1874 |
Sisters of Mercy assume control of the Baltimore City Hospital, also known as Washington University Hospital |
1878 |
Washington University and College of Physicians and Surgeons merge; Hospital control goes to Sisters of Mercy |
1880s |
John Philip Sousa plays benefit concert to fund new Mercy buildings |
1897 |
Hospital establishes City's first Pasteur Institute to treat rabies |
1899 |
Mercy School of Nursing opens its doors and enrolls first class |
1904 |
Sisters tend to injured firefighters during Great Baltimore Fire |
1909 |
Hospital changes its name to Mercy Hospital |
1916 |
Physician medical education affiliation begins with University of Maryland School of Medicine |
1920 |
Mercy opens area's first Brochoscopic Clinic |
1930s |
Sisters feed homeless in breadlines behind hospital during Great Depression |
1940s |
Sisters recommit to Baltimore City, decide to remain downtown |
1943 |
Baltimore's first Anticoagulant Clinic opens at Mercy |
1947 |
Mercy makes key decision to stay in downtown Baltimore |
1958 |
Mercy breaks ground for inpatient Tower Building |
1963 |
Construction of Mercy's Tower Building complete |
1968 |
Mercy opens Coronary Intensive Care Unit |
1975 |
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) opens |
1979 |
Hospital opens one of the first Birthing Rooms with homelike décor |
1984 |
WomanCare, providing women access to full spectrum of services begins |
1988 |
Mercy Hospital changes name to Mercy Medical Center |
1991 |
Professional Office Building /Sr. Mary Thomas Conference Center opens |
1992 |
Sr. Helen Amos, RSM, appointed Mercy President and CEO |
1994 |
Center for Women's Health and Medicine at Mercy opens now featuring The Gynecology Center, The Breast Center, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and Women's Imaging |
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Internationally renowned surgeon Dr. Neil B. Rosenshein joins Mercy as Director of The Gynecologic Oncology Center at Mercy |
1996 |
Mercy named among Top 100 Hospitals in the nation |
1997 |
Stella Maris, Maryland's largest long term care facility, becomes part of Mercy family |
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Mercy named One of America's 10 Best Women's Centers |
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Worthington Personal Physicians joins as a primary care satellite of Mercy
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1998 |
The Vascular Center at Mercy opens |
1999 |
Mercy celebrates 125 years of providing service at same location in downtown Baltimore |
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Thomas R. Mullen becomes Mercy's first lay President and CEO as Sr. Helen Amos is appointed Executive Chair of Mercy Health Services |
2001 |
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation gives Mercy $10 million for the construction of a new, signature building in the downtown campus |
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Senior living campus Mercy Ridge opens in Timonium |
2002 |
Mary Catherine Bunting gives Mercy $5 million for Pastoral Care and spiritual services for patients |
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The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital at Mercy opens featuring The Institute for Foot and Ankle Reconstruction and The Maryland Spine Center |
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Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery at Mercy opens |
2003 |
The new Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Center and Saratoga Parking Center (Weinberg Garage) open. The Weinberg Center houses Mercy's Women's Specialty Programs, the Surgery Center at Weinberg, Radiation Oncology Department and Cancer Services. |
2004 |
Overlea Personal Physicians, a major primary care satellite of Mercy opens new facility |
2005 |
The Heart Center at Overlea opens at Overlea Personal Physicians |
2006 |
The Institute for Cancer Care at Mercy opens under the medical expertise of Dr. Armando Sardi |
2007 |
Mercy Medical Center receives its largest ever philanthropic gift to construct a new, 20-story hospital on its campus |
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Mercy opens a new 1,300-space parking garage (The Bunting Garage) which will provide all-weather access to the new hospital upon its completion |
2008 |
The Institute for Digestive Health & Liver Disease opens under the leadership of Drs. David Posner and Paul Thuluvath |
2010 |
Mercy opens its new hospital, The Mary Catherine Bunting Center, featuring all private patient rooms and 15 new state-of-the-art operating rooms |
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The Center for Endocrinology at Mercy opens featuring The Bone Health Center at Mercy, The Diabetes Center at Mercy and The Thyroid Center at Mercy |
2011 |
Lutherville Personal Physicians, Mercy's third satellite primary care location, opens |
2012 |
Mercy officially opens its new Family Childbirth and Children’s Center in The Mary Catherine Bunting Center |
2013 |
Dr. Dwight Im, Director of Mercy's Center for Gynecologic Oncology, forms the National Institute of Robotic Surgery at Mercy |
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Renovations in McAuley Tower offer new and updated office space, allowing Mercy to relocate 150 employees back to the Downtown Baltimore campus |
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Mercy opens its fourth primary care location, Glen Burnie Personal Physicians |
2014 |
Under the leadership of Dr. Neil Rosenshein, Mercy opens The Lya Segall Ovarian Cancer Institute |
2016 |
Mercy opens The Crane Surgery Suite, located in The Mary Catherine Bunting Center |
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Mercy rebrands its Community Physician Sites to Mercy Personal Physicians |