HEALTH + Wellness >Top Hospitals A Guide to Wellbeing Examining the specialties and celebrating the achievements of the Commonwealth’s health care professionals.

In this challenging time, health care is more important than ever. Fortunately, has some of the best doctors and hospitals in the country, from cardiac care and oncology to coronavirus treatment and research. The editors of Virginia Living have examined the state’s hospital systems to recognize 49 hospitals for excellence and innovation. We’ve also compiled a list of the hospitals’ specialties to help you choose the local facility best able to treat your specific symptoms. Help us celebrate Virginia’s health professionals, even as you rest assured that you’re in good hands.

By Victoria Drake, Abigale Evans, Christian Robinson, Markus Schmidt, Sandra Shelley, and Margaret Wadsworth

Bon Secours Maryview Bon Secours St. Francis Carilion Children’s Medical Center Medical Center Hospital Portsmouth Midlothian Roanoke BonSecours.com, 757-398-2200 BonSecours.com, 804-594-7300 CarilionClinic.org, 540-266-5437 Dr. Chad McKenzie performed the second In February the new emergency depart- Carilion Children’s Hospital leased TransCarotid artery revascularization ever ment broke ground at Bon Secours St. 150,000 square feet of space in the done at Bon Secours Maryview Medical Francis Medical Center. The $41-million, Tanglewood Mall to serve as outpatient Center on patient Dorothy Heron in July 45,000-square-feet facility will increase space. The facility will eventually house 2019. The surgery reduces the risk of stroke, the emergency room’s capacity from 18 to other clinical practices in the future as minimizes incisions and scarring, and it 42 rooms. St. Francis is also increasing its well. This expansion will cost more than shortens recovery time. A stent is inserted bed capacity with an addition of 55 acute $30 million and will strive to provide the where the artery is blocked while blood flow care beds and is projected to be 110,000 best possible medical care for children in Fishersville from the body is redirected. The surgery had square feet. the Roanoke area. a successful outcome and Heron was sent AugustaHealth.com, 540-332-4000 home healthy after two days. Bon Secours Centra Lynchburg Augusta Health has finished its emergency St. Mary’s Hospital General Hospital department expansion and renovation Bon Secours Memorial project and now boasts 48 large private Richmond Lynchburg treatment rooms. The hospital also offers Regional Medical Center BonSecours.com, 804-285-2011 CentraHealth.com, 434-200-3000 Mechanicsville an AMI (Allegheny Mountain Institute) Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital now Centra Lynchburg Hospital has installed Farm which provides locally grown BonSecours.com, 804-764-6000 offers an enhanced recovery after surgery two hydroponic greenhouses designed produce for patients, employees, and Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical (ERAS) program designed to reduce the to provide the hospital with fresh greens community visitors. Community members Center is the first in Virginia to offer artificial duration of a patient’s stay at the hospital from local sources all year long which can sign up to volunteer at the farm to help intelligence stroke software in order to spot and enhance their quality of life. This pro- are made available to patients and staff. AMI and Augusta Health reach their goals early signs of a stroke. By partnering with Viz. gram promotes an active road to recovery, Some of the produce includes red leaf, of providing nutrient rich food to patients. ai, they gain access to software that detects where patients are up out of bed and walk- spring mix, bibb, and romaine. Chef Tim suspected large vessel occlusion strokes, ing around even the night following the Schoonmaker is in charge of this opera- Bon Secours DePaul which allows neurovascular specialists to ini- surgery. It shows promising results with tion, checking the harvest times of the Medical Center tiate earlier imaging review. The hospital also most patients being released two days plants using an online app. Norfolk now offers robotic-assisted joint replacement quicker than those without the program. surgery for patients which includes partial BonSecours.com, 757-889-5000 knee, total knee, and total hip replacements. Two doctors from DePaul Medical Center at Bon Secours were featured on WTKR’s Coast Live last year to educate the public about Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In Airing Out VCU Medical Center three interviews, Dr. Stephanie Repole and Dr. Byers Bowen discussed the impor- VCU Health experts answer tance of breast cancer screening, giving your most pressing questions an overview about how genetics play a in their new podcast. role, and clearing up any confusion about breast cancer surgery. hether they do it while driving to work, pedaling away at the Bon Secours Mary gym, or chilling out at home, Immaculate Hospital W more than 100 million people in the U.S. tune in to podcasts each month. Newport News To reach this rapidly growing audience, BonSecours.com, 757-886-6000 VCU Health has debuted its new Healthy Dr. Jeffrey Carlson of Bon Secours Mary with VCU Health. Immaculate Hospital in 2019 was the first Hosted by Bill Klaproth surgeon in Central and Eastern Virginia to and Scott Webb, the implant the M6-C Artificial Cervical Disk. podcast debuted in During the procedure this device was October 2019. The inserted through a small incision on the seven- to eight-minute front of the neck after removal of the pa- segments feature Q and tient’s native disc. The surgery allowed for A’s with doctors and “The feedback has March, about 2,000 listeners downloaded been quite good,” says the most popular show, “Why and How We a speedy recovery with minimal limitations others on a wide range of subjects, from reducing Marcos Irigaray, chief Should Flatten the Curve,” with Dr. Gonzalo

photos courtesy of vcu health of vcu photos courtesy for the 53-year old female patient. your risk of heart disease of communications, Bearman. In June, the show was one of and addressing sports marketing and three to receive a Provider Podcast of the injuries to innovative treatments for enterprise analytics for VCU Health. During Year Award by the Medigy Healthcare and cancer. Listeners can even suggest topics. the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in IT Marketing Community. VCUHealth.org

OCTOBER 202087 VIRGINIA LIVING HEALTH + Wellness >Top Hospitals bring such care to high-risk maternal rest of the North Tower opened a few days knee and hip replacements to people who patients. In addition, Healthgrades has later, providing the hospital with more couldn’t afford them. named the hospital a 5-Star recipient for beds and private rooms. The sixth and vaginal delivery for the fourth year in a row. seventh floors are being left vacant for John Randolph future expansion. Fauquier Health Medical Center Warrenton Inova Mount Vernon Hopewell FauquierHealth.org, 540-316-5000 JohnRandolphMedicalCenter.com, Hospital 804-541-1600 Fauquier Health installed a $1.8 million da Alexandria The Commission on Cancer awarded the Vinci Xi Surgical System in February, as Inova.org, 703-664-7000 John Randolph Medical Center with a well as acquiring a new spine robot, the For the 12th consecutive time, Mount three-year accreditation. John Randolph ExcelsiusGPS. The latter makes surgery Vernon has received an A for the Leapfrog met 26 of the 27 standards and received safer by improving visualization of patient Group’s Hospital Safety Grade. In addition, commendation for five of them. They also anatomy and streamlining surgical the hospital participated in Operation continued their programs at the Wellness Chesapeake Regional workflow. Also, the hospital was recently Walk USA, in which their surgeons gave Pavilion, a mental health facility. These awarded an “A” in the Spring 2020 Leap- free joint replacements to two patients in programs include a partial hospitalization Medical Center frog Hospital Safety Grade, a national need. This program provides free services plan in which individuals struggling with Chesapeake distinction recognizing achievements that to people who don’t have insurance or their mental health can talk with psychia- ChesapeakeRegional.com, 757-312-8121 provide safer healthcare. government aid. Since its inception, trists and other partial patients during the In January, Chesapeake Regional Medical Mount Vernon has provided more than 50 day Monday through Friday. Center kicked off its Master Facility and Henrico Doctors’ Hospital Expansion Project with a groundbreaking Richmond ceremony. The renovated medical center HenricoDoctors.com, 804-289-4500 campus aims to ensure the continuation of Dr. Cecelia Boardman, a gynecologist on- state-of-the-art, patient-centered care for cologist at Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, has Sensing Change present and future generations. This proj- performed the 10,000th robotic surgical Henrico Doctors’ Hospital unveils special pediatric ER suite ect comes with a price tag of $85 million. case at the facility. The procedure, a right The hospital also launched the Healing ovarian cystectomy, marks a milestone for for autistic children. Opportunities Providing Empowerment the hospital’s minimally invasive robotic (HOPE) program which supports victims surgeries. The hospital also received veri- magine an emergency room where the walls are colored soft blue, lights are of interpersonal violence. This program fication as a Level II trauma center, which adjusted by a dimmer switch, and soothing light shows dance on the ceiling. links victims with community resources recognizes its optimal care for injured This is the new look of the five-room pediatric ER suite at HCA Virginia Henrico and is the first of its kind. I Doctors’ Hospital in Richmond, redesigned with autistic children in mind. patients. It is also the first medical center in Central Virginia to offer an autism and “Often children who have autism spectrum disorder have sensory issues. An ER is the Children’s Hospital of sensory-friendly pediatric ER and hospital. worst place in the world for them: It’s unfamiliar, it’s scary, it’s noisy,” says Dr. Kevin Richmond at VCU Connelly, medical director of the Pediatric Emergency Inova Alexandria Hospital Department at the hospital. “Knowing there’s a place Richmond they can be comfortable, and the staff is trained in CHRichmond.org, 804-828-2467 Alexandria working with children with ASD, really helps families.” Inova.org, 703-504-3000 The rooms can be adjusted to the needs of the Construction for the new inpatient tower at children, whether they prefer sound or noise-cancelling the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU Inova Alexandria Hospital has added headphones. LEDs replace fluorescent lights that can is still on track to be completed by the end new surgical equipment to its operating irritate some with their buzzing noise. Children can of 2022. This new facility is connected to room, including an O-Arm imaging tool, an imaging device that creates a 360-degree choose weighted blankets, a variety of toys, and either the hospital’s outpatient Children’s Pavilion a night sky or an under-the-sea light show. The rooms image, and the da Vinci Surgical system, an and will house emergency and trauma Dr. Kevin Connelly have minimal hospital equipment. HenricoDoctors.com care, inpatient units, family amenities, and agile robotic arm that assists in surgeries. spaces for education, research, and play. It The hospital is also trialing different surgi- will complete an entire city block dedicated cal procedures with lasers to identify those to caring for children and families. with the least recovery times and manipula- tion of tissues. There are also expansion Children’s Hospital of plans to build a new hospital in Springfield. the King’s Daughters Norfolk Falls Church CHKD.org, 757-668-7000 Inova.org, 703-776-4001 Surgeons at the Children’s Hospital of the The Inova Schar Cancer Institute ex- King’s Daughters have performed a new panded its new proton treatment therapy Piccolo Heart Procedure on premature center after a $20 million donation from babies, where a self-expanding wire mesh Dr. Gary and Tina Mather that helped device is inserted through a small incision fund new equipment and facilities. Proton in the leg and guided up to vessels in the therapy helped Dr. Mather in his fight heart to help them close. The hospital also against cancer, and the Inova Mather features ZeroG technology in its rehab Proton Center was named in their honor. In unit, a device which suspends patients addition to its inception, the Proton Center from a track on the ceiling and allows them also treated the first patient with proton to walk without fear of falling. therapy in Northern Virginia in March. Chippenham Hospital Inova Loudoun Hospital Richmond Loudoun ChippenhamMed.com, 804-483-0000 Inova.org, 703-858-6000 Chippenham Hospital is using telehealth Because of the need for extra facilities technology so physicians specializing in due to the coronavirus, in April the Inova maternal-fetal medicine and the treatment Loudoun Hospital opened its new North of high-risk pregnancies can remotely treat Tower early. The Birthing Inn was opened patients they are unable to see in person. first, taking up two floors of the new photos courtesy of hca virginia henrico doctors’ hospital henrico doctors’ virginia of hca photos courtesy The hospital is the first in the region to building and providing a NICU center. The

OCTOBER 202089 VIRGINIA LIVING HEALTH + Wellness >Top Hospitals that will provide different pain treatments LewisGale makes Reston the first hospital in North- before resorting to the use of opioids. In ern Virginia to offer this procedure, which addition to this initiative, the Alternatives Montgomery Hospital uses a blue light to examine the interior to Opioids (ALTO), the hospital partnered Blacksburg of the bladder, making cancer cells glow with local law enforcement in their Crush LewisGale.com, 540-951-1111 bright fluorescent pink to be identified. the Crisis program. Reston also received verification as a Level LewisGale Montgomery Hospital recruited II Trauma Center by the American College Lake Taylor Transitional 10 new healthcare specialists in 2019, of Surgeons for a period of three years including two family medicine physicians, through 2022. Care Hospital a family medicine hospitalist, three ad- Norfolk vanced practice providers, an orthopedic Retreat Doctors’ LakeTaylor.org, 757-461-5001 surgeon, an outpatient psychiatrist, and an interventional cardiologist. LewisGale Hospital Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital was made use of the latter by starting an Richmond certified by Vohra Wound Physicians as a around-the-clock heart attack program. It Center of Excellence for Wound Manage- RetreatDoctors.com, 804-254-5100 Johnston-Willis Hospital is the only such program providing emer- ment. Only 10 percent of Vohra’s nursing Complex Care is a specialty program on gency life-saving procedures between Sa- Richmond facility partners have qualified for this the fifth floor of Retreat Doctors’ Hospital lem and Abingdon in Southwest Virginia. JohnstonWillisMed.com, 804-483-5000 annual certification. Due to the coronavi- that focuses on caring for patients with After recently receiving a three-year ac- rus, Lake Taylor instituted a no-visit policy LewisGale severe or multiple illnesses or injuries. creditation from the Commission of Can- in mid-March. To allow loved ones to see Using a multidisciplinary approach, board- cer, the Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute at each other, they began offering video Pulaski Hospital certified medical and rehabilitation ex- Johnston-Willis Hospital recently received chat sessions to the families of patients. Pulaski perts work together to tailor a plan that is the Outstanding Achievement Award. The Between March 27 and June 6 there were LewisGale.com, 540-994-8100 best suited for a patient’s condition. These hospital also announced a new initiative 561 video chats at the hospital. include services such as brain injury The LewisGale Physicians Nurse-Midwives and coma recovery, parenteral nutrition, program was formed in January to provide hyperbaric oxygen, and much more. HCA women with a nurse-midwife in the case of Virginia’s hospitals were also awarded with a low-risk pregnancy. LewisGale is the only Healthgrade’s 2020 America’s 250 Best practice locally that provides pregnant Hospitals Award. Banking It women with midwife services and the use Convalescent blood plasma programs are improving the odds of less medical intervention. This project Riverside Regional for COVID-19 patients at Bon Secours and other hospitals. adds three certified nurse midwives to the staff while also marking the beginning of Medical Center hile Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds were rapidly filling up across the a new renovation project for the Medical Newport News country with COVID-19 patients, health care providers like Dr. C. Lee Center’s labor and delivery unit. RiversideOnline.com, 757-594-2000 Bridges were desperate for answers. With a vaccine maybe a year away, Riverside was awarded with the College W “everybody was trying to find ways to take care of these really sick Mary Washington of Healthcare Information Management patients—to find cures for the disease and treatments that would help them recover,” Hospital Executives’ 2019 Most Wired recogni- says Bridges, regional medical director for Bon Secours Richmond. Fredericksburg tion. This makes Riverside the only health Then he learned about the Mayo Clinic’s national convalescent plasma program. system in Virginia to earn the Most Wired Participating doctors receive blood plasma donated by individuals who have recovered MaryWashingtonHealthcare.com, 540-741-1100 recognition for 15 straight years. The Most from COVID-19, which they can Wired Award is earned following an annual infuse in patients. The plasma The Mary Washington Weight Loss Center survey that assesses how effectively contains antibodies—proteins that was opened to provide proven weight loss health care organizations apply technol- can help fight the disease. In April, solutions to patients to improve overall ogy into their programs to improve health Bon Secours Hospitals were the health and quality of life. In addition to and care services. One of Riverside’s key first in the Hampton Roads area this, Mary Washington was also awarded strengths includes its electronic health and one of the first in Richmond, a Victims Services Grant through the with VCU Medical Center, to join the record system, iCare, which integrates Virginia Department of Criminal Justice program. patients’ records. Services. This two-year grant provides A recent study of 20,000 patients funding to expand the existing Forensic Riverside Walter Reed hospitalized with COVID-19 who Services Department at the hospital. IBM received convalescent plasma had Watson Health named a seven-day mortality rate of 8.6 one of the 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospi- Gloucester percent and less than 1 percent tals for the second consecutive year. serious side effects. RiversideOnline.com, 804-693-8800 BonSecours.com Parham Doctors’ Hospital completed its $55 million renovation and expansion Richmond Bon Secours Memorial project of the Walter Reed Hospital in ParhamDoctors.com, 804-747-5600 Regional Medical Center Gloucester after four years. This project Parham Doctors’ Hospital is the first marked the most significant construction in Virginia to offer a new approach that project at the community hospital since provides relief for patients dealing with its opening in 1977, according to Riverside chronic pain in the lower back. Dr. Daniel CEO Bill Downey. The expansion includes Marin is a spine interventionist who per- a new two-story Surgical and Inpatient forms the minimally invasive procedure Services and a new main lobby area. The which targets a nerve located in the spine. Surgical Services Suite includes multiple Marin uses radiofrequency energy or heat operating suites, procedure rooms, and to disable the nerve, making it unable to recovery areas. transmit pain signals. Reston Hospital Center Reston RestonHospital.com, 703-689-9000 Reston performed its first blue-light cystoscopy procedure, a new technology that detects invasive bladder cancer. This photos courtesy of bons secours, shutterstock of bons secours, photos courtesy

OCTOBER 202091 VIRGINIA LIVING HEALTH + Wellness >Top Hospitals Conquer the Unknown Supporting loved ones with memory loss.

iverside Walter Reed Hospital now offers a free online educational video course to help those R who care for a loved one with Alzheimer’s or other memory impairments. Dr. Christine Jensen; Sentara CarePlex Hospital Led by Dr. Christine Jensen of Riverside’s from online video course. Hampton Center for Excellence Sentara.com, 757-736-1000 in Aging and Lifelong Health (CEALH), the goal In January, Sentara CarePlex Hospital of “Caring for You: Mind, began implementing its new violence Body and Soul” is to prevention program. Careplex, in addi- provide family caregivers tion to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital an opportunity to learn and seven others in Virginia, received a new skills and tools to $400,000 grant to implement programs increase their self care to break the cycle of violence and help and confidence as a victims receive long-term treatment. caregiver. CarePlex also introduced its new Food The 10 lessons (including Pharmacy program that offers healthy topics ranging from body food options for patients recently diag- mechanics and sleep nosed with congestive heart failure. This patterns to coping with loss and grief, frustration as well as program includes weekly workshops for guilt and fear) are delivered online and in quick video bursts. patients aged 50 and up. By keeping each video at 10 minutes or less, participants can quickly absorb and apply the concepts in their daily lives. Sentara Leigh Hospital Participants can register at Learning.VirginiaNavigator.org or Norfolk call Riverside Senior Care Navigation at 888-597-0828. Sentara.com, 757-621-6000 In February, Sentara Leigh Hospital sions and support groups, has been Hahn Cancer Center provides more than Emergency Center launched an 18-months Sovah Health accredited by the Association of Diabetes 7,000 radiation treatments each year, expansion project. With a price tag of $14 Care & Education Specialists for its high ranging from 25 to 45 per day. million, the expansion will add more beds, Martinsville level of quality and service to the com- rooms, and overall space for the increas- Martinsville munity. In May, the hospital also opened a ing number of emergency patients. Of all Sheltering Arms Physical MartinsvilleHospital.com, 276-666-7200 Healing Garden, a space for reflection and 12 Sentara Hospitals, the Sentara Leigh relaxation, thanks to the donations of local Rehabilitation Hospital In January, Sovah Health Martinsville Emergency Center has the highest annual resident Doris Mae Greene, who passed Mechanicsville introduced new robotic-assisted total joint patient volume. The project includes the away in 2017. ShelteringArms.com, 804-764-1000 replacement technology with the help of Sentara Cancer Center, which faces Virginia an investment by LifePoint Health of just Beach Boulevard and opened on June 18. Sentara Obici Hospital In collaboration with VCU Health, Shelter- under $1 million. The surgical team has ing Arms held a virtual ribbon cutting since performed 18 procedures using the Sentara Norfolk Suffolk ceremony for their brand new 114-bed new technology. The American College of Sentara.com, 757-934-4000 rehabilitation facility Sheltering Arms Cardiology recently awarded Sovah Health General Hospital Institute in June. The facility is the only In February, Sentara Obici launched a with Cardiac Cath Lab Accreditation with Norfolk hospital in central Virginia constructed 21-month, $13-million expansion and PCI (percutaneous coronary intervention, Sentara.com specifically for physical rehabilitation, with , 757-388-3000 modernization of its emergency depart- or coronary angioplasty), recognizing private patient rooms, five specialty units, This February, Sentara Norfolk became ment. The project will add 7,000 square the hospital staff’s ability to evaluate, four gyms, research space, and more. The the first hospital in Hampton Roads feet of space and increase the number of diagnose, and treat patients who come to hospital comprises 212,063 square feet in to offer a newly approved radioactive treatment spaces from 23 to 37, as well the cardiac cath lab. total, with its main gym coming in at 9,251 targeted therapy to kill cancer cells with as enhance patient privacy by replacing square feet. Lutathera, a drug approved by the FDA in curtains with doors in patient rooms. The Spotsylvania Regional 2018. and the Virginia hospital also plans to build an additional Medical Center Department of General Services’ Division safe space in the department for those Southside Regional of Consolidated Laboratory Services with behavioral health needs. Medical Center Fredericksburg recently partnered to achieve the first Petersburg SpotsRMC.com, 540-498-4000 fully operational method to order blood Sentara RMH SRMCOnline.com, 804-765-5000 Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center in screens for newborns and return results Medical Center 2019 officially opened its Obstetrics Emer- electronically, resulting in much quicker In October of 2018 and 2019, Southside gency Department, a facility specifically medical interventions for newborns. Harrisonburg Regional offered $99 3D mammogram dedicated to women who are expecting Sentara.com, 540-689-1000 screenings in honor of Breast Cancer and in need of urgent care. The hospital Awareness Month, at the lower end of a Sentara Northern Virginia The Hahn Cancer Center at Sentara RMH also launched an OB Hospitalist program, procedure that can cost up to $400 or installed new cancer treatment technol- in partnership with OB Hospitalist Group, Medical Center more. Also in 2019, Southside Regional ogy in late 2019. The Varian TrueBeam® LLC, ensuring that specialty trained physi- Woodbridge opened its new Women’s Health and Radiotherapy System is a state-of-the-art cians are onsite around the clock. The OB Sentara.com Cancer Center, the only full-service facility , 703-523-1000 linear accelerator that delivers radiation Emergency Department can be accessed of its kind between Richmond and North The Diabetes & Nutrition Management quickly and with a high degree of precision through the hospital’s existing Emergency Carolina. The building includes depart- Services program at Sentara Northern and accuracy, allowing the hospital to Department. ments for Breast Health, Women’s Imag- Virginia Medical Center, a hub for diabetes treat cancer patients more safely and ing, OBGYN, Gynecologic Oncology, and photo courtesy of consociate media of consociate photo courtesy education, nutrition management ses- comfortably, with better outcome. 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OCTOBER 202093 VIRGINIA LIVING HEALTH + Wellness >Top Hospitals livestream their child’s every movement a patient’s own white blood cells, Massey Winchester via phone, computer, or tablet. Cancer Center became the first in Virginia to offer CAR T-cell therapy to adult cancer Medical Center University of Virginia patients. In partnership with the Children’s Winchester Hospital of Richmond, the hospital is now ValleyHealthLink.com, 540-536-8000 Medical Center offering this new therapy to children and Charlottesville young adults up to 25 years old through Earlier this year, Winchester Medical Cen- UVAHealth.com, 434-924-0000 the use of KYMRIAH, a drug made from a ter became the first hospital in the state to be designated a Care Continuum Center of The FDA has approved an artificial pan- patient’s own T-cells. Plus, in December 2019, the hospital appointed a new direc- Excellence (CCE) by the GO2 Foundation creas system based on technology from for Lung Cancer, while the interventional the UVA Center for Diabetes Technology tor, Dr. Robert Winn, following Dr. Gordon Ginder’s 22-year stint. pulmonology team introduced a new ION that monitors and regulates blood glucose system to perform the hospital’s first levels automatically. Additionally, the UVA VCU Medical Center robotic-assisted bronchoscopy. WMC Cancer Center has begun a new initia- also opened a new 28-bed Neuroscience Stone Springs tive to reduce rates of cervical cancer in Richmond and Orthopedics unit, in addition to a Southwest Virginia, and UVA School of VCUHealth.org, 804-828-9000 new Heart & Vascular Center that brings Hospital Center Medicine student Greg Medlock recently VCU Health’s Emergency Center at New cardiology and surgical providers under received a Grand Challenges Explorations Dulles Kent officially opened its doors on June 1, one roof. grant, allowing him and other research- StoneSpringsHospital.com, after a delay due to the coronavirus pan- ers to grow and study gut microbes, in 571-349-4000 demic. The $16-million, 17,000-square- Wythe County the hopes of eventually creating custom foot facility offers round-the-clock, board- Last year, orthopedic surgeon and direc- blends to benefit patients. Community Hospital certified emergency medicine physicians, tor of the Total Joint Program Dr. James Wytheville Reeves performed Stone Springs Hospital VCU Health Community emergency-trained registered nurses, Center’s first-ever outpatient total knee laboratory services, and integrated WCCH.org, 276-228-0200 replacement surgery which did not require Memorial Hospital technology. The freestanding emergency In 2019, the Wythe Wound & Hyperbaric an extended or overnight stay for the pa- La Crosse center has all of the same capabilities as a Medicine Center received a Center of regular emergency department. ® tient. Also in 2019, the hospital opened its VCUHealth.org, 434-447-3151 Distinction Award by Healogics , recogniz- Level II NICU, with five beds and advanced ing the facility’s accomplishments in equipment for newborn care, which offers The VCU Health Hub officially opened Virginia Hospital Center patient satisfaction and wound healing support for babies with issues ranging in November of 2019 and offers health Arlington rates. For 12 consecutive months, the from jaundice to not being strong enough screenings and counseling for East End center achieved patient satisfaction levels residents, as well as space for community VirginiaHospitalCenter.com, to feed on their own. 703-558-5000 higher than 92 percent, and a minimum events, fitness activities, and educational wound healing rate of at least 92 percent In 2019, the Virginia Hospital Center began University of Virginia programs. All programs at the Health within 28 median days. The hospital’s work on a new Outpatient Pavilion and Hub are free. VCU School of Pharmacy leading edge treatments include negative parking structure, marking the hospi- Children’s Hospital assistant Prof. Dr. Guizhi Zhu has designed pressure wound therapy, bio-engineered tal’s first major expansion since 2004. Charlottesville a prototype of a mailable patch that could tissues, biosynthetic dressings, and While construction is still underway, the Childrens.UVAHealth.com, be used to deliver coronavirus vaccines, hyperbaric oxygen therapy. 434-243-5500 which would reduce the need for people to Outpatient Pavilion will provide patients travel to healthcare centers. direct, easy access to treatment areas A therapeutic, interactive playroom with from their arrival at the parking garage. In a Lewis & Clark theme, the UVA Children’s VCU Health Massey February, Senior Vice President & Chief Hospital Explorer Playroom is now open Medical Officer Dr. Jeffrey DiLisi received on the fourth floor of the hospital’s Battle Cancer Center an “Imagine a Virginia” Senior Leader Building, giving pediatric patients a place Richmond Quality and Patient Safety Award from the to play, learn, and stimulate their healing. Massey.VCU.edu, 804-828-0450 Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Associa- Additionally, to help patients stay con- tion (VHHA). nected, the hospital has installed AngelEye With YESCARTA, a brand-name drug to technology in its NICU, allowing families to treat non-Hodgkin lymphoma, made from

Clear Favorite UVA recognized as one of the top allergy The Battle Building at UVA Health; centers in the U.S. by FARE. Dr. Jonathan Hemler.

n June, the University of Virginia was the only hospital in Virginia named to the national Food Allergy Research & Education I [FARE] network. UVA’s selection as one of only 10 top tier, “Discovery Centers of Distinction” in the U.S. will allow its adult and pediatric food allergy programs to greatly expand their research capabilities. “FARE is the leading food allergy research organization. It’s a nonprofit that really advocates for patients,” says Dr. Jonathan Hemler, director of UVA’s pediatric food allergy program. UVA treats about 1,000 food allergy patients each year. The center’s innovative patient care includes food challenges—a medically supervised test in which food is eaten slowly, in gradually increasing amounts, to accurately diagnose or rule out an allergy. At UVA, Hemler works on several collaborative efforts, including a therapy using antibodies from patients with severe food allergies. He hopes the antibodies will one day help prevent allergic reactions. UVAHealth.com, FoodAllergy.org photos courtesy of uva health of uva photos courtesy

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Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, RICHMOND LewisGale Montgomery Hospital, Care by Specialty Johnston-Willis Hospital, RICHMOND BLACKSBURG Riverside Regional Medical Center, Inova Alexandria Hospital, ALEXANDRIA When it comes to high-tech surgery or top-notch cancer NEWPORT NEWS Inova Fairfax Hospital, FALLS CHURCH programs, Virginia hospitals have it all. Check out this extensive Sentara CarePlex Hospital, HAMPTON Reston Hospital Center, RESTON list of specialties to find the care you need in the right places. Senatra Martha Jefferson Hospital, Riverside Walter Reed Hospital, CHARLOTTESVILLE GLOUCESTER Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center, NORFOLK WOODBRIDGE University of Virginia Medical Center, Southside Regional Medical Center, CHARLOTTESVILLE PETERSBURG VCU Medical Center, RICHMOND Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center, Winchester Medical Center, WINCHESTER FREDERICKSBURG University of Virginia Children’s Hospital, ORTHOPEDICS CHARLOTTESVILLE Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital, University of Virginia Medical Center, NEWPORT NEWS CHARLOTTESVILLE Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center, Winchester Medical Center, WINCHESTER PORTSMOUTH Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical TRANSPLANTATION Center, MECHANICSVILLE Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, RICHMOND Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center, Inova Fairfax Hospital, FALLS CHURCH MIDLOTHIAN University of Virginia Medical Center, Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital, BARIATRICS RICHMOND CHARLOTTESVILLE RICHMOND Chippenham Hospital, Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center, WARRENTON VCU Health Massey Cancer Center, Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center, Fauquier Hospital, NORFOLK RICHMOND MIDLOTHIAN Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, RICHMOND Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital, Inova Loudoun Hospital, LOUDOUN VCU Medical Center, RICHMOND NEWPORT NEWS Chesapeake Regional Medical Center, CHESAPEAKE Mary Washington Hospital, Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center, UROLOGY RICHMOND FREDERICKSBURG WOODBRIDGE Chippenham Hospital, Retreat Doctors’ Hospital, RICHMOND Parham Doctors’ Hospital, RICHMOND Fauquier Hospital, WARRENTON Wythe County Community Hospital, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, RICHMOND Riverside Regional Medical Center, WYTHEVILLE NEWPORT NEWS Chippenham Hospital, RICHMOND Inova Alexandria Hospital, ALEXANDRIA John Randolph Medical Center, HOPEWELL Mary Washington Hospital, Riverside Walter Reed Hospital, WOMEN’S HEALTH GLOUCESTER LewisGale Pulaski Hospital, PULASKI FREDERICKSBURG Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center, HAMPTON NORFOLK Riverside Regional Medical Center, Sentara CarePlex Hospital, CANCER (ONCOLOGY) NEWPORT NEWS Sentara Leigh Hospital, NORFOLK Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital, FISHERSVILLE NEWPORT NEWS Augusta Health, Sentara CarePlex Hospital, HAMPTON Senatra Martha Jefferson Hospital, CHARLOTTESVILLE Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Center, MECHANICSVILLE NORFOLK NORFOLK Sentara RMH Medical Center, HARRISONBURG Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital, Bon Secours Memorial Regional Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center, RICHMOND Medical Center, MECHANICSVILLE WOODBRIDGE Sovah Health Martinsville, MARTINSVILLE Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center, Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center, Southside Regional Medical Center, PEDIATRIC MEDICINE MIDLOTHIAN MIDLOTHIAN PETERSBURG Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital, Chesapeake Regional Medical Center, Chesapeake Regional Medical Center, Sentara RMH Medical Center, CHESAPEAKE RICHMOND CHESAPEAKE HARRISONBURG WARRENTON Carilion Children’s Hospital, ROANOKE Fauquier Hospital, WARRENTON Fauquier Hospital, Sovah Health Martinsville, MARTINSVILLE Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, RICHMOND Children’s Hospital of the King’s Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, RICHMOND VCU Health Community Daughters, NORFOLK Inova Alexandria Hospital, ALEXANDRIA Memorial Hospital, LA CROSSE Inova Alexandria Hospital, ALEXANDRIA Chippenham Hospital, RICHMOND Inova Fairfax Hospital, FALLS CHURCH VCU Medical Center, RICHMOND Inova Fairfax Hospital, FALLS CHURCH Inova Loudoun Hospital, LOUDOUN Johnston-Willis Hospital, RICHMOND Virginia Hospital Center, WARREN Inova Loudoun Hospital, LOUDOUN University of Virginia Children’s Hospital, LewisGale Pulaski Hospital, PULASKI Johnston-Willis Hospital, RICHMOND Winchester Medical Center, WINCHESTER CHARLOTTESVILLE Riverside Regional Medical Center, Reston Hospital Center, RESTON Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, NEWPORT NEWS EMERGENCY SERVICES Sentara CarePlex Hospital, HAMPTON RICHMOND Riverside Walter Reed Hospital, Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center, Sentara Obici Hospital, SUFFOLK GLOUCESTER MIDLOTHIAN PREVENTION Southside Regional Medical Center, Sentara CarePlex Hospital, HAMPTON Chippenham Hospital, RICHMOND Inova Alexandria Hospital, ALEXANDRIA PETERSBURG Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Inova Fairfax Hospital, FALLS CHURCH Sentara Obici Hospital, SUFFOLK Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center, NORFOLK Inova Loudoun Hospital, LOUDOUN VCU Medical Center, RICHMOND FREDERICKSBURG Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center, Reston Hospital Center, RESTON Winchester Medical Center, WINCHESTER VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital, WOODBRIDGE Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, LA CROSSE Sovah Health Martinsville, MARTINSVILLE NORFOLK REHABILITATION VCU Medical Center, RICHMOND University of Virginia Medical Center, Sovah Health Martinsville, MARTINSVILLE Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital, CHARLOTTESVILLE Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center, NORFOLK WOUND CARE VCU Health Community Memorial FREDERICKSBURG Sentara Obici Hospital, SUFFOLK Sentara Leigh Hospital, NORFOLK Hospital, LA CROSSE Sheltering Arms Physical Rehabilitation Wythe County Community Hospital, VCU Health Massey Cancer Center, HEARTBURN Hospital, MECHANICSVILLE WYTHEVILLE RICHMOND Wythe County Community Hospital, WYTHEVILLE SURGERY CARDIOLOGY/ FISHERSVILLE NEPHROLOGY Augusta Health, PULMONARY/STROKE Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center, Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital, PORTSMOUTH Augusta Health, FISHERSVILLE NEWPORT NEWS Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center, Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical PORTSMOUTH NEUROLOGY Center, MECHANICSVILLE Bon Secours Memorial Regional Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center, Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center, Medical Center, MECHANICSVILLE MIDLOTHIAN MIDLOTHIAN shutterstock

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