSGS). In September 1951, "General Order Number 8" combined WRGH & AMC into the present-day Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC). Three years later, the research elements became the present-day Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR). List of commandersArmy Medical School (1893-1923):
Army Medical Center (1923-1951):
See alsoNotable people associated with the AMS and AMC:Graduates:
Others:
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