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2025 Virginia Black Business Leaders Awards: Dana Weston Graves
In 2020, Graves joined Sentara as president of its Princess Anne Hospital, an acute-care facility in southern Virginia Beach. She was previously president and CEO of UNC Rockingham Health Care in North Carolina and has degrees from the University of North Carolina and Emory University. Graves also serves on the YMCA of South Hampton Roads […]
2025 Virginia Black Business Leaders Awards: Michael Elliott
In 2022, Elliott was named VCU Health System‘s first chief operating officer, and moved to Richmond from Lynchburg, where he was chief transformation officer at Centra Health. He also worked for Sentara Health and earned a doctorate in pharmacy and master’s in health administration at VCU. In 2024, he was elected chair of the Virginia […]
Richmond starts water testing, but city remains under boil water advisory
On Thursday, Richmond Mayor Danny Avula said that water levels have risen across the city to the point that authorities have started testing samples for contamination and most buildings in the city have at least some running water, four days after the city’s water treatment plant failed following a winter storm. A Jan. 6 power […]
Martinsville doctor found guilty of 460+ counts of opioids distribution
A federal court jury in Abingdon found Dr. Joel Smithers, who previously practiced in Martinsville, guilty of 466 federal counts of illegally prescribing Schedule II controlled substances, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Western Virginia announced Dec. 31, 2024. He was also found guilty of one count of maintaining a place for the purpose of illegally […]
Virginia’s Top Doctors 2025
From stitching up childhood scrapes to guiding us through life’s most challenging diagnoses, doctors are the backbone of our health and well-being. Few decisions carry as much weight as choosing the right physician, whose expertise and compassion can shape the trajectory of our lives. And with four major medical schools statewide, Virginia is home to […]
Providers, nonprofits, colleges battle health care labor crisis
Many people may be aware by now that the United States is battling a shortage of nurses and physicians, but what’s received significantly less attention is that numerous other health care occupations — from home health aides to medical laboratory technicians to physical therapists — also are facing a short supply of workers. “People think […]
The First 100 Days: What to Expect
In anticipation of a new president taking office, BridgeTower Media spoke with experts across several industries — agriculture, banking and finance, energy, health care and manufacturing — to explore how the incoming Trump administration might affect those industries. The stories in this feature provide expert insights into what organizations can expect as a new administration […]
Virginia’s Top Doctors 2025: Oncology
Dr. Anne Favret Virginia Cancer Specialists Fairfax Dr. Pablo M. Gonzalez Virginia Cancer Institute Henrico County Dr. Scott Kruger Virginia Oncology Associates Hampton Dr. Suzan R. Merten Blue Ridge Cancer Care Roanoke Dr. John Francois Miller Riverside Peninsula Cancer Institute and Infusion Center Newport News Dr. Lakshminarayanan Nandagopal Hematology Oncology Associates of Fredericksburg Fred[...]
Virginia’s Top Doctors 2025: Orthopedics
Dr. Romney Christian Andersen Riverside Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Specialists Newport News Dr. Steven C. Blasdell Virginia Orthopaedic and Spine Specialists Portsmouth Dr. Kevin F. Bonner Jordan-Young Institute Virginia Beach Dr. Anthony T. Carter Hampton Roads Orthopaedics Spine & Sports Medicine Newport News Dr. Stephen H. Cummings TPMG Orthopedics Newport News Dr. David Randall Diduc[...]
Virginia’s Top Doctors 2025: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Dr. Deborah Jeannean Carver UVA Health Charlottesville Dr. Thomas Cholis Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters Norfolk Dr. Nikki Miller Ferguson Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU Richmond Dr. Kara D. Greenfield Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU Richmond Dr. Alia Marie Iqbal O’Meara Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU Richmond Dr. Mark Marinell[...]
Virginia’s Top Doctors 2025: Pediatric Infectious Disease
Dr. Randall Fisher Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters Norfolk Dr. David Friedel Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU Richmond Dr. William C. Koch Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU Richmond Dr. Suzanne R. Lavoie Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU Richmond Dr. Laura Sass Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters Norfolk Dr. Linda A. [&h[...]
Virginia’s Top Doctors 2025: Reproductive Endocrinology
Dr. Richard S. Lucidi VCU Health Richmond Click here to return to the 2025 Virginia’s Top Doctors contents page
