GLWACH is accredited by the Joint Commission, the College of American Pathologists, and American College of Radiology, the American Association of Blood Banking, The Food and Drug Administration, and is a member of the American Hospital and Missouri Hospital Associations.
The hospital is a 65-inpatient-bed facility offering a wide range of medical services to include Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, General Surgery, Orthopedics, Urology, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Podiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Audiology, Otolaryngology, Psychiatry, Psychology, Social Work, Neurology and Substance Abuse. In addition, Radiology provides a full range of services to include X-ray, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Ultrasound, Mammography, and Computed Tomography (CT scan). The Laboratory also provides a full range of inpatient and outpatient services.
GLWACH’s Main Outpatient Pharmacy is open 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Refill
and Satellite pharmacies are open
8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday-Wednesday and Friday; 8 a.m. – 4 p.m., Thursday. The
new PX Branch Pharmacy is open
8 a.m. – 6 p.m., Monday – Friday.
GLWACH is part of the Western Regional Medical Command headquartered at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
HISTORY: The original United States Army Hospital built at Fort Leonard Wood, a cantonment style hospital comprising of more than 2,000 beds, was constructed in 1941. The hospital was built to support Fort Leonard Wood, constructed as a result of the Army Expansion Program of 1940.
Full operation in the old cantonment facility continued until Aug. 16, 1965, when services began in a new facility. In 1974, post officials broke ground for a 180-bed nursing tower and clinic addition. Completed in 1977, the new addition more than doubled the space previously allocated for outpatient clinics and raised the inpatient capacity to approximately 500 beds.
The present facility, a six-story structure containing 472,600 square feet of clinic and ward space, provides inpatient and outpatient care to more than 34,000 beneficiaries and is staffed by more than 1,000 physicians, nursing and administrative professionals.
On an average day at GLWACH, there are:
Command staff:
Fort Leonard Wood is located directly south of St Robert, Mo., along Interstate I-44, midway between Springfield and St Louis. Located in the heart of the Ozarks, Fort Leonard Wood is comprised of 63,000 acres, approximately 98 square miles, adjacent to the Mark Twain National Forest.
(Current as of 23 April 2009)