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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 [...]
HCA Virginia names new LewisGale CEO and market president
Alan Fabian, formerly CEO of LewisGale Hospital Montgomery in Blacksburg, has been promoted as market president and CEO of Salem-based LewisGale Regional Health System, its parent health system, HCA Virginia, announced Tuesday. Fabian has been with HCA Healthcare since 1995 and at LewisGale Hospital Montgomery since 2013. Before[...]
Sentara Healthcare names new general counsel
Earl Barnes will join Sentara Healthcare as its general counsel on June 2, the Norfolk-based health system announced Tuesday. Barnes previously was executive vice president and chief legal officer for Chicago-based Amita Health. In that role, he managed the legal, compliance, audit and risk departments, leading a 60-person team [...]
Inova adds 2 execs to board of trustees
Falls Church-based Inova Health System has added two new members to its board of trustees, the nonprofit health care provider announced April 6. Kathryn Falk, vice president at Cox Communications in Northern Virginia, and Lesley Kalan, corporate vice president and chief strategy and development officer for Northop Grumman Corp.,[...]
Focused Ultrasound Foundation names 2 managing directors
The Charlottesville-based Focused Ultrasound Foundation has added two new managing directors. Eliza Vellines Phillips was named last week by the foundation as its new managing director of development, and Rick Hamilton, an inventor who holds more than 1,000 patents, joined as its managing director and chief technology officer. P[...]
Bon Secours medical center in Chesterfield County to expand
Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center in Chesterfield County, near Midlothian, will undergo a $108 million renovation and expansion and Skanska USA will do the work on it. The construction will include renovations to existing spaces and adding two floors above the existing surgical department on the second floor, according to S[...]
Owens & Minor acquires home health care company for $1.6B
Mechanicsville-based Fortune 500 health care logistics company Owens & Minor Inc. announced Tuesday that it had closed its acquisition of Indianapolis-based Apria Inc. for a cash consideration of $1.6 billion. Owens & Minor funded the purchase with a combination of debt and cash on hand. The company is combining Apria an[...]
VCU Health names first COO
Virginia Commonwealth University‘s inaugural chief operations officer is Michael Elliot, effective May 15, the system announced Monday. “Operational excellence matters because it allows us to expand services into more communities,” Elliott said in a statement. “VCU Health is continuing an exciting journey of growth, [...]
Carilion Clinic, Richmond firm part of $3.5M concussion grant
Roanoke-based Carilion Clinic and Richmond‘s BRAINBox Solutions Inc. are part of a $3.5 million National Institutes of Health grant to research and develop a new way to diagnose brain injuries in the elderly. The research will include enrolling 300 patients with head trauma and 70 patients as controls. Patients will be followed for a year […]
LewisGale Medical Center names new COO
Salem-based LewisGale Medical Center has named Willie Payton Jr. its new chief operating officer, the hospital announced March 17. Payton comes to the 506-bed acute-care medical and surgical facility from Johnston-Willis Hospital in Richmond, where he was vice president of operations. “We are excited to welcome Willie to our e[...]
Smithfield Foods division makes new medical device
Smithfield Foods Inc.’s Cincinnati-based porcine-derived medical products unit, Smithfield BioScience, and Atlanta-based medical device company BioCircuit Technologies announced Wednesday that the two will produce a medical device for nerve repair after traumatic injuries. The device, called Nerve Tape, will allow nerve re[...]
BIO-CAT plans $35M expansion in Troy
BIO-CAT Microbials LLC, part of BIO-CAT Inc., will invest $35 million in a fermentation facility in Troy, southeast of Charlottesville, creating 20 jobs, the company announced March 3. The biotech company is a producer and wholesaler of enzymes, probiotics and microbials. Founded in 1988, BIO-CAT Microbials will expand its facil[...]
