History of the McDougal Fund
Dr. Dan McDougal was born in Bethesda MD and was raised in Manhattan Beach, California. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Stanford University and his Medical Degree from the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center of the Pennsylvania State University. He then spent two years in the Air Force at the drug and alcohol detoxification center in Grandview, Missouri, where he began to develop a clinical understanding of the needs of those with alcohol and substance use disorders.

Following his service during the Vietnam War, Dr. McDougal, came to Maryland to complete his training in Internal Medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center and a fellowship in rheumatology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Following the completion of his training Dr. McDougal opened a practice in rheumatology at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore City. He also at that time joined the Physician Health Committee in 1989. Dr. McDougal brought the knowledge he gained in addiction treatment in the Air Force to the Physician Health Committee.

In 1998, Dr. McDougal accepted appointment as the medical director of Antietam Health Services in Washington County. As was his way, Dr McDougal became involved in the Hagerstown community. He served as a volunteer medical director for the Community Free Clinic and recruited other physicians to serve.