Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Medical center in 2011

The Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC),^[1] formerly known as the National Naval Medical Center and also known as Bethesda Naval Hospital, Walter Reed, or Navy Med, is a tri-service military medical center, located in the community of Bethesda, Maryland, near the headquarters of the National Institutes of Health, in the United States.

It is one of the most well-known U.S. Armed Forces medical centers in the United States, it is in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area and has served numerous U.S. presidents since the 20th century.

Ronald Reagan, on July 13, 1985, underwent surgery to remove polyps from his colon.^[2] In May 2018, First Lady Melania Trump successfully underwent cyst-removal surgery of the kidney at the hospital.^[3]

In October 2020, President Donald Trump was hospitalized with COVID-19 at Walter Reed.^[4]^[5]

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Media

Walter Reed Army Medical Center distinctive unit insignia
U.S. President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan wave from a Walter Reed hospital window after his cancer surgery in 1985
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center looking east
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center looking southwest