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UVA Health University Medical Center taps interim CEO
UVA Health has tapped longtime health care executive Teresa L. Edwards to serve as interim CEO of its University Medical Center.
U.Va. medical school names interim dean
UVA Health leadership last week announced Dr. Colin Derdeyn will soon be its interim dean of the U.Va. School of Medicine.
UVA Health University Medical Center CEO to depart
The UVA Health system is losing another top executive, as the University Medical Center CEO, Wendy Horton, is leaving in September.
U.Va. medical school dean set to leave for new job
Dr. Melina Kibbe, the U.Va. medical school’s dean, is the sole finalist for the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston’s presidency.
UVA Health receives $50M in two anonymous gifts for Manning Institute
Two anonymous donors have given $25 million gifts to support the University of Virginia's Manning Institute of Biotechnology.
VirginiaBusiness.com’s top 5 most-read news stories: April 11-May 11, 2025
Top 5 news stories on VirginiaBusiness.com from April 11 to May 11, including GOP infighting and Youngkin's call for Reid to drop out.
UVA Health taps new CFO
UVA Health announced Thursday that Stephanie Schnittger will become its chief financial officer, starting July 7.
Roanoke’s Carilion gets state OK for kidney transplants
Carilion Clinic has the state’s blessing to move forward with a kidney transplant program, despite public opposition from competitor UVA Health and a 2024 recommendation from the staff of the Division of Certificate of Public Need (DCOPN) that the Roanoke-based health system‘s application be denied. In an email Wednesday, Dr. Karen Shelton, Virginia’s health commissioner,[...]
Carilion Clinic wants to launch a kidney transplant program; UVA Health opposes it
In the coming weeks, Carilion Clinic will learn whether it has the go-ahead from the state to launch a kidney transplant program at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, a plan UVA Health has publicly opposed. The Roanoke-based health system‘s pitch for establishing a program is that there is no kidney transplant surgery available in the southwestern […]
U.Va. med school faculty, clinical leaders defend those who backed CEO’s resignation
More than a month after Dr. K. Craig Kent resigned as UVA Health’s CEO following an independent investigation and an emergency meeting of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors, drama is still roiling at the university. A group of 21 doctors — U.Va. School of Medicine faculty senators and senators-elect, as well as the […]
Health care systems are in their building era
At some medical centers around Virginia, construction workers donning hard hats are nearly as prevalent this year as medical staff wearing scrubs. From smaller-scale renovations to new hospitals with billion-dollar price tags, health care systems are undertaking a wide range of projects to respond to growing (and aging) populations and expand services at hospital campuses, […]
Top Five April 2025
1 | Booz Allen fires subcontractor who wrote document about DOGE access to Treasury McLean-based Fortune 500 management consulting contractor Booz Allen Hamilton fired a subcontractor who warned the U.S. Treasury Department about the Department of Government Efficiency having access to the Treasury’s payment system. (Feb. 11) 2 | U.Va. board votes to continue gender-affirming […]
