For 80 years, Suburban Hospital remains strongly committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our community. Suburban Hospital supported over $36.1 million in community benefit contributions in 2023. Believing that quality health care should be accessible to all, we work deliberately to identify health priorities and address the growing challenges of preventing chronic disease and building safe and healthy communities in collaboration with local, state and national affiliations and partnerships.
Specialty Clinics
Suburban Hospital demonstrates its commitment to the community and its health by reaching populations that otherwise might not receive healthcare services.
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Suburban Hospital has long provided free diagnostic, outpatient, and inpatient health services to Mobile Medical Care, Inc, a local clinic that provides free to low-cost medical care for the uninsured. Moreover, Suburban provides these same free services and more to additional Montgomery Cares clinics located throughout Montgomery County. Montgomery Cares is a public-private partnership composed of 11 independent safety-net primary care clinics, six hospitals, and the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services.
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In Montgomery County and throughout the State of Maryland, the need for specialty care is substantial. Subsidized specialty care programs in the area are saturated with long waiting lists. As a result, many county residents suffer complications from their diseases because they are unable to access timely specialty care. This inequality and inequity provided the impetus for the MobileMed/NIH Heart Clinic, which strives to address a leading cause of death in Montgomery County—cardiovascular disease.
The MobileMed/NIH Heart Clinic served as a catalyst for addressing other county health priorities in similar manner. Alarmingly high rates of diabetes along with difficulty accessing specialty care led to the creation of the Mobile Med/NIH Endocrine Clinic at Suburban Hospital. The clinic addresses conditions resulting from dysfunctions of the endocrine system, such as diabetes, goiter, hyperlipidemia, obesity and hypertension. The Endocrine Clinic follows the MobileMed/NIH Heart Clinic’s best-practice model by drawing upon the expertise and resources of the three original partners—Mobile Medical Care, NIH and Suburban Hospital—to offer one-of-a-kind, comprehensive endocrine care specialty services to low-income, uninsured residents of Montgomery County.
To determine your eligibility for either specialty clinic contact Mobile Medical Care, Inc.
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Suburban Hospital is committed to eliminating disparities associated with colorectal cancer. Suburban focuses outreach efforts on identifying individuals that may be at high risk for colorectal cancer and connecting them to available free screening programs through the Montgomery County Cancer Crusade.
In addition, the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in the DC area periodically offers free cancer screenings. Early detection is vital to improving treatment options and outcomes. For information about cancer screening guidelines and upcoming screenings, call 202-243-2320.
Building A Healthy Community
Every three years, Suburban Hospital develops an implementation plan in response to the hospital’s latest community health needs assessment. The plan is adopted by the hospital Board of Trustees and serves as a roadmap for addressing community health priorities and improving health outcomes. The plan considers where resources will generate the greatest impact by applying three critical lenses:
Healthy Equity
Reduce gaps in access to preventive services for vulnerable populations.
Access to Care
Increase access to specialty care for low-income and uninsured residents
Community Impact Reports
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Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA)
The CHNA helps identify priority health issues affecting Montgomery County and residents living in Suburban Hospital’s service area.
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Community Health Improvement Report (PDF)
Learn how Suburban Hospital addresses local community health needs identified in the CHNA through its health and wellness programs and initiatives.
Meet Your Wellness Team
The Community Health and Wellness team is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of the community. Meet the team to learn how they help community members access quality health care and support safe and healthy communities.
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Eleni Antzoulatos is the Health and Wellness Operations Supervisor for Suburban Hospital's Community Health & Wellness Department. As a public health professional with more than 15 years of experience, Eleni specializes on implementing healthy lifestyle programs for local businesses and the surrounding community. Eleni is a service minded individual dedicated to bringing high quality fitness, mind and body, nutrition, and health and safety learning opportunities to Montgomery County residents via webinars, screenings, and classes. Eleni is committed to creating a space for people to receive cutting edge health information via the Annual Women's and Men's Health Symposiums, and thoughtfully curating the content for the biweekly electronic WellWorks' Community Health & Wellness Calendar. Eleni is incredibly motivated to use her data analytic skills to manage the hospital's annual Community Benefit Report and leading the publication of the hospital's annual Community Health Improvement report. As an active member of the Greater Bethesda Chamber of Commerce, the Hospital Behavioral Health Workgroup and an alumni member of the Montgomery County Food Council, Eleni strives to provide constant insight on health improvement initiatives that address health equity and access.
Eleni holds a Bachelors of Arts in Biology from McDaniel College and Masters of Public Health from the George Washington University.
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Kate McGrail manages the integration of community health improvement to support a culture that delivers high quality healthcare with improved outcomes and efficient utilization of resources. Specifically, Kate is a member of the Population Health Care Delivery team at Suburban Hospital, supporting population health operational strategies to improve performance on key utilization and cost goals.
Kate also leads efforts to reduce cardiovascular health disparities for the Hospital's community benefit service area as well as in southern Maryland, focusing on populations with higher rates of chronic health conditions such as hypertension and diabetes. In this capacity, Kate coordinates the planning, organization, development, and implementation of community education programs, health partnerships, and blood pressure and cholesterol screenings. To support Montgomery County's growing aging population, Kate coordinates the Village Ambassador Alliance, a collective created by Suburban Hospital to bridge the village-hospital connection through education, training, and resource allocation to support those older adults who wish to age in their own homes.
She holds a bachelor's degree in Economics-Accounting and Visual Arts from the College of the Holy Cross and a Masters of Public Health degree from the George Washington University. Kate is a certified public accountant and volunteer Treasurer and Board Member of the Maryland Public Health Association. In her spare time, Kate is a fitness instructor at barre3, where she incorporates her passion for well-being, movement, and music to motivate clients to find freedom in their bodies while improving functional strength and mindfulness.
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Monique leads Suburban Hospital’s health transformation and improvement commitment to the community, which aims to improve the quality of life and reduce hospitalizations. Aligning hospital and community assets as well as focusing on unaddressed identified needs, she links health partnerships, community initiatives, strategic affiliations and collaboration with health coalitions, outreach activities, wellness programs and corporate projects to address established health barriers, disparities and inequities.
Monique serves on the boards of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase YMCA, Nexus Montgomery, the Healthy Montgomery steering committee and the advisory council board for the Archdiocesan Health Care Network. She is a graduate of the American Hospital Association and the Health Forum’s Leadership Creating Healthier Communities Fellowship, as well as a 2013 graduate of Leadership Montgomery. An 18-year member of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rotary Club, she has served for multiple years on the Board of Directors. As a member of the United States Peace Corps, Monique also volunteered as a Health Extensionist in Ecuador.
Monique completed her undergraduate degree at Washington College, Master's degree at Middlebury College and Masters of Business Administration at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School.
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Maura Canavan works closely with community partners in Montgomery County to improve health initiatives. Maura works most closely with seniors through the Senior Shape program that encourages Montgomery County residents 55+ to participate in weekly Zoom and in-person workout classes. In addition, she coordinates monthly wellness webinars with the Rockville Senior Center. Maura also engages with high school students interested in the medical field through the Medical Exploring Program. In addition to these two population groups, Maura collaborates with many community organizations on various health initiatives including Girls on the Run, A Wider Circle and Main Street Connect. Additionally, Maura leads the holiday hospital giving initiative, Adopt-A-Family.
Maura is a graduate from the University of Maryland School of Public Health with her Bachelors of Science in Community Health with a minor in General Business from the Robert. H. Smith School of Business.
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Kimberly Coleman & Robyn James Minchik
HeartWell is a free health education program designed for seniors to increase awareness about preventative guidelines, symptom recognition and management, medications, blood pressure monitoring, diet and lifestyle enhancements. The program is staffed by Suburban Hospital registered nurses at three senior centers in Montgomery County. Learn more about the programs, services, and locations of the HeartWell program.
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Oasis is a national education organization designed to enhance the quality of life for mature adults. Offering challenging programs in the arts, humanities, wellness and volunteer services, Oasis creates opportunities for older adults to continue their personal growth and provide meaningful service to the community. Learn more about the programs, services, and location of the Oasis program.
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Suburban Hospital's Diabetes Self-Management Training (DSMT) program helps people living with diabetes manage their condition more effectively through a combination of in-person and telemedicine appointments.
Taught by a team of dedicated Certified Care and Education Specialists (CCES), this American Diabetes Association-accredited program works one-on-one with participants to help them make small behavioral changes that translate into big results.
Suburban's DSMT also includes a transition guide nurse and community health workers, who focus on addressing patient's social needs that serve as barriers to positive health outcomes. They also facilitate the support of wrap-around services, such as transportation, food access, insurance transitions medication costs.
