Academic Milestones

 

Aerial view of Springfield Hospital in 1883

1883

• Springfield Hospital founded

1900

• Wesson Memorial Hospital founded

1908

• Wesson Maternity Hospital founded

1914

• Springfield Hospital approved by the American Medical Association to train interns

1936

• Springfield Hospital is founding member of the Massachusetts Hospital Association

1948

• Internal Medicine residency program established and accredited by ACGME
• Surgery residency program established (accredited by ACGME in 1949)

1951

• Anesthesiology residency program established (accredited by ACGME in 1961)
• Pathology residency program established (accredited by ACGME in 1961)

1952

• Diagnostic Radiology residency program established (accredited by ACGME in 1973)

1954

• Medical Library established

1958

• Pediatrics residency program established (accredited by ACGME in 1969)

1961

• Obstetrics-Gynecology residency program established and accredited by ACGME

1971

• Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit established

1974

• Formal affiliation with Tufts University School of Medicine established
• Springfield Hospital and Wesson Women’s Hospital merge to form Medical Center of Western Massachusetts

1976

• Baystate Medical Center formed from merger of Medical Center of Western Massachusetts and Wesson Memorial Hospital, creating the second largest hospital in New England

1983

• Combined Medicine-Pediatrics residency program established (accredited by ACGME as an independent program in 2008)

 

Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield, Massachusetts

1986

• Franklin Medical Center (now known as Baystate Franklin Medical Center), in Greenfield, Massachusetts joins Baystate Health
• Baystate Medical Education and Research Foundation (now known as Baystate Medical Practices), the faculty practice plan, is established

1988

• Baystate Medical Center established as the Western Campus of Tufts University School of Medicine

1989

• Baystate Medical Center is a founding member of the Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers (AIAMC)

 

Baystate Mary Lane Hospital in Ware, Massachusetts

1991

• Mary Lane Hospital (now known as Baystate Mary Lane Hospital), in Ware, Massachusetts, joins Baystate Health

1992

• Emergency Medicine residency program established and accredited by ACGME

1995

• Baystate Reference Laboratories established
• Collaborative Biomedical Research program established with the University of Massachusetts Amherst

 

The Chestnut Surgery Center

1996

• Pioneer Valley Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice joins Baystate Health
• The Chestnut Outpatient Surgery Center opens

2002

• Baystate Animal Care Facility established 
• Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute established in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts Amherst

 

D'Amour Cancer Center

2004

• D’Amour Center for Cancer Care opens

2005

• Baystate Medical Center achieves Magnet hospital designation for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center

2007

• Pharmacy residency program established in collaboration with the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (accredited in 2009)
• Baystate Simulation Center and Goldberg Surgical Skills Laboratory opens and is accredited by the American College of Surgeons
  

 

2009

• Psychiatry residency program established (accredited by ACGME in 2008)

 

2010

• Baystate Medical Practices, the faculty practice plan, is formed from merging the Baystate Medical Education and Research Foundation, Baystate Affiliated Practice Organization, and Baystate Vascular Services

 

2012

• Baystate Medical Center's Hospital of the Future opens

Aerial view of Baystate Medical Center in 2004