Directions to DTM
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Getting On and Off Campus
All visitors including patients, contractors, vendors and delivery persons must use the entrances denoted here: (see the Visitors Campus Access Map).

From Bethesda, North on Old Georgetown Road

From Rockville, South on Old Georgetown Road

From Route 270

From Beltway (495)

Entering From Rockville Pike/Wisconsin Avenue (Route 355)

Metro

Mailing Address:
National Institutes of Health
NIH Clinical Center
Department of Transfusion Medicine
10 Center Drive-MSC 1184
Building 10, Room 1C711
Bethesda, MD 20892-1184

From Bethesda, North on Old Georgetown Road
Notice: This entrance is open only on weekdays.
Pass Suburban Hospital on your left. Take the 3rd entrance to NIH on your right, which is Center Drive. Proceed to the security check point. After passing through security turn right onto Convent Drive. Turn left into the first parking garage (There will be a RED sign that states Blood Donor Parking). Park in the row designated for blood donors. Enter through the sliding glass doors of the Blood Bank entrance. Donor registration will be directly in front of you.

From Rockville, South on Old Georgetown Road
Notice: This entrance is open only on weekdays.
About 1 mile south of the Beltway, you will pass a fire station on your left (Cedar Lane). Turn left at the first light past Cedar Lane, which is Center Drive. Proceed to the security check point. After passing through security turn right onto Convent Drive. Turn left into the first parking garage (There will be a RED sign that states Blood Donor Parking). Park in the row designated for blood donors. Enter through the sliding glass doors of the Blood Bank entrance. Donor registration will be directly in front of you.

From Route 270
Notice: This entrance is open only on weekdays.
Take the Old Georgetown Road exit south towards Bethesda. About 1 mile south of the Beltway, you will pass a fire station on your left (Cedar Lane). Turn left at the first light past Cedar Lane, which is Center Drive. Proceed to the security check point. After passing through security turn right onto Convent Drive. Turn left into the first parking garage (There will be a RED sign that states Blood Donor Parking). Park in the row designated for blood donors. Enter through the sliding glass doors of the Blood Bank entrance. Donor registration will be directly in front of you.

From Beltway (495)
Notice: This entrance is open only on weekdays.
Take the Old Georgetown Road exit south to Bethesda. About 1 mile south of the Beltway, you will pass a fire station on your left (Cedar Lane). Turn left at the first light past Cedar Lane, which is Center Drive. Proceed to the security check point. After passing through security turn right onto Convent Drive. Turn left into the first parking garage (There will be a RED sign that states Blood Donor Parking). Park in the row designated for blood donors. Enter through the sliding glass doors of the Blood Bank entrance. Donor registration will be directly in front of you.

Entering From Rockville Pike/Wisconsin Avenue (Route 355)
Notice: This entrance is open 7 days a week.
Enter the campus at South Drive (This is where the Metro Station is located). Proceed to the security check point. After passing through security continue to proceed on South Drive to the first intersection. Turn right (This is Center Drive). Proceed through 4 stop signs. At this point you will be on Convent Drive. Turn left into the first parking garage (There will be a RED sign that states Blood Donor Parking). Park in the row designated for blood donors. Enter through the sliding glass doors of the Blood Bank entrance. Donor registration will be directly in front of you.

Arriving by Metro
The Blood Bank may be reached via the Washington, D.C. Metro railway system (Click here for Metro information). Once you arrive at the Red Line Medical Center stop board the NIH Campus Shuttle. (Note: The Campus shuttle does not operate on the weekends) Ask the shuttle driver which stop is the Blood Bank stop and depart at that stop. Cross Convent Drive and proceed to the right approximately 100 feet until you see a RED sign that states Blood Donor Parking. Park in the row designated for blood donors. Enter through the sliding glass doors of the Blood Bank entrance. Donor registration will be directly in front of you.