| 1864 |
Mrs. Catherine Eberhard donates three row houses on North Caroline Street to the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia to be used for the sick and infirm |
| 1870 |
Act of Incorporation for Saint Joseph German Hospital is approved by the State of Maryland |
| 1872 |
Hospital opens new facility at Caroline and Oliver Streets in Baltimore City |
| 1873 |
St. Joseph Board of Trustees founded by the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia |
| 1900 |
Ladies' Auxiliary Board founded |
| 1901 |
School of Nursing is established to meet nursing shortages |
| 1941 |
St. Joseph is one of the only hospitals in Baltimore to have an iron lung, the life-saving treatment for respiratory polio |
| 1956 |
First lay advisory board appointed Medical staff members join community leaders to preserve hospital operations until a new facility can be built |
| 1957 |
St. Joseph is the first hospital in Maryland to have a structured cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) team |
| 1965 |
St. Joseph Hospital moves to Towson |
| 1968 |
Osler Drive Emergency Physician Associates (ODEPA) establishes the first 24/7 emergency physicians group in Maryland
St. Joseph opens the first short-term inpatient psychiatric unit in Maryland |
| 1972 |
Critical Care Units established
Coronary Care Unit opens |
| 1980 |
St. Joseph wins regulatory approval for a CAT scan |
| 1981 |
St. Joseph Hospital, under the leadership of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, becomes part of Franciscan Health System |
| 1982 |
St. Joseph is the only community-based hospital in Maryland licensed to perform open-heart surgery |
| 1985 |
St. Joseph Hospital is one of the first hospitals on the East Coast to offer mothers the opportunity to labor, deliver and recover in a single, specially designed suite |
| 1986 |
International Center for Skeletal Dysplasia opens |
| 1994 |
St. Joseph is the first hospital in Maryland to develop a training program in minimally invasive (laparoscopic) surgical techniques for practicing physicians |
| 1995 |
The Heart Institute is established |
| 1996 |
Reflecting an increase in comprehensive clinical services, St. Joseph Hospital becomes St. Joseph Medical Center
St. Joseph becomes a part of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), a consortium of three Catholic health care systems and 10 congregations |
| 2000 |
The Heart Institute performs the largest volume of heart procedures in Maryland, treating one in four open-heart surgery patients in the state |
| 2001 |
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) receives Level III+ designation, able to care for babies of any gestational age |
| 2002 |
St. Joseph establishes the Village Wellness Project in Tanzania |
| 2003 |
The Orthopaedic Institute dedicated |
| 2004 |
The new Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Emergency Department opens |
| 2006 |
The Breast Center opens |
| 2007 |
The Cancer Institute opens |
| 2010 |
St. Joseph Medical Center is a designated Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery and Knee and Hip Replacement by CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
St. Joseph's Breast Center Accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers |
| 2011 |
St. Joseph Medical Center was awarded a designation of Cardiac Interventional Center by the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS). |
| 2012 |
Joined the University of Maryland Medical System and became University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. |