1908   

Hurley Hospital opens with 40 beds and 6 bassinets.

1928

Hurley Hospital replaces its original building with two new 11-story towers, creating 432 beds.

1940

Formation of the “Flint Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons” with George Curry, MD serving as Chair.

1942

The EMS model ordinance is developed by Dr. Curry and adopted by the City of Flint, which requires ambulance drivers to be skilled in the immediate care and transportation of the injured, and to have his/her skills checked by the receiving hospital's House Officer.

1944

George Curry, MD, FACS becomes Chief and Founder for the Surgery of Trauma.

1944

Flint Academy of Surgery founded by George Curry, MD.

1944

Surgical Residency is formed and Graduate Training in Surgery at Hurley Hospital is founded by George Curry, MD.

1945

George Curry, MD is elected Chair of the Michigan Committee on Trauma.

1946

George Curry, MD is elected President, Michigan Chapter of the American College of Surgeons.

1947

George Curry, MD is named Chief of Region Five, Committee on Trauma American College of Surgeons.

1948

George Curry, MD becomes a member of the national Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons.

1949

George Curry, MD is named Chairman of the Subcommittee on Transportation of the Injured for the American College of Surgeons.

1952

Ralph Dawson, MD joins Hurley as the first neurosurgeon in Flint.

1953

Beecher tornado kills 116 and injures 844 people, sending multiple trauma victims to Hurley Hospital.

1958

George Curry, MD, FACS presents the Scudder Oration on Trauma to the American College of Surgeons: “Immediate Care and Transportation of the Injured” (ACS Bulletin, 1958, 44:32-34, 64-67).

1960

George Curry, MD, FACS of Hurley Hospital receives the National Safety Council Award from the American College of Surgeons Subcommittee on Injury Prevention and Control for his pioneering and outstanding leadership in local and national programs for the transportation of the injured.

1964

George Curry, MD serves as editor of Injuries, published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons New York. Authors include:

• John Batdorf, MD, Associate Surgeon Section for the Surgery of Trauma, Hurley Hospital
• Ralph Dawson, MD, Chief Section of Neurosurgery, Hurley Hospital
• Murray Day, MD, Associate Neurosurgeon Hurley Hospital
• Glenn Drewyer, MD, Chief Section of Cardiovascular Services, Chairman Department of Internal Medicine, Hurley Hospital
• Jackson Livesay, MD, Chief, Department of Radiology, St. Joseph’s Hospital
• Sydney Lyttle, MD, Consultant, Section for the Surgery of Trauma, Hurley Hospital
• Glenn Moore, MD, Associate Surgeon, Section for the Surgery of Trauma, Hurley Hospital.
• Merle Mussleman, MD, Chairman Department of Surgery University of Nebraska
• Alvin Ortner, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery University of Louisville
• Richard Rapport, MD, Chief, Section of Thoracic surgery, Hurley Hospital
• Walter Rundles, MD, Chief, Section of Opthalmology, Hurley Hospital
• McDermott Sullivan, MD, Associate Surgeon Section for the Surgery of Trauma
• Maurice Taylor, DDS, Chief Section of Oral Surgery, Hurley Hospital
• Vernon Urich, MD, Associate Section of Urology, Hurley Hospital
• Franklin Wade, MD, Chief Section for the Surgery of Trauma, Hurley Hospital
• Robert Willard, MD, Associate Anesthesiologist, Hurley Hospital

1965

George Curry, MD authors Immediate Care and Transport of the Injured, published by Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Illinois, 1965.

• Dr. Curry issues first call for specialized training of “ambulance attendants” in the United States.
• Dr. Curry is acknowledged for his role in promoting professional training for EMS in the Introduction of the Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support Course.
• Dr. Curry’s work is said to have stimulated the landmark white paper, Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society published by The National Academy of Science’s National Research Council, 1966.

1966

Franklin Wade, MD, FACS is named Chief, Section for the Surgery of Trauma, Hurley Hospital.

1966

George Curry, MD and Franklin Wade, MD are invited to lecture at the first Spring Trauma Seminar held in Las Vegas, NV. Now known as “Trauma & Critical Care,” it is the largest trauma symposium in the United States.

1967

Franklin Wade, MD receives burn training in Vietnam.

1967

Franklin Wade, MD is named Chair, Department of Surgery, Hurley Hospital.

1968

Franklin Wade, MD begins treating burns on the former 6B Intensive Care unit.

1968

Franklin Wade, MD is invited to lecture at the Detroit Trauma Symposium.

1969

George Curry, MD, Isidore Cohn, MD, and Franklin Wade, MD are  included in Profiles in Trauma, published by Charles Thomas, Springfield, Illinois, 1969.

1972

Original Burn Unit with airflow system opens at Hurley on 3D.

1973

Musa Haffajee, MD is named Director of Hurley's Burn Unit.

1979

New Burn Unit opens in December 1979 on 5E.

1980

Franklin Wade, MD is named Director of the Trauma Service.

1983

Hurley names its regional Burn Unit after Dr. Franklin V. Wade.

1984

Harris Dabideen, MD is named Chair, Department of Surgery, and Director of Trauma.

1985

Hurley's Trauma and Emergency Surgery in-house call schedule begins 24-hour-per-day coverage.

1994

University of Michigan’s Jorge Rodriquez, MD and Paul Taheri, MD collaborate with Harris Dabideen to administer Hurley's trauma program.

1996

Hurley earns Level II Trauma Center verification from the American College of Surgeons.

1999

Clara Barton Convelescent Home explosion kills five people and insures 20, with the critically injured triaged to Hurley Trauma Center.

2000

Farouck Obeid, MD is named Director of Trauma and Critical Care.

2000

Hurley earns Level I Trauma Center verification from the American College of Surgeons.

2003

Hurley is reverified as a Level I Trauma Center from the American College of Surgeons.

2003

Farouck Obeid, MD is elected President of the Michigan Chapter, American College of Surgeons.

2004

Raouf Mikhail, MD is named Chair, Department of Surgery.

2006

Hurley is reverified as a Level I Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons.

2008

James Wagner, MD is named Director of Trauma and Critical Care.

2009

Hurley is reverified as a Level I Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons.

2012

Michael McCann DO is named Chief of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care