Adventist HealthCare Washington Adventist Hospital is a 232-licensed bed acute care facility located in Takoma Park, Maryland, United States. Washington Adventist Hospital provides a range of health services such as cardiac and vascular care, maternity services, cancer care, surgical services including robotic surgery and orthopedics and emergency services.Washington Adventist Hospital operates as part of Adventist HealthCare, a health-care company that includes hospitals, home health agencies and other health care services. Adventist HealthCare is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland.Erik Wangsness joined Washington Adventist Hospital as president in September 2014.Washington Adventist Hospital is proposing to relocate to a new facility that would be built on 48-acres of land near White Oak, about six miles from the current location, in the center of its primary service area.The new hospital will partner with the Food and Drug Administration, also located in White Oak, to collaborate on health research and medical innovation. Washington Adventist Hospital would maintain robust medical and health services at its Takoma Park location including behavioral health services, a primary care clinic, physician offices, rehabilitation services and a Federally Qualified Health Center operated by Community Clinic, Inc.HistoryWhen Washington Adventist Hospital first opened in 1907, it was Montgomery County’s first cardiac center. Today, more than 400 open-heart surgeries and 5,000 interventional cardiology procedures are performed annually at the hospital.The founding of Washington Adventist Hospital by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1907 was the beginning of the Adventist HealthCare system. Originally called the Washington Sanitarium, the hospital began its transition from a long-term to acute-care facility after World War I. It changed its name to the Washington Sanitarium and Hospital and added an acute-care hospital building for surgical, obstetric and emergency cases.
