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History and Milestones
| 2010 |
History in the Making: Project Patient Tower (Opening November 2010). |
| 2010 | Franklin Square made the top 50 list in the 2010 U.S.News and World Report Best Hospitals issue. |
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2009 |
Franklin Square receives the 2009 Delmarva Foundation Excellence Award and made four top 50 lists in the 2009 US News and World Report Best Hospitals issue. |
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2008 |
Franklin Square earns National Recognition for Nursing Excellence Award by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program®. |
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2007 |
Franklin Square is only the second hospital in the state to provide patients with this revolutionary technology. CyberKnife is designed to continuously track, detect and correct tumor and patient movements throughout treatment. This next generation in end the benefits of traditional radio surgery to the treatment of tumors anywhere in the body with sub millimeter accuracy. |
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2006 |
Franklin Square is one of eleven hospitals in the country that has the ability to perform a minimally invasive biopsy anywhere in the lungs. superDimension Bronchus combines electromagnetic and virtual imaging technology to extend the reach of a traditional bronchoscope to biopsy smaller lesions deep in peripheral branches of the lungs, allowing for the diagnosis of lung cancer in its early stages. |
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2006 |
The 64-slice CT Scanner identifies conditions faster then ever before. In a matter of a few seconds, the 64-slice CT Scanner can produce a high resolution image of the heart, brain or lungs, allowing for a faster, more accurate diagnosis. |
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2006 |
The addition of 16-slice CT date to the PET allows shorter imaging times with increased comfort for the patients, as well as automatic co-registration for CT and PET information for more accurate results. "PET-CT is considered the most advanced imaging modality in staging and re staging many patients with cancer," said Gabriel Soudry, MD, director of Nuclear Medicine. |
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2006 |
Computer assisted surgery is now available in the Joint Replacement Institute to improve accuracy in knew replacement surgery. "In the past we could only tell if the alignment was off by getting a post operative x-ray," said David Gold, MD, director of the Joint Institute. "By that time, the only option was to re operate." |
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2006 |
Franklin Square receives a Certificate of Need (CON) for a 356,000-square-foot patient tower and garage. The expansion will increase the emergency, medical-surgical and critical care capabilities, and will allow 96 percent of patient rooms to be private. The hospital is named the busiest Emergency Department in the state, seeing more than 107,000 patients annually. It also is the hospital with the second most admissions in the state. |
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2004 |
Franklin Square opens the 64,000 square-foot Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Cancer Institute at Franklin Square. |
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1998 |
Franklin Square becomes a member of MedStar Health, a community-based healthcare system comprised of 30 integrated businesses, including seven hospitals in the Baltimore/Washington area. |
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1997 |
The Women’s Pavilion opens its doors to offer the best birth options and prenatal and postnatal care. |
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1991 |
The hospital expands once again to build a state-of-the-art Intensive Care Unit. |
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1969 |
In December, the old hospital closes its doors and the next chapter for Franklin Square begins with the opening of a new four-story hospital in eastern Baltimore County. Within the first 18 months, the new 305-bed hospital treats over 100,000 outpatients. |
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1961 |
Faced with the challenge of modernizing an aging facility, as well as the addition of two hospitals on the west side of town, a decision is made to move Franklin Square to eastern Baltimore County where the community is rapidly growing, but no hospital is available. |
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1948 |
Franklin Square experiences tremendous growth during its 50 years as a community hospital. It now has 180 beds and is nicknamed the “Smilin’ Through Hospital” by the Baltimore American Newspaper because of the spirit of care and compassion rendered to patients. |
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1914 |
Intern and resident physicians begin coming to Franklin Square to complete their training. The American College of Surgeons awards accreditation to the hospital for its training program. |
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1901 |
After just three years, the need to expand results in the hospital moving to the northwest corner of Calhoun and West Fayette streets in Baltimore City, across from the fashionable Franklin Square Park. With this new location comes a name change to Franklin Square Hospital. |
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1898 |
Eight physicians plant the roots of Franklin Square in Baltimore. With just 20 beds, it is the first hospital to open in the community of West Baltimore. |
