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May 16, 2023

Carilion Clinic promotes COO Arner to president

Carilion Clinic has promoted its executive vice president and chief operating officer, Steve Arner, to president of the Roanoke-based nonprofit health system. He will remain COO while taking on new duties as president, Carilion said in its announcement Tuesday. Nancy Howell Agee, who has served as CEO and president since 2011, will also continue as […]

Dr. John A. Jane Jr. Photo courtesy Carilion Clinic
Apr 25, 2023

Carilion announces chair for new neurosurgery department

Dr. John A. Jane Jr. will be the first chair of Carilion Clinic‘s newly formed neurosurgery department beginning June 19, the Roanoke-based health system announced Tuesday. “Dr. Jane will join a strong neurosurgical team at Carilion,” Dr. Daniel Harrington, Carilion’s interim chief medical officer, said in a statement. “We’re excited to continue expanding our progra[...]

George Harmon and Helen Harmon Logan donated $1 million to Carilion Clinic.
Jan 10, 2023

Roanoke couple gives Carilion $1M toward expanding cancer services

Roanoke businessman George Logan and his wife, Helen Harmon Logan, have donated $1 million to Carilion Clinic to help fund expansion of the Roanoke-based health system’s cancer services. “The Logans have contributed much to Carilion and to our community’s success over the years,” Ralph Alee, Carilion’s vice president for philanthropy, said in a statement released […]

Carilion receives $1M gift for cancer program
May 24, 2022

Carilion receives $1M gift for cancer program

Roanoke real estate developer Maury Strauss has donated $1 million in honor of his late wife to support the expansion of Carilion Clinic‘s cancer program, Carilion announced Tuesday. Sheila Strauss died of bladder cancer in 2016; the couple were married 65 years. Maury Strauss is the founder of Strauss Development Corp. “We are so grateful […]

Apr 28, 2022

Carilion Clinic receives $1M gift for education program

An anonymous couple has given Carilion Clinic a $1 million gift to support its employee career advancement program, the Roanoke health system announced Thursday. The Your Efforts, Supported program (YES) will launch later this year, with a goal to assist entry-level health care employees to earn certifications and further their education to meet career goals. […]

Mar 21, 2022

Carilion Clinic, Richmond firm part of $3.5M concussion grant

Roanoke-based Carilion Clinic and Richmond’s BRAINBox Solutions Inc. are part of a $3.5 million National Institutes of Health grant to research and develop a new way to diagnose brain injuries in the elderly. The research will include enrolling 300 patients with head trauma and 70 patients as controls. Patients will be followed for a year […]

Riverside Doctors’ Hospital in Williamsburg was one of two Virginia hospitals to receive top ratings in the annual patient satisfaction survey. Photo courtesy Riverside Health System
Dec 31, 2021

The longest year

Amid some of the worst days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Virginia’s patient satisfaction rate fell slightly in an annual nationwide survey, and just two hospitals in the commonwealth received top marks from their patients. Overall, Virginia patient satisfaction lagged the national average by 3% in 2020. The patient satisfaction scores come from the annual Hospital […]

Carilion Clinic names first VP for philanthropy
Nov 15, 2021

Carilion Clinic names first VP for philanthropy

Carilion Clinic has hired its first vice president for philanthropy in October, the Roanoke-based health system announced Monday. Ralph Alee provides strategic leadership for systemwide fundraising efforts, works with executive leadership in strategic planning for strengthening philanthropy, and will collaborate and help with Carilion’s $100 million capital campaign for a new cancer center, [...]

“The opportunity for Roanoke is greater now than it has been in quite some time,” says John Hull, executive director of the Roanoke Regional Partnership. Photo by Don Petersen
Aug 30, 2021

A Roanoke reawakening

The Roanoke area is anything but sleepy when it comes to economic development these days. In fact, “the opportunity for Roanoke is greater now than it has been in quite some time,” says John Hull, executive director of the Roanoke Regional Partnership, a public-private joint venture that works to attract new business to the region. […]

Aug 29, 2021

Health care

NANCY HOWELL AGEE PRESIDENT AND CEO, CARILION CLINIC, ROANOKE Agee leads Carilion Clinic, a nonprofit integrated health system that serves more than 1 million people in Virginia and West Virginia and is the Roanoke Valley’s largest employer. Agee began her career in health care as a nurse, then moved into leadership roles at Carilion. As […]

Stopping the bleeding
Mar 26, 2021

Va. community clinics receive $79M in federal funding

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced Friday that 26 community clinics in Virginia will receive $79 million in funding through the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan federal stimulus package. Warner also introduced legislation this week to support other community clinics — most run by health systems in the state’s rural areas — by […]

Nathaniel L. Bishop. Photo courtesy Carilion Clinic
Feb 8, 2021

Carilion Clinic to form diversity, equity, inclusion office

Roanoke-based Carilion Clinic announced Monday it will establish an Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and has named Nathaniel L. Bishop, the former Jefferson College of Health Sciences president, to lead it. The office will work with community leaders to address equity and social justice as it relates to health care in the Roanoke region […]

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