Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

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military hospital teaching hospital

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is a major U.S. military medical facility in Maryland that serves as the flagship hospital for the U.S. Armed Forces and provides care to service members, veterans, and the President.

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Label	Occurrences
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center canonical	25
Walter Reed Army Medical Center	7
Walter Reed Bethesda	2
National Naval Medical Center	1
National Naval Medical Center Bethesda	1
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research	1
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (via Rockville Pike)	1
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center campus	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T690593 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Context triple: [Montgomery County, Maryland, hasInstitution, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center]

A. Western General Hospital
Western General Hospital is a major acute teaching hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland, providing a wide range of specialist and general medical services.
B. NIH Clinical Center
The NIH Clinical Center is the research hospital of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, dedicated to conducting and supporting clinical studies that translate scientific discoveries into medical advances.
C. Madigan Army Medical Center
Madigan Army Medical Center is a major U.S. Army medical treatment facility and teaching hospital located in Washington state, providing comprehensive healthcare services to military personnel, retirees, and their families.
D. DeWitt Army Community Hospital
DeWitt Army Community Hospital is a U.S. Army medical treatment facility located at Fort Belvoir in Virginia, providing healthcare services to military personnel, their families, and eligible beneficiaries.
E. George Washington University Hospital
George Washington University Hospital is a major academic medical center in Washington, D.C., affiliated with George Washington University and known for providing comprehensive tertiary and emergency care.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Target entity description: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is a major U.S. military medical facility in Maryland that serves as the flagship hospital for the U.S. Armed Forces and provides care to service members, veterans, and the President.

A. Western General Hospital
Western General Hospital is a major acute teaching hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland, providing a wide range of specialist and general medical services.
B. NIH Clinical Center
The NIH Clinical Center is the research hospital of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, dedicated to conducting and supporting clinical studies that translate scientific discoveries into medical advances.
C. Madigan Army Medical Center
Madigan Army Medical Center is a major U.S. Army medical treatment facility and teaching hospital located in Washington state, providing comprehensive healthcare services to military personnel, retirees, and their families.
D. DeWitt Army Community Hospital
DeWitt Army Community Hospital is a U.S. Army medical treatment facility located at Fort Belvoir in Virginia, providing healthcare services to military personnel, their families, and eligible beneficiaries.
E. George Washington University Hospital
George Washington University Hospital is a major academic medical center in Washington, D.C., affiliated with George Washington University and known for providing comprehensive tertiary and emergency care.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military hospital ⓘ teaching hospital ⓘ
affiliatedWith	F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine ⓘ Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bethesda Naval Hospital ⓘ WRNMMC ⓘ Walter Reed Bethesda ⓘ linked to: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
designatedAsFlagshipHospitalFor	United States Armed Forces ⓘ
formedByMergerOf	National Naval Medical Center ⓘ linked to: Bethesda Naval Hospital Walter Reed Army Medical Center ⓘ linked to: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
formerName	Bethesda Naval Medical Center ⓘ linked to: Bethesda Naval Hospital National Naval Medical Center ⓘ linked to: Bethesda Naval Hospital National Naval Medical Center Bethesda ⓘ linked to: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
governingBody	United States Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery ⓘ linked to: Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
hasEmergencyServices	yes ⓘ
hasHelipad	yes ⓘ
hasSpecialty	amputee care and rehabilitation ⓘ burn care ⓘ cardiology ⓘ neurosurgery ⓘ oncology ⓘ psychiatry and behavioral health ⓘ trauma care ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://walterreed.tricare.mil/ ⓘ
locatedIn	Bethesda, Maryland ⓘ Maryland ⓘ Montgomery County, Maryland ⓘ linked to: Montgomery County Washington metropolitan area ⓘ
MajorWalterReedKnownFor	work on yellow fever ⓘ
MajorWalterReedWas	United States Army physician ⓘ linked to: United States Medical Department (Army)
mergerCompletionYear	2011 ⓘ
namedAfter	Major Walter Reed ⓘ
notableRole	treatment of wounded service members from Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts ⓘ
opened	1940 ⓘ
operatedBy	Defense Health Agency ⓘ United States Department of Defense ⓘ linked to: Department of Defense
ownedBy	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
partOf	Military Health System ⓘ linked to: U.S. military health system National Capital Region Medical Directorate ⓘ
primaryFunction	teaching and research hospital ⓘ tertiary care medical center ⓘ
providesCareTo	Members of the U.S. Congress ⓘ President of the United States ⓘ Vice President of the United States ⓘ
servesPopulation	active duty service members ⓘ military family members ⓘ military retirees ⓘ veterans ⓘ
serviceBranch	United States Air Force ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ

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Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Montgomery County, Maryland → hasInstitution → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

subject linked to: Montgomery County

Bethesda Naval Hospital → mergedInto → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

Bethesda Naval Hospital → replacedBy → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

Bethesda, Maryland → hasLandmark → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

Bethesda, Maryland → hasInstitution → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center → alsoKnownAs → Walter Reed Bethesda ⓘ

linked to: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center → formerName → National Naval Medical Center Bethesda ⓘ

linked to: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center → formedByMergerOf → Walter Reed Army Medical Center ⓘ

linked to: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Bethesda, Maryland → hasLandmark → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

subject linked to: Bethesda

Bethesda, Maryland → hasInstitution → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

subject linked to: Bethesda

National Naval Medical Center → mergedInto → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

subject linked to: NNMC

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center → formedByMergerOf → Walter Reed Army Medical Center ⓘ

subject linked to: NNMC

linked to: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Maryland Route 355 → nearbyMajorFacility → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (via Rockville Pike) ⓘ

linked to: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Murray Sidman → employer → Walter Reed Army Institute of Research ⓘ

linked to: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences → sharesCampusWith → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

Old Georgetown Road → isNear → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

Bethesda, Maryland → hostsInstitution → National Naval Medical Center ⓘ

subject linked to: Bethesda, Maryland (through NHLBI headquarters)

linked to: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Bethesda, Maryland → hostsInstitution → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

subject linked to: Bethesda, Maryland (through NHLBI headquarters)

downtown Bethesda → near → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

Bethesda central business district → near → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

Intelligence Community Campus-Bethesda → near → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

WRNMMC → fullName → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

WRNMMC → alsoKnownAs → Walter Reed Bethesda ⓘ

linked to: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

WRNMMC → formedByMergerOf → Walter Reed Army Medical Center ⓘ

linked to: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine → locatedIn → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center campus ⓘ

linked to: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Walter Reed → hasLegacy → Walter Reed Army Medical Center ⓘ

subject linked to: Major Walter Reed

linked to: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Walter Reed → hasLegacy → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

subject linked to: Major Walter Reed

Montgomery County, Maryland → hasInstitution → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

subject linked to: Montgomery County, Maryland (public)

Robert Redfield → workLocation → Walter Reed Army Medical Center ⓘ

linked to: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Chevy Chase (greater community spanning D.C. and Maryland) → near → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

Bethesda station (Washington Metro) → near → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

Medical Center station (Washington Metro) → providesAccessTo → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

National Institutes of Health campus → near → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

subject linked to: National Institutes of Health campus (via Rockville Pike)

Battleground National Cemetery → locatedNear → Walter Reed Army Medical Center ⓘ

linked to: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Walter Reed campus area → developedOnSiteOf → Walter Reed Army Medical Center ⓘ

linked to: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

USU → affiliatedWith → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

United States military installations in Maryland → hasComponent → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

Medical Center station → serves → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

subject linked to: Medical Center Metro station

Medical Center station → pedestrianTunnelConnects → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ

subject linked to: Medical Center Metro station

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