| 1838 |
The Medical Department of Hampden-Sydney College opens |
| 1844 |
The Medical Department moves into its first permanent home, the Egyptian Building |
| 1854 |
The Medical Department of Hampden-Sydney College receives an independent charter from the Virginia General Assembly and becomes the Medical College of Virginia |
| 1860 |
In return for a $30,000 appropriation MCV conveys all its property to the Commonwealth of Virginia and becomes a state institution |
| 1861 |
A new hospital opens constructed with funds acquired in 1860 |
| 1861-65 |
During the American Civil War MCV remained opened and graduated a class each year of the war. It is the only southern school still in existence with this distinction. |
| 1867 |
MCVs first outpatient clinic established |
| 1879 |
The Virginia General Assembly amended MCVs charter to allow the College to confer a degree in pharmacy |
| 1889 |
MCV Alumni Association is organized |
| 1893 |
College of Physicians and Surgeons, later University College of Medicine, was established by Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire just three blocks away from MCV |
| 1894 |
MCV medical curriculum is lengthened to three years |
| 1895 |
The Old Dominion Hospital Training School for Nurses was established with Sadie Heath Cabaniss as superintendent |
| 1897 |
MCV establishes a School of Dentistry |
| 1898 |
MCV establishes a School of Pharmacy with a two-year program |
| 1900 |
MCV lengthens its medical curriculum to four years |
| 1903 |
Memorial Hospital opens as a private hospital but is used by the faculty at MCV |
| 1909 |
Dr. Abraham Flexner visits UCM and MCV as a part of his survey of American and Canadian medical schools |
| 1912 |
McGuire Hall opens as the new home of the University College of Medicine |
| 1913 |
MCV and UCM merged through the efforts of Dr. George Ben Johnston and Dr. Stuart McGuire. MCV acquired the Memorial Hospital as a result of the merger |
| 1918-19 |
Members of the MCV faculty serve with Dr. Stuart McGuire during the war at Base Hospital 45 in Toul, France |
| 1920 |
Dooley Hospital and St. Philip Hospital open |
| 1920 |
St. Philip School of Nursing of the Medical College of Virginia opens |
| 1925 |
Dr. William T. Sanger, former secretary for the State Board of Education, becomes MCV's third president |
| 1925 |
Nursing program is given recognition as a full collegiate school with its own dean |
| 1925 |
Pharmacy curriculum extended to three years |
| 1926 |
Dr. William Branch Porter named the first full-time professor of medicine |
| 1927 |
Egyptian Building and McGuire Hall formally named |
| 1928 |
Nursing Education Building (formerly Cabaniss Hall) opens |
| 1932 |
Four year program in pharmacy leading to at B.S. degree is established. |
| 1932 |
Tompkins-McCaw Library opens |
| 1936 |
First graduate degrees confirmed. (Biochemistry) |
| 1938 |
MCV celebrates its centennial |
| 1938 |
New laboratory and outpatient clinic opened (A. D. Williams Memorial Clinic). The building was constructed with a Public Works Administration grant of $239,850 |
| 1941 |
The new MCV Hospital (MCV West Hospital) opens to national acclaim |
| 1942-45 |
MCV organizes a medical unit to serve during the war. General Hospital 45 serves in North Africa and Italy |
| 1944 |
Baruch Center of Physical Medicine, forerunner of the School of Physical Therapy, was organizes with a grant of $250,000 from Bernard Baruch |
| 1947 |
MCV Foundation is incorporated |
| 1947 |
The first civilian burn unit in the country was established at MCV under the direction of Dr. Everett Evans |
| 1949 |
School of Hospital Administration was organized |
| 1951 |
School of Medical Technology was organized |
| 1952 |
First Ph.D. degree was awarded. (Pharmacology) |
| 1953 |
Program leading to a B.S. degree in nursing established |
| 1956 |
Dr. Robert Blackwell Smith becomes the fourth and last president of MCV |
| 1956 |
Dr. David Hume, a pioneer transplant surgeon, appointed Chairman and Professor of Surgery |
| 1956-58 |
E. G. Williams Hospital opens in two phases |
| 1957 |
Dr. David Hume performs the first kidney transplant at MCV on December 12, 1957 |
| 1957 |
School of Graduate Studies organized with Dr. Ebbe C. Hoff as dean |
| 1960 |
Pharmacy curriculum is extended to five years |
| 1963 |
Medical Education Building (named for William T. Sanger in 1970) opens |
| 1966 |
School of Basic Sciences and Graduate Studies established |
| 1967 |
Self-Care Unit opened and later named for former Dean of the School of Medicine, Kinloch Nelson |
| 1968 |
The first heart transplant at the Medical College of Virginia is performed by Dr. Richard R. Lower |
| 1968 |
Virginia Commonwealth University is created through the merger of Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia |
| 1969 |
The School of Allied Health Professions established |
| 1969 |
Lyons Building is constructed |
| 1969 |
School of Nurse Anesthesia organized |
| 1974 |
MCV/VCU Cancer Center is established with a grant from the National Cancer Institute |
| 1976 |
Department of Gerontology established in the School of Allied Health Professions |
| 1982 |
MCV Main Hospital opens, a modern, 14 story, 539 bed facility costing in excess of $60 million dollars |
| 1983 |
Massey Cancer Center opens |
| 1984 |
School of Health Sciences became School of Basic Health Sciences |
| 1984 |
Smith Building opens |
| 1986 |
Renovated North Hospital (former E.G. Williams Hospital) opens |
| 1988 |
VCU celebrates its sesquicentennial |
| 1993 |
School of Medicine and School of Basic Health Sciences merge |
| 1995 |
Six year Doctor of Pharmacy Program adopted to replace the Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy degree |
| 1996 |
Virginia Biotechnology Research Park opens |
| 1996 |
Medical Sciences Building opens |
| 1997 |
Medical College of Virginia Hospitals Authority is created |
| 2000 |
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority is established |
| 2002 |
Gateway Building opens |
| 2002 |
Inova Campus of the VCU School of Medicine is created |
| 2006 |
VCU Health System receives Magnet Status |
| 2007 |
School of Nursing Building opens |
| 2008 |
Critical Care Hospital opens |
| 2008 |
VCU celebrates its 40th anniversary |
| 2009 |
W. Baxter Perkinson, Jr. Building opens |
