
The MedChi Museum of Maryland Medical History
The name “The MedChi Museum of Maryland Medical History” incorporates everything we hope to achieve with the museum, highlighting MedChi’s history with the medical field in Maryland for the past 225 years.

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The Center for a Healthy Maryland, The Maryland State Medical Society Foundation was established in 1976 as a 501(c)(3) corporation to support the advances of practice of medicine, enhance the quality of medical care, promote the health of the citizens of Maryland, explore the history of medicine in Maryland and preserve MedChi’s archives.
The Center for a Healthy Maryland is housed at the MedChi’s Baltimore Office.
The Center’s mission is to: advance the practice of medicine, enhance the quality of medical care, promote the health of the citizens of the State of Maryland, explore the history of medicine in Maryland, and preserve MedChi’s archives.




“Since 1799, MedChi has worked to create an atmosphere both effective and genial, so that members whom come to the building feel that interesting and important things are going on under its roof.” A quote from Marcia Noyes’ eulogy in 1946 by Albert Chatard, M.D.
The Center for a Healthy Maryland’s public health programs are dedicated to improving the health status of the citizens of Maryland through education, advocacy and linkage to resources.




“It is a physician’s ethical responsibility to take cognizance of a colleague’s inability to practice medicine by reason of physical or mental illness, including alcoholism or drug dependence…Accountability to the public through assurance of competent care to patients by physicians and other health professionals is a paramount responsibility of organized medicine.” -AMA, 1973
With the advent of digitization, our library is no longer used by members, but it’s still mostly intact. Much of our archive collection remains available for research either here on-site, or at the nearby Maryland Historical Society. Our MedChi Archives blog explores topics as diverse as things that we find in the stacks, to the architectural details on our buildings. Additionally, there are lists of the portraits in our collection, along with details of each sitter; all of our Presidents through the decades; speakers at the Hunt History of Medicine lectures over the years, and a history of our building which was home to School #49.


The Center for a Healthy Maryland, The Maryland State Medical Society Foundation was established in 1976 as a 501(c)(3) corporation to support the advances of practice of medicine, enhance the quality of medical care, promote the health of the citizens of Maryland, explore the history of medicine in Maryland and preserve MedChi’s archives.
The Center for a Healthy Maryland is housed at the MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society’s Baltimore Office.
About UsPrograms
The Center’s programs include supporting the study of medicine and the diffusion of medical knowledge through the continuing medical education of physicians; providing programs to maintain the wellness of practicing physicians serving the public; preserving and learning from the past history of medical care in Maryland; educating the public about medical issues, and promoting public health programs.
Public Health
The Center for a Healthy Maryland’s public health programs are dedicated to improving the health status of the citizens of Maryland through education, advocacy and linkage to resources. Learn about some of our partnerships, programs, and resources for providers.Physician Health
The Maryland Physician Health Program, established in 1978 and is administered by the Center for a Healthy Maryland, The Maryland State Medical Society Foundation. The Maryland State Medical Society established a committee of physicians who volunteered their time and services to assist colleagues in need.

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History of Maryland Medicine


“She may be Baltimore’s least Famous Ghost”
We Hosted a Reporter, Photographer and Videographer from The Baltimore Banner “She may be Baltimore’s least Famous Ghost” stated Meredith Cohn in her article for the Baltimore Banner. Our…


The State Commission on Lunacy
In 1886, the State of Maryland established the State Lunacy Commission (SLC), consisting of the Attorney General and four others, including two physicians (who were generally members of the…


A Visit to the Historical Collections at the Welch Library
Ms. Meg Fielding, Director of Development and History of Maryland Medicine, recently visited with the Curator of the Historical Collections at the Institute of the History of Medicine at…


Some Knipp Family Ephemera
One of our members, Dr. Harry Knipp, sent pictures of some ephemera he’d recently come across. You can read about the many generations of physicians in his family here. From…


More Mencken
You may remember that a few months ago, a cache of letters from the noted writer, H.L. Mencken to Max Brödel, the first non-physician member of MedChi. You can…


Recent Finds
I was poking around the stacks the other day with our summer intern, and because she’s taller than I, she was helping me pull out some of the folio…


Celebrate National Doctors Day 2023
For Doctors Day, the Center for a Healthy Maryland invites you to make a contribution in honor or memory of a special person or mentor who made an impact…


Highlights in the History of Black Physicians in Maryland
Coming in a little late for Black History Month with this article, but I just found it in the Archives, and thought I’d share it. Unfortunately, the document was…


Maryland Physician Health Program Celebrates 45 Years
A BRIEF HISTORY OF PHYSICIAN HEALTH IN MARYLAND Chapter 1: In the Beginning – 1978-1984 The Physician Rehabilitation Committee was formed in 1977 at the semi-annual meeting of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland (Med Chi). The committee first met on…