Malcolm Grow Medical Clinics and Surgery Center is a
United States Air Force medical treatment facility located on
Joint Base Andrews
Joint Base Andrews (JBA) is a United States military facility located in Prince George's County, Maryland. The facility is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force 316th Wing, Air Force District of Washington (AFDW). The base was e ...
Maryland and operated by the 11th Medical Group. The original facility designated U.S.A.F. Hospital Andrews opened in 1958 and was redesignated Malcolm Grow U.S.A.F. Medical Center in 1962.
It is named after
Major General (Dr.)
Malcolm C. Grow
Major General Malcolm Cummings Grow (November 19, 1887 – October 20, 1960) was the first Surgeon General of the United States Air Force from July 1, 1949 to November 30, 1949.
Biography
Grow received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical C ...
, the first
Surgeon General of the United States Air Force
The surgeon general of the Air Force and Space Force is the senior-most Medical Service officer in the United States Department of the Air Force and thus serves as surgeon general for both the United States Air Force and United States Space Forc ...
.
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Malcolm Grow Medical Clinic
1958 establishments in Maryland
Buildings and structures in Prince George's County, Maryland
Hospitals established in 1958
Hospitals in Maryland
Military hospitals in the United States
Medical installations of the United States Air Force
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