A Heritage of Caring, 1905 - 2007
Woodland Healthcare's history of healing in Yolo County dates back to the opening of the Woodland Sanitarium at 110 College Street, Woodland in 1905. The Woodland Sanitarium grew to become the Woodland Clinic Hospital in the 1920s and moved to Third and Cross Street in Woodland. Finally, in 1967, a new hospital and clinic were completed with the help of the community at Woodland Healthcare's current location on Cottonwood Street in Woodland.
Today, Woodland Healthcare is an integrated organization: its clinics, provider, hospital and surgery center are all part of one system. This allows you and your family to conveniently access any of our outpatient, inpatient and education and support services.
1905
Registered nurse Kathleen McConnell founds the 9-bed Woodland Sanitarium at 110 College Street.
1909
The Woodland Sanitarium expands to include a small adjacent cottage on the corner of College and Clover Streets.
1910
Population of Woodland is 3,187.
1911
Miss McConnell sells the Woodland Sanitarium to four leading Yolo county physicians - Dr. Fred Fairchild, Dr. Chester Fairchild, Dr. Hiram Lawhead and Dr. William Blevins, Sr. These visionary men purchase a small lot on the corner of Third and Cross streets and build a new general hospital.
1917
The City of Davis is incorporated on March 28, 1917.
1918
The United States suffers a devastating influenza epidemic. In Yolo County, local ordinances are passed that prohibit all public gatherings.
1920
Two parcels of property immediately north of the new hospital are purchased and construction begins to expand the Woodland Sanitarium.
1922
The Woodland Sanitarium name is changed to Woodland Clinic Hospital.
1926
The first unit of the Woodland Clinic Hospital expansion is opened for use.
1930
Population of Woodland is 5,542.
1933
Yolo County citizens and the Woodland Clinic Hospital are greatly impacted by the Great Depression of the 1930s. When the hospital and clinic property are offered for sale to the highest bidder, Dr. Fred Fairchild is the sole bidder.
1940
The Woodland Clinic Hospital receives an A rating from the American College of Surgeons - the only hospital in Northern California to receive such an honor.
1945
Church bells ring all over Yolo County and people throng the streets when World War II ends.
1950
Population of Woodland is 9,386.
1958
The Woodland Clinic Hospital grows to include the Fairchild Woolsey Surgical Suite and a new maternity wing.
1960
The Woodland Clinic Hospital is reorganized as a not-for-profit corporation, and the hospital name is changed to Woodland Memorial Hospital.
1961
Woodland Memorial Hospital Auxiliary is founded with 30 charter members.
1963
A 20-acre site at the corner of Gibson and Cottonwood Streets is purchased and plans begin for the construction of a new $4 million hospital.
1965
Ground is broken for the new, 90-bed hospital.
1967
More that 3,000 people attend the dedication ceremony for the community's new, state-of-the-art hospital. The Woodland Clinic Medical Group also celebrates with a new facility adjacent to the new hospital. The Woodland Memorial Hospital Foundation is established.
1970
Population of Woodland is 20,677. Outpatient surgery services are introduced with 316 surgeries performed the first year.
1972
Woodland Memorial Hospital introduces maternity classes.
1976
Woodland Memorial Hospital starts fundraising efforts for the expansion of the emergency department and outpatient services.
1977
Maternity classes for Spanish speaking parents are introduced
1978
The hospital's new emergency and physical therapy wing is dedicated.
1981
Woodland Memorial Hospital begins providing home health services.
1985
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) services are implemented at Woodland Memorial Hospital.
1986
The Cardiac Cath Lab is opened, offering cardiac catheterization, echocardiograms, cardiac stress testing and other procedures for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
1989
The Sleep Disorder Center, dedicated to the testing, diagnostic evaluation and treatment of sleep disorders, opens at Woodland Memorial Hospital.
1990
The first of its kind in Yolo County, a $5 million Outpatient Surgery Center opens. Population of Woodland is 39,802.
1992
Woodland Clinic and Woodland Memorial Hospital affiliate and create Woodland Healthcare.
1996
Woodland Healthcare joins Catholic Healthcare West, the eighth largest hospital system in the nation and the largest not-for-profit hospital provider in California.
1999
Yolo Adult Day Health Center debuts.
2003
Lena Valente Tranquility Room opens, offering a quiet, comfortable environment for reflection, prayer or mourning.
2006
A medical office building is opened in Davis. Outpatient imaging center opens with a MRI, ultrasound and CT suites. Woodland Healthcare receives the Gold Seal of Approval for stroke care from the Joint Commission. Construction begins on a 58,000 square foot medical office building, providing a new home for Woodland Healthcare Clinic services.
2007
Received Diabetes Physician Recognition from the ADA and the Joint Commission. Woodland Healthcare Foundation and Woodland Memorial Hospital both celebrate their 40th anniversaries.
