Founded in 1773, the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center is one of five member institutions in the Johns Hopkins Health System. The Medical Center offers a range of services for the community, including a trauma center and neonatal intensive care unit that are part of the statewide system, a regional burn center and a nationally renowned geriatrics center.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center has a long and distinguished history of service and medical excellence. It is one of the oldest, continuous health care systems on the East Coast. From its inception as an alms house, it evolved as an asylum and, eventually, a municipal hospital. In 1984, the city of Baltimore transferred ownership of the hospital to The Johns Hopkins Hospital and University. Now, the 130-acre campus provides renovated, state-of-the-art facilities and continues to offer quality service to the community.