Walter Reed (disambiguation)

Walter Reed (disambiguation)

Walter Reed may refer to:

People

*Major Walter Reed, M.D. (1851–1902), U. S. Army physician, celebrated for his work in Cuba, 1899–1901, establishing that yellow fever is spread by mosquitoes
*Walter Reed (actor) (1916–2001)
* Killah Priest, born Walter Reed (1970–), rapper

Medical Institutions

* Walter Reed General Hospital (WRGH) (1909–1977), Washington, DC, USA, a general hospital that was replaced by the WRAMC
* Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) (1977–present), Washington, DC, the U.S. Army's main hospital on the East Coast of the United States
** Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), Silver Spring (Forest Glen), MD, a research center and tenant unit of the WRAMC installation
** Walter Reed Army Medical Center neglect scandal, a 2007 medical scandal concerning the care of soldiers at the hospital
* Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), a merger of WRAMC and the National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) projected to open in Bethesda, MD in 2011

Other

*Walt Reed, art historian and author
*Walter Reed Medal, a military decoration given to those who participated in the yellow fever investigation.
*Walter Reed Middle School, a school in North Hollywood, California.
*"Walter Reed," a song by Michael Penn on the album "Mr. Hollywood Jr., 1947"

ee also

* Walter Reade, theatre impresario
* The Lincoln Center, also known as the Walter Reade Theatre
*Walter Read, English cricketer


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