Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center

Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center
National Capital Region Medical Directorate
Augusta Military Medical Center main facility
Geography
Location	9300 Dewitt Loop, Fort Belvoir, Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S.
Coordinates	38°42′19.194″N 77°8′33.328″W / 38.70533167°N 77.14259111°W / 38.70533167; -77.14259111
Organisation
Care system	Tricare
Funding	Government hospital
Type	Military hospital
Affiliated university	Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Services
Emergency department	III
Beds	120
Helipads
Helipad	IATA: VG93[1]
Number Length Surface ft m H1 50 15 Concrete
History
Former name(s)	Fort Belvoir Community Hospital
Construction started	November 9, 2007
Opened	August 31, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-08-31)
Links
Website	belvoirhospital.tricare.mil
Lists	Hospitals in U.S.
Troop Command – Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center Active 2011 - present Country  United States Branch  United States Army Type Hospital Part of Defense Health Agency Headquarters Fort Belvoir, Virginia Nickname(s) ATAMMC Motto(s) "Where evidence-based design meets patient- and family-centered care in a culture of excellence" Commanders Director COL Kathy Spangler, USA Sr. Enlisted Leader CSM Dedraf Blash, USA Military unit

The Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center is a United States Department of Defense medical facility located on Fort Belvoir, Virginia, outside of Washington D.C. In conjunction with Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the hospital provides the Military Health System medical capabilities of the National Capital Region Medical Directorate (NCR MD), a joint unit providing comprehensive care to members of the United States Armed Forces located in the capital area, and their families.

Previously known as the Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, the facility is located on an Army installation, but operates as one of the first joint service medical facilities in the U.S. military, staffed with uniformed medical personnel from the Army, Navy, and Air Force. The hospital is one of the largest in Northern Virginia, and provides all levels of inpatient and outpatient medical care. The facility maintains a 24-hour emergency department and level III trauma center, but, like most U.S. military hospitals, transfers patients in need of higher care to equipped civilian medical facilities. As part of federal emergency planning in the National Capitol Region, the hospital is also tasked with maintaining unique capabilities to support continuity of government in the event of crisis.^[2]

The $1.03 billion, 1.3 million-square-foot facility opened in August 2011, replacing Fort Belvoir's existing medical facility, DeWitt Army Community Hospital, and integrating nearly half of the workforce of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., in accordance with 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Act. In addition to its primary facility at Fort Belvoir, the hospital also operates the DiLorenzo TRICARE Health Clinic (DTHC) at the Pentagon and satellite health centers in Fairfax and Dumfries, Virginia.^[3]