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{{Short description|Hospital in Virginia, United States}}
{{Short description|Hospital in Virginia, United States}}
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{{Infobox hospital
| name = Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center
| name = Alexander T. Augusta<br>Military Medical Center
| org/group = [[Joint Task Force National Capital Region Medical|National Capital Region Medical Directorate]]
| org/group = [[Joint Task Force National Capital Region Medical|National Capital Region Medical Directorate]]
| logo = [[File:Fort Belvoir Community Hospital Logo.jpg|220px]]
| logo = [[File:Fort Belvoir Augusta Military Medical Center logo.jpg|220px]]
| image = Fort Belvoir Community Hospital 2.jpg
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| image_size = 280
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| caption = Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center main facility
| caption = Augusta Military Medical Center main facility
| coordinates = {{Coord|38|42|19.194|N|77|8|33.328|W|region:US-VA_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates = {{Coord|38|42|19.194|N|77|8|33.328|W|region:US-VA_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| location = 9300 Dewitt Loop, [[Fort Belvoir]]
| location = 9300 Dewitt Loop, [[Fort Belvoir]]
| address =
| address =
| region = [[Fairfax County]]
| region = [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax County]]
| state = Virginia
| state = [[Virginia]]
| country = United States
| country = U.S.
| healthcare = [[Tricare]]
| healthcare = [[Tricare]]
| funding = Government
| funding = Government
| type = [[Military hospital]]
| type = [[Military hospital]]
| affiliation = [[Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences]]
| affiliation = [[Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences]]
| emergency = Yes
| emergency = III
| beds = 120
| beds = 120
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| helipad = {{Airport codes|VG93|p=n}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=VG93 - Fort Belvoir Community Hospital Heliport - SkyVector|url=https://skyvector.com/airport/VG93/Fort-Belvoir-Community-Hospital-Heliport|access-date=2021-04-23|website=skyvector.com}}</ref>
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| opened = {{Start date and age|2011|08|31|mf=y}}
| opened = {{Start date and age|2011|08|31|mf=y}}
| constructed = November 9, 2007
| constructed = November 9, 2007
| former-names = Fort Belvoir Community Hospital
| website = {{site|https://belvoirhospital.tricare.mil}}
| website = {{URL|https://belvoirhospital.tricare.mil}}
| module = {{Infobox military unit
| module = {{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = Troop Command – Fort Belvoir Community Hospital
| unit_name = Troop Command – Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center
| caption =
| caption =
| dates = 2011 - present
| dates = 2011 - present
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| garrison = [[Fort Belvoir]], [[Virginia]]
| garrison = [[Fort Belvoir]], [[Virginia]]
| garrison_label = Headquarters
| garrison_label = Headquarters
| nickname = FBCH
| nickname = ATAMMC
| patron =
| patron =
| motto = ''Where evidence-based design meets patient- and family-centered care in a culture of excellence.''
| motto = "''Where evidence-based design meets patient- and family-centered care in a culture of excellence''"
| colors =
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| march =
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| battles =
| battles =
| anniversaries =
| anniversaries =
| commander1 = [[Captain (United States O-6)|CAPT]] Cynthia Judy, [[United States Navy|USN]]
| commander1 = [[Colonel (United States)|COL]] Kathy Spangler, [[United States Army|USA]]
| commander1_label = Director
| commander1_label = Director
| commander2 =
| commander2 = [[Captain (United States O-6)|CAPT]] Saira N. Aslam, [[United States Navy|USN]]
| commander2_label = Chief of Staff
| commander2_label =
| commander3 = [[Command Sergeant Major|CSM]] Kristy Cortner, [[United States Army|USA]]
| commander3 = [[Command Sergeant Major|CSM]] Dedraf Blash, [[United States Army|USA]]
| commander3_label = Sr. Enlisted Leader
| commander3_label = Sr. Enlisted Leader
}}
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'''Fort Belvoir Community Hospital''' is a [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] medical facility located on [[Fort Belvoir]], [[Virginia]], outside of [[Washington D.C.]] In conjunction with [[Walter Reed National Military Medical Center]], Belvoir provides the [[Military Health System]] medical capabilities of the [[Joint Task Force National Capital Region Medical|National Capital Region Medical Directorate]] (NCR MD), a joint unit providing comprehensive care to members of the [[United States Armed Forces]] located in the capital area, and their families. The facility is located on a [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] installation, but operates as one of the first joint service medical facilities in the U.S. military, staffed with uniformed medical personnel from the Army, [[United States Navy|Navy]], and [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]. The hospital is one of the largest medical facilities in [[Northern Virginia]], and provides all levels of [[Inpatient care|inpatient]] and [[Outpatient clinic (hospital department)|outpatient]] medical care. The facility maintains a 24 hour [[emergency department]] but, like most U.S. military hospitals, transfers patients in need of a [[trauma center]] to equipped civilian medical facilities. As part of federal emergency planning in the National Capitol Region, the hospital is also tasked with maintaining unique capabilities to support [[United States federal government continuity of operations|continuity of government]] operations in the event of crisis.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-03-03|title=Department of Defense Appropriations Fiscal Year 2011|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-111shrg54962/pdf/CHRG-111shrg54962.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
The '''Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center''' is a [[United States Department of Defense]] medical facility located on [[Fort Belvoir]], [[Virginia]], outside of [[Washington D.C.]] In conjunction with [[Walter Reed National Military Medical Center]], the hospital provides the [[Military Health System]] medical capabilities of the [[Joint Task Force National Capital Region Medical|National Capital Region Medical Directorate]] (NCR MD), a joint unit providing comprehensive care to members of the [[United States Armed Forces]] located in the capital area, and their families.


Previously known as the '''Fort Belvoir Community Hospital''', the facility is located on an [[United States Army|Army]] installation, but operates as one of the first joint service medical facilities in the U.S. military, staffed with uniformed medical personnel from the Army, [[United States Navy|Navy]], and [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]. The hospital is one of the largest in [[Northern Virginia]], and provides all levels of [[Inpatient care|inpatient]] and [[Outpatient clinic (hospital department)|outpatient]] medical care. The facility maintains a 24-hour [[emergency department]] and [[Level III Trauma Center|level III trauma center]], but, like most U.S. military hospitals, transfers patients in need of higher care to equipped civilian medical facilities. As part of federal emergency planning in the National Capitol Region, the hospital is also tasked with maintaining unique capabilities to support [[United States federal government continuity of operations|continuity of government]] in the event of crisis.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-03-03|title=Department of Defense Appropriations Fiscal Year 2011|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-111shrg54962/pdf/CHRG-111shrg54962.pdf}}</ref>
The $1.03 billion, 1.3 million-square-foot facility opened in August 2011, replacing Fort Belvoir's existing medical facility, '''DeWitt Army Community Hospital''', and integrating significant portions of the former [[Walter Reed Army Medical Center]] in Washington, D.C., in accordance with [[2005 Base Realignment and Closure]] Act. In addition to its primary facility at Fort Belvoir, the hospital also operates the '''DiLorenzo TRICARE Health Clinic''' (DTHC) at [[the Pentagon]] and satellite health centers in [[Fairfax, Virginia|Fairfax]] and [[Dumfries, Virginia|Dumfries]], Virginia.<ref>{{Cite web|title=U.S. Army Fort Belvoir|url=https://home.army.mil/belvoir/index.php|access-date=2021-04-23|website=home.army.mil|language=en}}</ref>

The $1.03 billion, 1.3 million-square-foot facility opened in August 2011, replacing Fort Belvoir's existing medical facility, '''DeWitt Army Community Hospital''', and integrating nearly half of the workforce of the former [[Walter Reed Army Medical Center]] in Washington, D.C., in accordance with [[2005 Base Realignment and Closure]] Act. In addition to its primary facility at Fort Belvoir, the hospital also operates the '''DiLorenzo TRICARE Health Clinic''' (DTHC) at [[the Pentagon]] and satellite health centers in [[Fairfax, Virginia|Fairfax]] and [[Dumfries, Virginia|Dumfries]], Virginia.<ref>{{Cite web|title=U.S. Army Fort Belvoir|url=https://home.army.mil/belvoir/index.php|access-date=2021-04-23|website=home.army.mil|language=en}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
The former DeWitt Army Community Hospital at Fort Belvoir, VA., which Fort Belvoir Community Hospital replaced, was named in honor of Brigadier General Wallace DeWitt Sr., (1878–1949), a surgeon who served in both World War I and II.
The former DeWitt Army Community Hospital was named in honor of Brigadier General Wallace DeWitt Sr., (1878–1949), a surgeon who served in both World War I and II.


The DeWitt Army Community Hospital opened in 1957, having cost $4.5 million to construct. It was the second of nine hospitals planned by the [[United States Army|Army]] during the building program following the [[Korean War]].
The DeWitt Army Community Hospital opened in 1957, having cost $4.5 million to construct. It was the second of nine hospitals planned by the [[United States Army|Army]] during the building program following the [[Korean War]].
DeWitt was a 46-bed Joint Commission-accredited facility and the only military inpatient facility in [[Northern Virginia]]. It was the center of the DeWitt Health Care Network, which featured the Andrew Rader Army Health Clinic at [[Fort Myer]], [[Fort A.P. Hill]], and the Family Health Centers of Woodbridge and Fairfax in Virginia.[[File:FtBelvoirCommunityHospitalTwilight.jpg|thumb|Front Entrance, Twilight]]As part of a Base Realignment and Closure announcement on May 13, 2005, the Department of Defense proposed closing Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) and merging it with the [[National Naval Medical Center]] located in [[Bethesda, MD]], as well as replacing DeWitt Army Community Hospital. Moving nearly half of Walter Reed's services to DeWitt would greatly expand the hospital's mission. In November 2007, ground was broken on Fort Belvoir's South Post golf course for the new Fort Belvoir Community Hospital.
DeWitt was a 46-bed Joint Commission-accredited facility and the only military inpatient facility in [[Northern Virginia]]. It was the center of the DeWitt Health Care Network, which featured the Andrew Rader Army Health Clinic at [[Fort Myer]], [[Fort A.P. Hill]], and the Family Health Centers of Woodbridge and Fairfax in Virginia.[[File:FtBelvoirCommunityHospitalTwilight.jpg|thumb|Front Entrance, Twilight]]As part of a Base Realignment and Closure announcement on May 13, 2005, the Department of Defense proposed closing Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) and merging it with the [[National Naval Medical Center]] located in [[Bethesda, MD]], as well as replacing DeWitt Army Community Hospital. Moving nearly half of Walter Reed's services to DeWitt would greatly expand the hospital's mission. In November 2007, ground was broken on the grounds of the base's former South Post golf course for a new Fort Belvoir Community Hospital.


As part of the effort to transform service specific medical facilities into joint service facilities, Fort Belvoir Community Hospital's staff includes Army, [[United States Navy|Navy]], and [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] medical personnel, making it one of the first joint medical facilities within the Department of Defense.
As part of the effort to transform service specific medical facilities into joint service facilities, during planning the hospital was designed to include Army, [[United States Navy|Navy]], and [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] medical personnel, making it one of the first joint medical facilities within the Department of Defense.


==Structure==
==Structure==
[[File:Ft BelvoirCommunityHospital2.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of Fort Belvoir Community Hospital campus looking SW]]
[[File:FortBelvoirComHospF-B.jpg|thumb|Augusta MHC from the front & back]]
The modern, 120-bed facility was designed by [[HDR, Inc.]] and is [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design#Certification level|LEED Gold certified]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fort Belvoir Community Hospital I Gilbane Building Company|url=https://www.gilbaneco.com/project/fort-belvoir-community-hospital/|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Gilbane|language=en}}</ref> incorporating sustainable and natural elements and themes. The facility incorporates a seven-story main structure, flanked on each side by two [[outpatient]] clinic areas providing both primary and specialty care. In total, it consists of five total buildings, 3500 parking spaces, 44 clinics, expanded pharmacy services, 430 exam rooms, 10 operating rooms, two [[Da Vinci Surgical System|DaVinci surgical systems]], two [[linear accelerator]] cancer/oncology systems, and one of the military's only dedicated [[substance abuse]] programs.
[[File:FortBelvoirComHospF-B.jpg|thumb|Fort Belvoir Community Hospital; Front & Back Views, 2012]]
The modern, 120-bed facility was designed by [[HDR, Inc.]] and is [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design#Certification level|LEED Gold certified]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fort Belvoir Community Hospital I Gilbane Building Company|url=https://www.gilbaneco.com/project/fort-belvoir-community-hospital/|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Gilbane|language=en}}</ref> incorporating sustainable and natural elements and themes. Fort Belvoir's new hospital has a seven-story main structure, flanked on each side by two [[outpatient]] clinic areas providing both primary and specialty care. In total, it consists of five total buildings, 3500 parking spaces, 44 clinics, expanded pharmacy services, 430 exam rooms, 10 operating rooms, two [[Da Vinci Surgical System|DaVinci surgical systems]], two [[linear accelerator]] cancer/oncology systems, and one of the military's only dedicated [[substance abuse]] programs.
Inpatient services were tripled in volume over the old hospital, and the expanded outpatient specialty care center offers services as a more local and convenient alternative than [[Walter Reed National Military Medical Center]], which is located over 30 miles away on congested highways. The hospital incorporates [[evidence-based design]] principles in its treatment approach.
Inpatient services were tripled in volume over the old hospital, and the expanded outpatient specialty care center offers services as a more local and convenient alternative than [[Walter Reed National Military Medical Center]], which is located over 30 miles away on congested highways. The hospital incorporates [[evidence-based design]] principles in its treatment approach.
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Selected specialty clinics such as [[Cardiology]], [[Medical Oncology]], [[Pulmonary]], [[Radiation Oncology]] and [[Urology]] alone will generate approximately 54,000 appointments per year. The hospital's [[Labor and Delivery]] service delivered 104 babies in its first month of operations.
Selected specialty clinics such as [[Cardiology]], [[Medical Oncology]], [[Pulmonary]], [[Radiation Oncology]] and [[Urology]] alone will generate approximately 54,000 appointments per year. The hospital's [[Labor and Delivery]] service delivered 104 babies in its first month of operations.

== Namesake ==
Following the inactivation of DeWitt Army Community Hospital, Brigadier General Wallace DeWitt Sr. was not retained as a [[namesake]]. The new facility's address, at 9300 DeWitt Loop, remained as a nod to the base's original hospital and its namesake, while the new facility was known only as Fort Belvoir Community Hospital for more than a decade after opening in 2011. While the new hospital's name was standardized with the conventions of other ''Army Community Hospitals'', its designed intent to be collectively staffed by members of the joint services meant its name eschewed a reference to the Army.

On May 19, 2023, the hospital was named the Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center for [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] lieutenant colonel [[Alexander Thomas Augusta]]. Born in [[Norfolk, Virginia]], and educated in [[Toronto]], Augusta became the United States' first [[African Americans|African American]] professor of medicine, and hospital administrator, the Army's first African American physician, and first black man to reach the rank of [[Major (rank)|Major]]. Upon the outbreak of the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], he traveled to Washington and appealed to [[Abraham Lincoln|president Lincoln]]. Ultimately the Army Medical Board reconsidered an initial rejection, and he was appointed the regimental surgeon of the 7th [[United States Colored Troops|U.S. Colored Troops]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Patterson |first=Michael Robert |date=2023-07-01 |title=Alexander Thomas Augusta - Major, United States Army |url=https://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/ataugust.htm |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=Arlington National Cemetery |language=en-US}}</ref> He is also recorded as being responsible for the desegregation of train cars in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-02-25 |title=Remembering Dr. Alexander Augusta, the U.S. Army's First Black Doctor |url=https://health.mil/News/Articles/2022/02/25/Remembering-Dr-Alexander-Augusta-the-US-Armys-First-Black-Doctor |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=Military Health System |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Fort Belvoir Community Hospital Renamed to Honor Army Doctor |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/445133/fort-belvoir-community-hospital-renamed-honor-army-doctor |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=DVIDS |language=en}}</ref>

Upon the hospital's naming, it was redesignated from a Community Hospital, a type of Medical Department Activity (MEDDAC) to a Medical Center (MEDCEN), a higher designation assigned to the largest and most capable military medical facilities.<ref name=":0" />


==References==
==References==
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Alexander T. Augusta
Military Medical Center
National Capital Region Medical Directorate
Augusta Military Medical Center main facility
Map
Geography
Location9300 Dewitt Loop, Fort Belvoir, Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S.
Coordinates38°42′19.194″N 77°8′33.328″W / 38.70533167°N 77.14259111°W / 38.70533167; -77.14259111
Organisation
Care systemTricare
FundingGovernment hospital
TypeMilitary hospital
Affiliated universityUniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Services
Emergency departmentIII
Beds120
Helipads
HelipadIATA: VG93[1]
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 50 15 Concrete
History
Former name(s)Fort Belvoir Community Hospital
Construction startedNovember 9, 2007
OpenedAugust 31, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-08-31)
Links
Websitebelvoirhospital.tricare.mil
ListsHospitals in U.S.
Troop Command – Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center
Active2011 - present
Country United States
Branch United States Army
TypeHospital
Part ofDefense Health Agency
HeadquartersFort Belvoir, Virginia
Nickname(s)ATAMMC
Motto(s)"Where evidence-based design meets patient- and family-centered care in a culture of excellence"
Commanders
DirectorCOL Kathy Spangler, USA
Sr. Enlisted LeaderCSM Dedraf Blash, USA

The Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center is a United States Department of Defense medical facility located on Fort Belvoir, Virginia, outside of Washington D.C. In conjunction with Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the hospital provides the Military Health System medical capabilities of the National Capital Region Medical Directorate (NCR MD), a joint unit providing comprehensive care to members of the United States Armed Forces located in the capital area, and their families.

Previously known as the Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, the facility is located on an Army installation, but operates as one of the first joint service medical facilities in the U.S. military, staffed with uniformed medical personnel from the Army, Navy, and Air Force. The hospital is one of the largest in Northern Virginia, and provides all levels of inpatient and outpatient medical care. The facility maintains a 24-hour emergency department and level III trauma center, but, like most U.S. military hospitals, transfers patients in need of higher care to equipped civilian medical facilities. As part of federal emergency planning in the National Capitol Region, the hospital is also tasked with maintaining unique capabilities to support continuity of government in the event of crisis.[2]

The $1.03 billion, 1.3 million-square-foot facility opened in August 2011, replacing Fort Belvoir's existing medical facility, DeWitt Army Community Hospital, and integrating nearly half of the workforce of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., in accordance with 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Act. In addition to its primary facility at Fort Belvoir, the hospital also operates the DiLorenzo TRICARE Health Clinic (DTHC) at the Pentagon and satellite health centers in Fairfax and Dumfries, Virginia.[3]

History

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The former DeWitt Army Community Hospital was named in honor of Brigadier General Wallace DeWitt Sr., (1878–1949), a surgeon who served in both World War I and II.

The DeWitt Army Community Hospital opened in 1957, having cost $4.5 million to construct. It was the second of nine hospitals planned by the Army during the building program following the Korean War.

DeWitt was a 46-bed Joint Commission-accredited facility and the only military inpatient facility in Northern Virginia. It was the center of the DeWitt Health Care Network, which featured the Andrew Rader Army Health Clinic at Fort Myer, Fort A.P. Hill, and the Family Health Centers of Woodbridge and Fairfax in Virginia.

Front Entrance, Twilight

As part of a Base Realignment and Closure announcement on May 13, 2005, the Department of Defense proposed closing Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) and merging it with the National Naval Medical Center located in Bethesda, MD, as well as replacing DeWitt Army Community Hospital. Moving nearly half of Walter Reed's services to DeWitt would greatly expand the hospital's mission. In November 2007, ground was broken on the grounds of the base's former South Post golf course for a new Fort Belvoir Community Hospital.

As part of the effort to transform service specific medical facilities into joint service facilities, during planning the hospital was designed to include Army, Navy, and Air Force medical personnel, making it one of the first joint medical facilities within the Department of Defense.

Structure

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Augusta MHC from the front & back

The modern, 120-bed facility was designed by HDR, Inc. and is LEED Gold certified,[4] incorporating sustainable and natural elements and themes. The facility incorporates a seven-story main structure, flanked on each side by two outpatient clinic areas providing both primary and specialty care. In total, it consists of five total buildings, 3500 parking spaces, 44 clinics, expanded pharmacy services, 430 exam rooms, 10 operating rooms, two DaVinci surgical systems, two linear accelerator cancer/oncology systems, and one of the military's only dedicated substance abuse programs.

Inpatient services were tripled in volume over the old hospital, and the expanded outpatient specialty care center offers services as a more local and convenient alternative than Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, which is located over 30 miles away on congested highways. The hospital incorporates evidence-based design principles in its treatment approach.

Visits/Capacity

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Department of Defense officials project the eligible beneficiary population will increase to more than 220,000 with approximately 40 percent of the expanded health care system enrolled population consisting of retirees and their family members. The anticipated outpatient workload is expected to grow to more than 600,000 visits per year in primary, specialty and ancillary clinics.

Selected specialty clinics such as Cardiology, Medical Oncology, Pulmonary, Radiation Oncology and Urology alone will generate approximately 54,000 appointments per year. The hospital's Labor and Delivery service delivered 104 babies in its first month of operations.

Namesake

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Following the inactivation of DeWitt Army Community Hospital, Brigadier General Wallace DeWitt Sr. was not retained as a namesake. The new facility's address, at 9300 DeWitt Loop, remained as a nod to the base's original hospital and its namesake, while the new facility was known only as Fort Belvoir Community Hospital for more than a decade after opening in 2011. While the new hospital's name was standardized with the conventions of other Army Community Hospitals, its designed intent to be collectively staffed by members of the joint services meant its name eschewed a reference to the Army.

On May 19, 2023, the hospital was named the Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center for brevet lieutenant colonel Alexander Thomas Augusta. Born in Norfolk, Virginia, and educated in Toronto, Augusta became the United States' first African American professor of medicine, and hospital administrator, the Army's first African American physician, and first black man to reach the rank of Major. Upon the outbreak of the Civil War, he traveled to Washington and appealed to president Lincoln. Ultimately the Army Medical Board reconsidered an initial rejection, and he was appointed the regimental surgeon of the 7th U.S. Colored Troops.[5] He is also recorded as being responsible for the desegregation of train cars in Washington, D.C.[6][7]

Upon the hospital's naming, it was redesignated from a Community Hospital, a type of Medical Department Activity (MEDDAC) to a Medical Center (MEDCEN), a higher designation assigned to the largest and most capable military medical facilities.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "VG93 - Fort Belvoir Community Hospital Heliport - SkyVector". skyvector.com. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  2. ^ "Department of Defense Appropriations Fiscal Year 2011" (PDF). 2010-03-03.
  3. ^ "U.S. Army Fort Belvoir". home.army.mil. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  4. ^ "Fort Belvoir Community Hospital I Gilbane Building Company". Gilbane. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  5. ^ Patterson, Michael Robert (2023-07-01). "Alexander Thomas Augusta - Major, United States Army". Arlington National Cemetery. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  6. ^ "Remembering Dr. Alexander Augusta, the U.S. Army's First Black Doctor". Military Health System. 2022-02-25. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  7. ^ a b "Fort Belvoir Community Hospital Renamed to Honor Army Doctor". DVIDS. Retrieved 2023-07-06.

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