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Nov 8, 2022

UVA Community Health taps interim leader as permanent CEO

Erik Shannon, who has served as interim CEO of UVA Community Health since October 2021, will continue in the role permanently, the health system announced Tuesday. Shannon’s new status is effective immediately. UVA Community Health, formerly Novant Health UVA Health System, has three community hospitals and a network of primary and specialty medical practices and […]

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Sep 6, 2022

U.Va. School of Nursing receives $14M donation

The Carlyle Group co-founder, interim CEO and non-executive co-chairman William E. “Bill” Conway Jr. and his wife, Joanne, have committed $14 million to the University of Virginia‘s School of Nursing, the university announced Friday. Adding to previous donations, the Conways’ gifts now total $49 million. “Our goal of supporting the School of Nursing is twofold,” [&helli[...]

Scott Austin, nurse manager of the UVA Health COVID unit, sought wellness training for his team in 2020. Photo by Christine Kueter/U.Va. School of Nursing
May 29, 2022

Running on empty

First, doctors say they’re sorry for calling. Dr. Allison Cotton, a psychiatrist in Reno, Nevada, co-founded the national Physician Support Line in March 2020 to provide peer mental health support to physicians. She says their impulse to apologize shows the need for the service. “They’re apologizing for using a resource which is literally created for […]

UVA Health, Focused Ultrasound launch $8M center
May 11, 2022

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[...]

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May 4, 2022

U.Va. Medical Center, UVA Health hire new execs

University of Virginia Medical Center has appointed Min Y. Lee as its next chief operations officer. Lee, who is vice president of operations at Reading Hospital in Reading, Pennsylvania, will oversee the Charlottesville-based medical center’s day-to-day operations. Her first day will be June 27, according to a news release. Lee succeeds Wendy Horton, who joined […]

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Apr 20, 2022

U.Va. School of Nursing names new dean

The University of Virginia has named Marianne Baernholdt as dean of its School of Nursing. She will start Aug. 1, U.Va. said in a news release Wednesday. Baernholdt comes to U.Va. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Nursing, where she has served as associate dean of global initiatives, interim dean […]

Newsweek ranks U.Va. Medical Center top Va. hospital
Mar 10, 2022

Newsweek ranks U.Va. Medical Center top Va. hospital

Newsweek ranked Charlottesville’s University of Virginia Medical Center as the No. 1 hospital in Virginia in its World’s Best Hospitals 2022 guide, which was released March 2. “Our team members have faced incredible challenges over the past two years during the COVID-19 pandemic, but they have persevered to provide excellent care for all of our […]

The nursing labor shortage “is not sustainable,” says Ashley Apple, commissioner on government relations for the Virginia Nurses Association. “We have to do something, or we are going to face dire public health consequences.” Photo by Caroline Martin
Oct 28, 2021

Seeking a cure

Ashley Apple has advice for those hoping to understand the burden nurses face as COVID-19 surges once again while hospitals suffer staff shortages. “Think of the worst day you’ve ever had at work. Then add in poor staffing and multiple human deaths. Then repeat it every day for 18 months,” she says. “That’s sort of […]

Oct 28, 2021

UVA Community Health names interim CEO

Erik Shannon will become the interim CEO of University of Virginia Community Health on Nov. 5, the network announced Thursday. UVA Community Health is a network of outpatient services across Culpeper and Northern Virginia, with UVA Culpeper Medical Center, UVA Haymarket Medical Center and UVA Prince William Medical Center. Shannon was most recently a partner […]

Sep 13, 2021

U.Va. Cancer Center earns highest level in National Cancer Institute designations

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) at the National Institutes of Health awarded the University of Virginia Cancer Center a Comprehensive Cancer Center designation that will be effective Feb. 1, 2022, making it the 52nd program in the nation to currently hold the designation and the only one in Virginia. “This achievement is exemplary of the […]

UVA Health hires talent acquisition/retention senior director
Sep 9, 2021

UVA Health hires talent acquisition/retention senior director

UVA Health has hired Charles Bodden as its first senior director for talent acquisition and retention, the Charlottesville-based university health system announced Thursday. Bodden starts his new post on Sept. 27. His initial priorities will include establishing a formal strategy for diversity and inclusion recruitment. “UVA Health continues to compete for talent in a very […]

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 […]

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