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March of Dimes names new president and CEO
When she starts her new job as president and CEO on July 17, Dr. Elizabeth Cherot will be the first physician to head up the March of Dimes, the 85-year-old, Arlington County-based women’s and infant’s health nonprofit founded by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Cherot joined March of Dimes in January as senior [...]
Nurse training partnership to help with instructor shortages
Shenandoah University, Valley Health and the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association have teamed up to tackle the Shenandoah Valley region’s nursing shortage by creating a program that can be replicated statewide. Called NextGen Nurses, the program will use semi-retired and retiring nurses as preceptors — experienced [...]
LewisGale receives Level 2 trauma center status
Salem-based LewisGale Medical Center has been designated as a Level 2 trauma center by the Virginia Department of Health, the hospital system announced Wednesday. The designation makes LewisGale the eighth Level 2 center in the state and the first in the region, according to the state health department. One level below the top L[...]
Bon Secours taps Mary Immaculate Hospital president
Alan George, a former health care executive from Georgia, started as president of Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital in Newport News this week, the health care system announced Tuesday. George comes from ScionHealth, where he served as the chief operating officer for St. Francis – Emory Healthcare in Columbus, Georgia. H[...]
Virginia Business announces 2023 Va. CFO Awards winners
Virginia Business presented its 2023 Virginia CFO Awards Thursday during the magazine’s annual awards banquet honoring chief financial officers from nonprofits and businesses from across the commonwealth. This year’s Virginia CFO Awards banquet — the largest annual gathering of CFOs in Virginia — was held at The Jeff[...]
CNSI-Kepro rebrands as Acentra Health
The health services tech company that formed from last year’s merger of McLean-based health care IT provider CNSI and Nashville, Tennessee-based health care management tech company Kepro is now branding itself as Acentra Health. The company announced the rebranding Tuesday. “Our new company name and brand represent a new[...]
Bon Secours names Harbour View Hospital president
Andy Spicknall became the inaugural president of Bon Secours Harbour View Hospital in Suffolk on Monday. Spicknall, who most recently served as vice president of operations at Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center in Portsmouth, reports directly to Pat Davis-Hagens, the health system’s Hampton Roads market president. “During h[...]
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 – Wayn[...]
Inova receives $75M donation for heart, vascular programs
Northern Virginia philanthropists Dwight and Martha Schar have made a $75 million matching gift to support Inova Health System’s heart and vascular treatment programs, Inova announced Tuesday. The Schars have donated a total of $126 million to the Falls Church-based health system since 1993, including $50 million in 2015 t[...]
Carilion Clinic promotes COO Arner to president
Carilion Clinic has promoted its executive vice president and chief operating officer, Steve Arner, to president of the Roanoke-based nonprofit health system. He will remain COO while taking on new duties as president, Carilion said in its announcement Tuesday. Nancy Howell Agee, who has served as CEO and president since 2011, w[...]
Sentara Healthcare rebrands as Sentara Health
Sentara Healthcare is rebranding as Sentara Health, the Norfolk-based health system announced Thursday. Additionally, in its health insurance division, Sentara will retire Sentara Health Plans’ subsidiary brands, Optima Health and Virginia Premier, unifying them under the Sentara Health Plans brand by the end of the year. R[...]
Betting on biotech
Virginians have often sought experimental medical treatments outside the state — traveling to North Carolina, Boston or one of the Mayo Clinic’s locations. However, the Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Virginia aims to change that. “We intend to tackle the biggest challenges in health [...]
