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Inova Fairfax Hospital ranks No. 1 in Va. for fifth year
Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church has been ranked the No. 1 hospital in Virginia by U.S. News and World Report.
Carilion to build first two freestanding emergency departments
Carilion Clinic on Tuesday announced plans to open two freestanding emergency departments offering 24/7 emergency care.
Carilion taps new chief nursing officer
Carilion Clinic announced several new leadership changes this week, including Michelle Franklin as chief nursing officer.
Carilion Clinic raises $96M for cancer center
Carilion Clinic is counting on public support to reach its $100 million goal to build a six-story cancer center in Roanoke.
UVA Health taps new CFO
UVA Health announced Thursday that Stephanie Schnittger will become its chief financial officer, starting July 7.
UVA Health, VCU Health halt gender-affirming treatments for minors
UVA Health and VCU Health systems have suspended all gender-affirming treatments for patients under 19 years old, after receiving a written opinion Thursday from Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares. In a memo from Miyares titled “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation,” the Republican attorney general referred to President Donald Trump’s executive order iss[...]
2025 Virginia Black Business Leaders Awards: Elwood Boone III
Known as Bernie, Boone moved back to Virginia from Texas, where he was CEO of San Antonio’s HCA Metropolitan Methodist Hospital, in 2012. In addition to opening a new ICU at his hospital, he helped open the VB Strong Center in 2019 following the Virginia Beach Municipal Center shootings. Boone is a Richmond native. FIRST […]
Carilion CEO appoints chief of staff
Carilion Clinic has named Chris Turnbull chief of staff for Steve Arner, the Roanoke-based health care system’s president and CEO, according to a Monday announcement. Joining Carilion as a senior advisor in public relations and corporate communications in 2014, Turnbull went on to become senior director of corporate communications in 2020, according to his LinkedIn […]
Inova makes acting CFO permanent
After serving in an acting capacity since March, Rick Talento is now Inova Health‘s permanent chief financial officer, the Falls Church-based regional health system announced Wednesday. Talento will continue to be responsible for the system’s financial operations and will also be responsible for planning and forecasting. He succeeds Alice Pope, who is now CFO of […]
Construction begins on Carilion Taubman Cancer Center
Of the donors, health professionals and area leaders who turned out for Wednesday’s groundbreaking for the Carilion Taubman Cancer Center, Orion Moses, age 9, commanded the most attention. Doctors diagnosed Moses, who lives in Elliston, with leukemia at age 5. After enduring three and a half years of chemotherapy, he is now cancer free. “I […]
Centra names permanent CEO
Lynchburg-based health system Centra has selected interim leader Richard Tugman as its president and CEO, overseeing a health system that serves more than 500,000 patients in Central and Southern Virginia, operating four hospitals, five medical centers and numerous primary care and specialty practices. Tugman had served as interim CEO since March, replacing Amy Carrier, who’d been […[...]
Providing hope
For cancer patients in Virginia, treatment options are growing. The state has two National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers, updated technology in clinics in Northern Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley, and soon, a larger treatment center in Roanoke. The NCI reports that Virginians had a cancer incidence rate of 411 cases per 100,000 people from […]
