About MedStar Union Memorial Hospital

Our hospital is rooted in a long history of medical and nursing excellence, and our commitment to serving the community has been evident from the beginning.

The seven women who established the Union Protestant Infirmary (UPI), as it was first called in 1854, wanted a place where "the sick, the poor, and the infirm" could receive quality care. In 1867, UPI became the first non-university hospital to develop a residency training program and by 1890 the School of Nursing (now closed) was established.

UPI was renamed Union Memorial Hospital in 1920 and 3 years later, the hospital expanded into a new home at Calvert and 33rd Streets in Baltimore. Expansions to the campus continued through 1975 and beyond, and in 2004, MedStar Union Memorial celebrated its 150th anniversary. In 2012, the hospital was renamed MedStar Union Memorial Hospital.

We have evolved from a 20-bed to a 223-bed hospital with more than 2,500 employees and a medical staff of more than 620 physicians. As long as there are new challenges in medicine, MedStar Union Memorial will find new ways to meet those challenges with compassion and quality care.