Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

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military hospital teaching hospital

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is a major U.S. military medical facility in Maryland that serves as the flagship hospital for the U.S. Armed Forces and provides care to service members, veterans, and the President.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
National Naval Medical Center Bethesda	1
Walter Reed Army Medical Center	1
Walter Reed Bethesda	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military hospital ⓘ teaching hospital ⓘ
affiliatedWith	F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine ⓘ Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bethesda Naval Hospital ⓘ WRNMMC ⓘ Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ surface form: Walter Reed Bethesda
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designatedAsFlagshipHospitalFor	United States Armed Forces ⓘ
formedByMergerOf	Bethesda Naval Hospital ⓘ surface form: National Naval Medical Center Walter Reed National Military Medical Center self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Walter Reed Army Medical Center
formerName	Bethesda Naval Hospital ⓘ surface form: Bethesda Naval Medical Center Bethesda Naval Hospital ⓘ surface form: National Naval Medical Center Walter Reed National Military Medical Center self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: National Naval Medical Center Bethesda
governingBody	Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery ⓘ surface form: United States Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
hasEmergencyServices	yes ⓘ
hasHelipad	yes ⓘ
hasSpecialty	amputee care and rehabilitation ⓘ burn care ⓘ cardiology ⓘ neurosurgery ⓘ oncology ⓘ psychiatry and behavioral health ⓘ trauma care ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://walterreed.tricare.mil/ ⓘ
locatedIn	Bethesda, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ Maryland ⓘ Montgomery County, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington metropolitan area ⓘ
MajorWalterReedKnownFor	work on yellow fever ⓘ
MajorWalterReedWas	United States Medical Department (Army) ⓘ surface form: United States Army physician
mergerCompletionYear	2011 ⓘ
namedAfter	Major Walter Reed ⓘ
notableRole	treatment of wounded service members from Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts ⓘ
opened	1940 ⓘ
operatedBy	Defense Health Agency ⓘ Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense
ownedBy	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
partOf	U.S. military health system ⓘ surface form: Military Health System National Capital Region Medical Directorate ⓘ
primaryFunction	teaching and research hospital ⓘ tertiary care medical center ⓘ
providesCareTo	Members of the U.S. Congress ⓘ President of the United States ⓘ Vice President of the United States ⓘ
servesPopulation	active duty service members ⓘ military family members ⓘ military retirees ⓘ veterans ⓘ
serviceBranch	United States Air Force ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center → alsoKnownAs → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

this entity surface form: Walter Reed Bethesda

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center → formedByMergerOf → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center → formerName → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Naval Medical Center Bethesda

Bethesda, Maryland → hasInstitution → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

Montgomery County → hasInstitution → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

subject surface form: Montgomery County, Maryland

Bethesda, Maryland → hasLandmark → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

Bethesda Naval Hospital → mergedInto → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

Bethesda Naval Hospital → replacedBy → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ