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Virginia’s Top Doctors 2025: Maternal and Fetal Medicine
Dr. Alfred Abuhamad Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at ODU Norfolk Dr. Christian Andrew Chisholm UVA Health – Maternal andnFetal Medicine Clinic Charlottesville Dr. James Taylor Christmas HCA Commonwealth Perinatal Services Richmond Dr. Mohammed Elkousy Maternal Fetal Associates of The Mid-Atlantic Reston Dr. Moustafa M. Hassan Maternal Fetal Associates of The Mid-Atlantic Re[...]
Virginia’s Top Doctors 2025: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Dr. Edward G. Allcock VHC Health Physicians – Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Arlington County Dr. David Cifu VCU Medical Center Main Hospital Richmond Dr. Daniel R. Davis VHC Health Physicians -Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Arlington County Dr. David S. Levi Jordan-Young Institute Virginia Beach Dr. Jennifer T. Richardson Carilion Clinic Physical Medicine Roanoke Dr. Justin [...]
Virginia’s Top Doctors 2025: Adolescent Medicine
Dr. Kyzwana N. Caves Children’s Specialty Group Norfolk Dr. Stephanie Crewe Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU Richmond Dr. Susan H. Gray UVA Health Children’s Charlottesville Dr. Julia Taylor UVA Health Children’s Charlottesville 2025 Virginia’s Top Doctors contents page
In critical condition
For about a decade leading up to 2013, Dr. James Min was one of three physician-owners of a private practice in Prince William County, Bristow Run Family Medicine, working as a doctor by day and a finance manager by night. “With the complexity of health care, billing, contracting with insurances, all these kinds of things, […]
VTCSOM seeks to create neurosurgery department
Administrators at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine are working toward establishing a department of neurosurgery, a step up from its smaller program. The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) received the school’s proposal for creating the new department in early August and could vote on it as soon as Oct. 24, […]
Revivicor’s $100 million pig-organ facility moves forward
By early next year, Blacksburg-based Revivicor will be raising genetically modified pigs in Montgomery County, with plans to harvest their hearts and kidneys for xenotransplantation into human patients. Founded in 2003 as a spinoff company of PPL Therapeutics (the company that cloned Dolly the sheep seven years earlier), Revivicor provided the genetically modified pig heart […]
Small yet mighty
Way back when, Roanoke was a train city — the headquarters for Norfolk and Western Railway and a late-1800s hub for the Shenandoah Valley Railroad. The scenic mountain community, however, has grown into a bustling region with a variety of successful industries, including one standout: health care. With the formation of Virginia Tech Carilion School […]
A severe case
When Staunton native Emma Harrison decided to pursue medicine, her grandfather asked his primary care doctor of several years, Dr. Katie Dunbar, to talk to Harrison about her profession. Harrison, then an undergraduate student at the University of Virginia, met with Dunbar, a physician at Carilion Clinic Family Medicine – Waynesboro, to discuss family medicine. […]
Sentara Health Plans names new leader
Virginia Beach-based Sentara Health Plans has named Colin Drozdowski as the next president of Sentara Healthcare’s health insurance division. Drozdowski succeeds Dennis Matheis, who was named president and CEO of Sentara Healthcare in June. Drozdowski will also serve as executive vice president of Norfolk-based nonprofit Sentara Healthcare. His new role is effective Sept. 1. Matheis [&hellip[...]
Henrico Doctors’ Hospital names new chief medical officer
Dr. Ajit Singh is the new chief medical officer of Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, HCA Virginia Health System announced Wednesday. Henrico Doctors’ Hospital encompasses the Forest, Parham and Retreat campuses. “Ajit values teamwork and is passionate about providing best-in-class care to our patients,” Henrico Doctors’ Hospital CEO Ryan Jensen said in a statement. “We are fortuna[...]
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 […]
UVA Health, Focused Ultrasound launch $8M center
University of Virginia Health and Charlottesville-based Focused Ultrasound Foundation invested $8 million into launching the Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center, the health system announced Wednesday. “We are excited to announce this powerful multidisciplinary and interdepartmental collaboration effort with the Focused Ultrasound Foundation and the commonwealth of Virginia to expand t[...]
