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Dr. Richard S. Lucidi
VCU Health
Richmond
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Virginia’s Top Doctors 2025: Spine Surgery
Dr. Jonathan J. Carmouche
Carilion Clinic Orthopaedic Surgery – Roanoke
Roanoke
Dr. James Chadduck
Augusta Health Spine Clinic
Fishersville
Dr. Prakasam Kalluri
Spine Care Specialists – HCA Physicians
Hopewell
Dr. Jonathan R. Mason
Tidewater Orthopaedics
Hampton
Dr. Bruce E. Mathern
VCU Health – Ambulatory Care Center
Richmond
Dr. Tom Mazahery
OrthoVirginia
Fairfax
Dr. Dhruv Pateder
Town Center Orthopaedics
Reston
Dr. Tushar Ch. Patel
Washington Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine
Washington, D.C.
Dr. Ricky J. Placide
VCU Health – Adult Outpatient Pavilion
Richmond
Dr. Abilio A. Reis
OrthoVirginia
Mechanicsville
Dr. Jed S. Vanichkachorn
Bon Secours – Tuckahoe Orthopedics
Henrico County
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Tiny Cargo gets big local support
In a bid to keep the startup local, the Roanoke Regional Partnership found a 10,800-square-foot warehouse to renovate and looped in Roanoke Valley Development Corp. and Greater Roanoke Valley Development Foundation, which jointly purchased the building and offered Tiny Cargo favorable leasing terms.
“If a place has the real estate solution to offer a business, it is in the running for opportunities,” says the partnership’s executive director, John Hull, emphasizing the importance of biomedical in diversifying the regional economy.
Tiny Cargo is the first commercial manufacturing concern to emerge from Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, where the company’s founder and president, Robert Gourdie, is a professor and leader of Fralin’s Gourdie Lab and director of the institute’s Center for Vascular and Heart Research.
Tiny Cargo’s new facility, the first clean room for commercial biotech manufacturing in the region, will produce exosomes — nano-sized vesicles that carry nucleic acids, proteins, lipids and metabolites among cells. Using proprietary methods, Tiny Cargo will be the first company to produce exosomes at scale from cow’s milk, which they will sell for preclinical research and to develop Xolacta, a drug to treat the side effects of radiation.
With FDA approval, these efforts could eventually provide a better way to deliver drugs to the body’s cells — and potentially spark a revolution in pharmaceutical production.
“These exosomes are effectively orally administered, bypass the gut-blood barrier, navigate through internal barriers and are not removed by the liver,” says Spencer Marsh, Tiny Cargo’s chief scientific officer. “This could potentially replace engineered, plastic-based delivery systems.”
Having an FDA-approved manufacturing facility is key to moving both Tiny Cargo’s exosome production process and Xolacta toward clinical trials. To cover the buildout, Tiny Cargo has secured $925,000 from venture funders, angel investors and local donors.
“I’ve been astounded by the support from the city, various business development entities in the area and the network of high-profile businesspeople,” says Alan Gourdie, Tiny Cargo’s New Zealand-based CEO and Robert Gourdie’s brother. “They all share a common vision for the future of Roanoke and that is to rejuvenate its manufacturing and employment base through high-technology capabilities.”
Virginia’s Top Doctors 2025: Pediatric Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Dr. Edward Santee
Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters
Newport News
Virginia’s Top Doctors 2025: Pediatric Otolaryngology (ENT)
Dr. Robert S. Bahadori
Otolaryngology Associates
Fairfax
Dr. Cristina Baldassari
Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters
Norfolk
Dr. William T. Brand
UVA Health – Pediatric Otolaryngology
Charlottesville
Dr. David Darrow
Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters
Norfolk
Dr. Craig Derkay
Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters
Norfolk
Dr. Kelley M. Dodson
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU
Richmond
Dr. Thomas Gallagher
Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters
Norfolk
Dr. Erin S. Hamersley
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
Portsmouth
Dr. Rajanya Shah Petersson
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU
Richmond
Virginia’s Top Doctors 2025: Sleep Medicine
Dr. Frank H. Biscardi
Carilion Clinic Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
Roanoke
Dr. Eric M. Davis
UVA Health
Charlottesville
Dr. Fernando B. Maglaya
Sentara Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Specialists
Virginia Beach
Dr. Richard A. Parisi
TPMG Lung & Sleep Specialists at Williamsburg
Williamsburg
Dr. Amit V. Patel
Virginia Heart
Leesburg
Dr. Douglas W. Puryear
Pulmonary Associates of Richmond
Midlothian
Dr. Cecilia L. Santos
Bon Secours Sleep Disorders Center
Richmond
Dr. Lawrence M. Stein
Pulmonary & Medical Associates of Northern Virginia
Arlington County
Dr. Samuel Taylor
VCU Health – Stony Point 9105
Richmond
Virginia’s Top Doctors 2025: Colon and Rectal Surgery
Dr. Farrell C. Adkins
Carilion Clinic General Surgery – Roanoke
Roanoke
Dr. Brian Joseph Billings
Riverside Surgical Specialists – Newport News
Newport News
Dr. Jaime L. Bohl
VCU Health – Adult Outpatient Pavilion
Richmond
Dr. Christine Bouchard
Virginia Surgical Institute
Richmond
Dr. Brian Buchberg
Bayview Digestive Health & Colorectal Surgery
Chesapeake
Dr. Lisa A. Coleman
TPMG Center for Colorectal Surgery
Newport News
Dr. Joseph J. Coury
Colon and Rectal Specialists
Mechanicsville
Dr. Gregory P. Fitzharris
Sentara Surgery Specialists
Hampton
Dr. Joseph L. Frenkel
Bon Secours Surgical Specialists
Suffolk
Dr. Cary L. Gentry
Colon and Rectal Specialists
Mechanicsville
Dr. Paul A. Ghaemmaghami
Paul A. Ghaemmaghami, M.D.
Richmond
Dr. Traci L. Hedrick
UVA Health – Digestive Health Center
Charlottesville
Dr. Matthew Huk
Surgical Associates of Richmond
Richmond
Dr. Peter Miller
Colon and Rectal Specialists
Mechanicsville
Dr. Rodolfo Pigalarga
VHC Health Physicians – Colorectal Surgery Tysons
McLean
Dr. Ray Ramirez
Bayview Digestive Health & Colorectal Surgery
Suffolk
Dr. Craig Rezac
VHC Health Physicians – Colorectal Surgery Arlington
Arlington County
Dr. Emily Rivet
VCU Health – Stony Point 9105
Richmond
Dr. Irfan A. Rizvi
Kaiser Permanente
McLean
Dr. William G. Rudolph
Sentara Surgery Specialists
Virginia Beach
Dr. Paul E. Savoca
Paul E. Savoca, M.D., FACS, FASCRS – Virginia Surgery Associates
Fairfax
Dr. John M. Sayles
Sentara Surgery Specialists
Norfolk
Dr. Stephen Sharp
VCU Health – Stony Point 9000
Richmond
Dr. Arthur J. Vayer Jr.
Sentara Surgery Specialists
Woodbridge
Dr. Andrew J. Vorenberg
Colon and Rectal Specialists
Mechanicsville
Dr. Nicole Wieghard
VCU Health – Stony Point 9109
Richmond
Virginia’s Top Doctors 2025: Ophthalmology
Dr. William H. Benson
VCU Health – Nelson Clinic
Richmond
Dr. Vikram Brar
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU
Richmond
Dr. Laura D. Cook
UVA Health – Eye Clinic
Charlottesville
Dr. Anthony J. DeRosa
TPMG Ophthalmology
Newport News
Dr. Francis DiPaolo
Insight Vision Center
Arlington County
Dr. Giovanni DiSandro
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
Norfolk
Dr. Christopher Estopinal
Virginia Eye Institute
Richmond
Dr. Kian M. Kaz
Kaz Vision & Laser Center
Newport News
Dr. Dawnielle J. Kerner
TPMG Ophthalmology Center
Virginia Beach
Dr. Jessica D. Randolph
VCU Health
Richmond
Dr. Nikisha Q. Richards
VCU Health
Richmond
Dr. Garth Stevens Jr.
Eye Care Center of Virginia
Richmond
Dr. Alan L. Wagner
Wagner Kapoor Institute
Virginia Beach
Virginia’s Top Doctors 2025: Addiction Medicine
Dr. F. Gerard Moeller
VCU Health – VCU Medical Center North Hospital
Richmond
Dr. William S. Rea
Carilion Mental Health – Roanoke
Roanoke
Dr. Brandon Wills
VCU Medical Center Critical Care Hospital
Richmond
Virginia’s Top Doctors 2025: Geriatric Medicine
Dr. Jacob Almeida
TPMG Peninsula Internal & Geriatric Medicine
Newport News
Dr. Laurie R. Archbald-Pannone
UVA Health – University Physicians JABA
Charlottesville
Dr. Peter Avery Boling
VCU Health – Center for Advanced Health Management
Richmond
Dr. Katherine L. Coffey-Vega
Carilion Clinic Center for Healthy Aging
Roanoke
Dr. Marissa C. Galicia-Castillo
Eastern Virginia Medical School at ODU
Norfolk
Dr. Sarah Hobgood
VCU Medical Center North Hospital
Richmond
Dr. Mily J. Kannarkat
EVMS Glennan Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology
Norfolk
Dr. Hamid R. Okhravi
EVMS Glennan Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology
Norfolk
Dr. Ian R. Reynolds
Carilion Clinic Center for Healthy Aging
Roanoke
Dr. Karen L. Starr
UVA Health – University Physicians JABA
Charlottesville
Dr. Brian K. Unwin
Carilion Clinic Center for Healthy Aging
Roanoke