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Inova breaks ground on Alexandria, Springfield hospitals

In late September, System broke ground on two new — one in and the other in , the start of a new phase for the Falls Church health system.

Both acute-care hospitals are expected to be completed in 2028, officials say. Alexandria, which will sit on the former Landmark Mall site, will replace the existing Inova Alexandria , and Inova Franconia-Springfield will join Inova HealthPlex as the health system’s first hospital in Springfield.

The new hospitals aim to update Inova’s offerings to patients, says Heather Russell, Inova’s vice president for eastern region development.

“Our current Alexandria hospital … is out-of-date and needs to be replaced. [This project provides] us an opportunity to rightsize our facilities,” Russell says. “It has really provided us an opportunity to look at the future of delivery and standardize our processes.”

Combined, the two projects are expected to cost $2 billion and span more than 1.4 million square feet, with Alexandria’s facility measuring in at 838,000 square feet. Initially, neither of the hospitals will be designated as trauma centers, but Inova will likely pursue trauma certification in the future, according to Russell.

In addition to the new hospital, Alexandria’s Inova campus will include a new cancer center, medical office building and garage, taking up about half of the former Landmark Mall’s 52-acre lot, which the health system is leasing from the City of Alexandria.

The other half of the site is being developed by real estate developer Foulger Pratt into WestEnd Alexandria, a retail and residential community.

“[The hospital complex] will very much be a sort of town center with a medical theme, because you’re going to have this acute-care hospital and cancer center as the anchor,” says Stephanie Landrum, president and CEO of the Alexandria Partnership.

Inova’s plans for Springfield are more straightforward. The health system purchased the site years earlier and is planning to include a hospital, medical office building and garage there, according to Tom McDuffie, president of Inova Realty, the health system’s real estate branch.

In November, Inova is also set to open a health center near Potomac Yard and National Landing, a facility that will include an emergency room, outpatient services, doctors’ offices and an ambulatory surgery center.   

Legal Elite 2024: Young Lawyer Q&A Jamie Wood

2024 Q&A is .

Title: Associate attorney

specialties: Commercial litigation, and special investigations, regulatory compliance

Education: Bachelor’s degree in psychology, University of Texas at Austin; degree, University of Richmond

Family: I live in Floyd with my husband, Alex Wood, who works as a dentist at a local community health center, and our beagle, Ruby.

Career mentors: I feel lucky to have many mentors across my career so far. In law school, Professors Rachel Suddarth and Carl Tobias provided valuable perspective and encouragement as I explored different career paths. I learned so much during my year clerking with Judge Thomas Cullen through his mentorship and example. Now, at Woods Rogers, I work alongside so many incredible mentors, like Ben Rottenborn, Patice Holland, Mike Hastings, Chip Casola and Justin Simmons, who have all given me great guidance, opportunity and trust, for which I am grateful.

Favorite place you’ve traveled: This is a tie between Costa Rica and Peru for me. I traveled to Costa Rica as a high schooler and then had the pleasure of taking a group of high schoolers back to Costa Rica in my former life as a teacher. I traveled to Peru in college with a good friend and we completed the Inca trail hike to Machu Picchu!

Bingeworthy TV show: I am generally terrible at keeping up with new shows and prefer to rewatch my old favorites. For example, I love rewatching “Gilmore Girls” each fall.

What do you do for fun outside of work? I love to do just about anything outside. We live in a great area for kayaking and hiking along the Blue Ridge Parkway. I have been attempting to teach myself piano too, but that is a work in progress.

What was the most valuable experience you had during law school, and how does it affect your work today? My judicial internships and externships were some of the most valuable experiences that I had during law school. They provided a great opportunity to see how different attorneys practice, confront various legal questions, and engage with the judges and my fellow interns to analyze legal issues.

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Legal Elite 2024: Young Lawyers

Kate B. Adams
KPM
Roanoke

Rachel W. Adams
ThompsonMcMullan
Richmond

Brandon S. Allred
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

Matthew T. Anderson
Williams Mullen
Richmond

John Baker
Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers
Norfolk

Yolanda Beasley
Invictus Law
Virginia Beach

Clark J. Belote
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

Caitlyn M. Bender
McCandlish Lillard
Leesburg

Laura M. Berry
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

Genevieve C. Bradley
Roth Jackson Gibbons Condlin
Richmond

Charles L. Brewer II
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Richmond

Alexandra Bailee Brumfield
Cooper Ginsberg Gray
Fairfax

Mark A. Burgin
PLDR Law

Josue M. Casanova
Josue M. Casanova Esq
Virginia Beach

Diana H. D’Alessandro
D’Alessandro Law
Fredericksburg

Michele Fanney Dallman
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Justin D. deBettencourt
Reed Smith
McLean

Katie M. DeCoster
Sands Anderson
Christiansburg

John Patrick Dunnigan
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

Bethany Fogerty
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Bailey Gifford
Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers
Virginia Beach

Emily Gindhart
Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver
Harrisonburg

Alicha M. Grubb
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke

Ashley T. Hart
Flora Pettit
Charlottesville

Paul Hawkins
Reaves GovCon Group
Chesapeake

Alicia A. Hilger
Glasser and Glasser
Norfolk

Maxwell C. Hlavin
Sands Anderson
Richmond

M. Barkley Horn
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

Sarah C. Jessee
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith
Roanoke

Callie Rae Kyhl
Vanderpool Frostick & Nishanian
Manassas

Morgan A. Lambert
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

Tia-Marie Lane
Byrne Canaan Law
Richmond

Kambria Taryn Lannetti
Hancock Daniel
Fairfax

Katherine Skilling Larkin
Wimbish Gentile McCray & Roeber
Richmond

Katherine Marguerite Lennon
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

Alexander T. Lewis
Cooper Ginsberg Gray
Fairfax

Angela R. MacFarlane
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

Ranuel P. Magalong
Odin Feldman & Pittleman
Reston

Danielle A. Matie
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

Julie Colaneri Mayer
Hancock Daniel
Virginia Beach

Shannon M. McDonough
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

Ian J. McElhaney
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

Jennifer McGovern
Parrish Snead Franklin Simpson
Fredericksburg

Matthew Dorsey Meadows
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
Williamsburg

Arian Noori
Melone Hatley
Reston

Gaela Normile
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

Quinn Novak
Florance Gordon Brown
Richmond

T. Duggan O’Dea
Unison Infrastructure
Richmond

Elizabeth Papoulakos
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Glen Allen

Alicia M. Penn-Taylor
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Meredith P. Renegar
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Alexander M. Rivera
Glasser and Glasser
Norfolk

Shevarma T. Robertson
Hancock Daniel
Glen Allen

Eva C. Roffis
McCandlish Holton
Richmond

Tyler J. Rosá
Williams Mullen
Virginia Beach

Daniel P. Rose
Litten & Sipe
Harrisonburg

Hunter W. Routten
Glasser and Glasser
Norfolk

LeeAnne C. Schocklin
Midgett Preti Olansen
Virginia Beach

J. Westwood Smithers III
Marks & Harrison
Richmond

Imani E. Sowell
Harmon Claytor Corrigan Wellman
Glen Allen

Ryan John Starks
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Lynchburg

Vanessa Macias Stillman
Midgett Preti Olansen
Virginia Beach

Jessica A. Swauger
Hancock Daniel
Richmond

Evan Xavier Tucker
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Erin M. Vincent
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Megan N. Watson
McCandlish Holton
Richmond

Michael K. Wilgus
ThompsonMcMullan
Richmond

Benjamin Wills
Kaufman & Canoles
Richmond

Jamie H. Wood
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

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Legal Elite 2024: Construction Law Q&A Juanita F. Ferguson

Elite 2024 Q&A is .

Title: Shareholder

Other legal specialties: Commercial and real estate litigation

Education: Bachelor’s degree in business administration, University of Michigan; degree, George Washington University

Family: A large extended family throughout the District of Columbia and the Tidewater area

Career mentors: Too many to name. They all provided me with opportunities to get out of my comfort zone and encouraged me to simultaneously take what I do seriously and remain humble.

Your dream client: One who takes my advice and trusts that I am working in [his or her] best [interest].

Bingeworthy TV show: “Yellowstone” or “The Wire”

Did Virginia banning pay-if-paid clauses impact your practice? Yes. There was definitely an increased need for amending contracts and educating clients about contract negotiations.

What has your work taught you about relationships? The importance of trusting others, being able to work collaboratively, understanding that there is more than one way to accomplish a goal, acceptance and being able to give and receive support.

Will the new presidential administration impact law?  Absolutely, depending on the regulations that will undoubtedly be enacted or removed, policies will be implemented that will affect the agreements [between] contractors and owners …  Those agreements will have a direct [impact] on who can be hired to work on projects as well as benefits that must be offered to construction workers. Those issues will increase the need for counsel to ensure that parties appreciate what may be a very different landscape under which construction occurs in the United States.

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Appalachian Power plans small nuclear reactor in Campbell

, an subsidiary of American Electric which serves more than one million customers in Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee, announced plans Nov. 14 to bring a small modular () project to .

The company, which has its headquarters in Charleston, West Virginia, has identified a potential site for the project on property it already owns in Joshua Falls outside . A 765-kilovolt substation is already located at Joshua Falls and nearby roads are adequate to support moving equipment to the site, according to Appalachian Power.

“Advanced nuclear power is at the heart of Virginia’s All-American, All-of-the Above Energy Plan, a plan that prioritizes abundant, reliable, affordable, and increasingly clean power to fuel our thriving and growing economy,” Gov. Glenn Youngkin stated in an Appalachian Power news release. “I am grateful that Appalachian Power is taking this next step to support Virginia’s nuclear future.”

SMRs are designed to generate up to 300 megawatts per unit, about one-third the capacity of conventional nuclear reactors, according to the International Atomic Energy Association. As of now, only two SMRs are in operation — one in Russia and the other in China.

In 2022, Youngkin announced Virginia would build a SMR within a decade. The next year, the governor and the General Assembly created the Virginia Power Innovation Fund, which provides $4 million for research and development of innovative energy technologies.

“Appalachian Power is committed to generating clean, always-on power to meet Virginia’s future demand,” Appalachian Power President and CEO Aaron Walker said in a release. “We are grateful to the Virginia General Assembly and Gov. Youngkin for embracing SMR technology. This announcement would not have been possible without their forward-thinking support.”

In October, Amazon.com and Dominion Energy Virginia entered into an agreement to explore development of small modular nuclear reactors at North Anna Power Station in Louisa County.

Appalachian Power plans to file an application with the Virginia State Corporation Commission in spring 2025. The company intends to apply for the U.S. Department of Energy’s $900 million grant program that is designed to accelerate the deployment of SMRs.

The utility serves about 550,000 customers in an 11,000 square-mile territory in central and southwestern Virginia. It will hold a community open house to discuss the project on Dec. 5 at the Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance. 

Legal Elite 2024: Administrative/Government/Legislative Law

Theodore “Tray” F. Adams
McGuireWoods
Richmond

David B. Albo
Williams Mullen
Tysons

Lars E. Anderson
Odin Feldman Pittleman
Reston

Wade T. Anderson
Prince William County Public Schools
Manassas

Anthony H. Anikeeff
Williams Mullen
Tysons

F. Jesse Bausch
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Jessica J. Berdichevsky
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Dylan D. Bishop
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

James Y. Boland
Venable
Tysons

Jason A. Botkins
Litten & Sipe
Harrisonburg

Christopher S. Boynton
City of Virginia Beach Office of the City Attorney
Virginia Beach

Nicole Brenner
Reed Smith
Richmond

Derek J. Brostek
Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver
Harrisonburg

John K. Byrum Jr.
Woods Rogers
Richmond

John F. Cafferky
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

Brett Callahan
 Office of the County Attorney
Fairfax

Gerald C. Canaan II
Byrne Canaan
Richmond

Vanessa Carter
City of Newport News
Newport News

Nicole S. Cheuk
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Linda Choe
Fairfax County Public Schools
Falls Church

Whittington W. Clement
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Richmond

Susan Elizabeth Cooke
Spotsylvania County Attorney’s Office
Spotsylvania County

Martin R. Crim
Sands Anderson
Fredericksburg

Thomas K. David
Reston Law Group
Reston

John G. “Chip” Dicks
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Richmond

Stephen Vincent Durbin
Sands Anderson
Christiansburg

Will Egen
Virginia Commission on Youth
Richmond

Leonard L. Fleisig
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Michelle Glover Foy
City of Norfolk – City Attorney’s Office
Norfolk

Brian Greene
Greene Hurlocker
Richmond

Eric Gregory
Hefty Wiley & Gore
Richmond

M. Tolley Gwinn
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Greg Habeeb
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Richmond

Gregory J. Haley
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke

Jason J. Ham
Litten & Sipe
Harrisonburg

Carlos L. Hopkins
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Richmond

W. Scott Johnson
Hancock Daniel
Glen Allen

Nancyellen Keane
Dunton Simmons & Dunton
White Stone

John-Garrett Kemper
Kemper Consulting
Norfolk

Anne Leigh Kerr
Kerr Strategies
Richmond

Bradford A. King
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Amy Miles Kowalski
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Kamala Lannetti
School Board of the City of Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach

Suzanne M. Lim
Byrne Canaan Law
Richmond

Vishwa B. Link
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Thomas A. Lisk
Cozen O’Connor
Richmond

Heather Hays Lockerman
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Alexander M. Macaulay
Macaulay Jamerson, Satterlund & Sessa
Richmond

Anthony J. Mazzeo
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

Ashley Goin Moss
Woods Rogers
Richmond

Edward A. Mullen
Reed Smith
Richmond

Dale G. Mullen
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston
Richmond

Christopher Nolen
McGuireWoods
Richmond

Christine Cogbill Noonan
Reed Smith
Richmond

Pamela Y. O’Berry
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Jeff Palmore
Capitol Square Strategies
Richmond

Bernard Pishko
Norfolk City Attorney’s Office
Norfolk

Joan Heishman Proper
The Law Office of Joan H. Proper
Manassas

Michael J. Quinan
ThompsonMcMullan
Richmond

Stephen P. Ramaley
Miles & Stockbridge
Richmond

Bradley Reaves
Reaves GovCon Group
Chesapeake

Cliona Mary Robb
ThompsonMcMullan
Richmond

Robert L. Samuel Jr.
Pender & Coward
Virginia Beach

Adam Shall
Klein Rowell & Shall
Virginia Beach

Daniel M. Siegel
Sands Anderson
Richmond

Meade A. Spotts
Spotts Fain
Richmond

Mark D. Stiles
City of Virginia Beach – Office of the City Attorney
Virginia Beach

Kerry K. Stolz
Pender & Coward
Virginia Beach

Joanna L. Suyes
Suyes Law
Richmond

Ashley L. Taylor Jr.
Troutman Pepper
Richmond

John R. Tolle
Baker Cronogue Tolle & Werfel
McLean

Benjamin Hawks Traynham
Hancock Daniel
Richmond

Daniel R.Weckstein
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

Stephanie Wilson
Berenzweig Leonard
McLean

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Legal Elite 2024: Corporate Counsel

Caroline Bailey
Vinson & Elkins
Richmond

Daniel G. Bloor
CarMax Enterprise Services
Goochland County

Ryan Boggs
Dominion Energy
Richmond

N. Reid Broughton
Sands Anderson
Christiansburg

Carlos M. Brown
Dominion Energy
Richmond

Michelle Calloway
HCA Capital Division
Richmond

Joseph Hannah Carpenter IV
Norfolk Southern
Atlanta

Nicholas Conte
Carilion Clinic
Roanoke

J. Benjamin English
Hirschler
Richmond

Guy R. Friddell III
Dominion Enterprises
Norfolk

Ute Heidenreich
TowneBank
Norfolk

Jason Oliver Houser
Riverside Health System
Newport News

Trey Huelsberg
Trader Interactive
Norfolk

John Jongbloed
Greenberg Traurig
McLean

Herschel V. Keller
Gentry Locke Attorneys

Amanda L. Kutz
SANS Institute
Virginia Beach

Kevin R. Learned
Reston Group
Reston

Clare M. Lewis
McGuireWoods
Charlottesville

Ryan A. Logan
McCandlish Lillard
Fairfax

Ross Longood
CarMax Enterprise Services
Goochland County

Michael J. Lowell
Reed Smith
McLean

Joyvan Malbon-Griffin
Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Co.
Richmond

Sarah McCoy
The Port of Virginia
Norfolk

Sean C.E. McDonough
American Diabetes Association
Arlington County

Michael R. Newby
Hancock Daniel
Richmond

Stephen Dennis Otero
Capital One Financial
Richmond

Hugh L. Patterson
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Charles W. Payne Jr.
Hirschler
Fredericksburg

Cari Lyn B. Pierce
Williams Mullen
Tysons

Jennifer M. Rafferty
Titan America
Norfolk

John Matthew Ramirez
ADS
Virginia Beach

Tyler A. Rankin
Kinsale Insurance
Richmond

John MacDonald Robb III
Old Dominion Cooperative
Glen Allen

Joe Romero
BAE Systems
Norfolk

Rod Satterwhite
The Hilb Group
Richmond

Jennifer Schiffer
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Gene Schleppenbach
Miles & Stockbridge
Tysons

Katherine J. Seikaly
Reed Smith
McLean

William F. Seymour IV
Florance Gordon Brown
Richmond

L. Scott Seymour
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

C. Brandon Spalding Jr.
Hirschler
Richmond

Kenneth T. Stout
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative
Richmond

Mary Thexton
McGuireWoods
Richmond

William J. Walsh
McCandlish Lillard
Fairfax

Darryl D. Whitesell
Foster Fuels
Brookneal

Michael Wilson
Reaves GovCon Group
Chesapeake

Michael B. Woodard
McGuireWoods
Richmond

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Legal Elite 2024: Family Law/ Domestic Relations Law

Carolyn M. Abbate
Grenadier Duffett Levi Winkler & Rubin

Luis A. Abreu
Luis A. Abreu PLLC
Danville

Alice Ahearn
Geller Group
Fairfax

Debra C. Albiston
Albiston Brannon & Gilbert
Virginia Beach

Carmelou Aloupas
Aloupas Law
Chesapeake

Regina Amick
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Allison W. Anders
Chaing Anders
Virginia Beach

Carly M. Anderson
Cooper Ginsberg Gray
Fairfax

Susan C. Armstrong
Armstrong Law Firm
Richmond

Erica Giovanni Baez
Erica Baez Law
Richmond

Nupur S. Bal
Bowen Ten Long & Bal
Richmond

Edward D. Barnes
Barnes & Diehl
Richmond

Mollie C. Barton
Stiles Ewing Powers
Richmond

Jessica Catharine Beatty
Stiles Ewing Powers
Richmond

Michael R. Bedsaul
Sands Anderson
Christiansburg

Scott Ivars Bemberis
Clifford, Bemberis & Duke
Chesterfield County

Dale Truitt Berrett
Kaufman & Canoles
Virginia Beach

Michelle A. Bieber
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Marc A. Boyko
BoykoNapier
Richmond

Jennifer A. Bradley
Mullett Dove & Bradley
Arlington County

Mallory Brennan
Owen & Owens
Midlothian

Anna Bristle
Bristle Schulze
Manassas

Sarah G. Buitrago
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Cynthia Lynne Chaing
Chaing Anders
Virginia Beach

Mary B. Chamberlin
PLDR Law

Peter V. Chiusano
Chiusano & Associates
Virginia Beach

Julie M. Cillo
Owen & Owens
Midlothian

David Rust Clarke
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

Mary G. Commander
Commander Law
Norfolk

Joseph A. Condo
Offit Kurman
Vienna

Deanna D. Cook
Deanna D. Cook PC
Glen Allen

James Ray Cottrell
Cottrell Fletcher & Cottrell
Alexandria

Catherine S. Croft
Farrell & Croft
Manassas

Kristina Cruz
Premier Family Law Group
Reston

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Culin Sharp Autry & Day
Fairfax

Dawn B. DeBoer
DeBoerSouth
Richmond

David G. DeFazio
Friedman Law Firm
Chesterfield

Jessica H. Dixon
Resilience Law Group
Virginia Beach

Laura Christine Dove
Mullett Dove & Bradley Family Law
Arlington County

Melissa Ann Dragone
Masterman Krogmann
McLean

Michael S. Ewing
Stiles Ewing Powers
Richmond

Kathleen Latham Farrell
Farrell & Croft
Manassas

William T. Fitzhugh
Rosen & Fitzhugh
Chesterfield

Lynn R. Fletcher
Lynn Fletcher Attorney at Law
Arlington County

Sherry A. Fox
Fox Family Formation
Ashland

Melanie A. Friend
CowanGates
Richmond

Richard E. Garriott
Garriott Maurer
Virginia Beach

Julie Gerock
Maddox & Gerock
Falls Church

Sandra Chinn Gilstrap
Chinn Gilstrap Law
Danville

David Ginsberg
Cooper Ginsberg Gray
Fairfax

Brittany Gordon
Steidle & Gordon Attorneys at Law
Roanoke

Tashina M. Gorgone
Maddox & Gerock
Falls Church

Daniel L. Gray
Cooper Ginsberg Gray
Fairfax

Carolyn Grimes
Friedman, Grimes, Meinken & Leischner
Alexandria

Ameet I. Habib
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Virginia C. Haizlip
McCandlish Lillard
Fairfax

Robert L. Harris
Barnes & Diehl
Richmond

Sandra L. Havrilak
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

Lynn E. Hawkins
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Brian M. Hirsch
Hirsch & Ehlenberger
Reston

Sarah W. Houck
PLDR Law
Lynchburg

Mary C. Huff
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

Mary W. Hunt
Family Law Associates of Richmond
Richmond

Jeanine Irving
Sevila Saunders Huddleston & White
Leesburg

Kristen Konrad Johnstone
Johnstone Law
Roanoke

Brian H. Jones
Barnes & Diehl
Richmond

Naveed Kalantar
Garriott Maurer
Virginia Beach

Julia E. Keller
Keller Law Group
Virginia Beach

Taylor N. Klauza
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Shannon L. Kroeger
Family First Law Group
Alexandria

Kristen L. Kugel
Cooper Ginsberg Gray
Fairfax

Christian M. Lapham
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Kara Lee
Lee Lopez Law
Arlington County

Harris W. Leiner
Friedman Law Firm
Chesterfield County

Jessica Leischner
Friedman, Grimes, Meinken & Leischner
Alexandria

Bretta Zimmer Lewis
Pender & Coward
Virginia Beach

Richard Lewis Locke
Locke Family Law
Richmond

Mikhail N. Lopez
Lee Lopez Law
Arlington County

Ann N. Luu
Kelly Byrnes Danker & Luu
Fairfax

Linh H. Ly
Law Office of Linh H. Ly
Fairfax

Erika E. MacCormac
Winslow, McCurry & MacCormac
Midlothian

Christopher Macturk
Evolution Divorce & Family Law
Richmond

Katharine Maddox
Maddox & Gerock
Falls Church

Reeves W. Mahoney
Mahoney Richmond Thurston
Virginia Beach

Besianne Tavss Maiden
Tavss Fletcher
Norfolk

Patrick L. Maurer
Garriott Maurer
Virginia Beach

Michael Christopher May
May Law
Fairfax

Jennifer L. McCammon
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Player B. Michelsen
Stiles Ewing Powers
Richmond

Heather Scott Miller
Sevila Saunders Huddleston & White
Leesburg

Marcus K. Mitchell
MKM Law
Virginia Beach

Lindsay Jefferies Mohler
Troxell Leigh
Leesburg

Sarah Elizabeth Morris
Morris Williams
Norfolk

Frank West Morrison
PLDR Law
Lynchburg

Jennifer Mullett
Mullett Dove & Bradley Family Law
Arlington County

Christy L. Murphy
Bischoff Martingayle
Norfolk

Mary Napier
BoykoNapier
Richmond

Laurie Forbes Neff
Next Chapter Family Law and Mediation
Fairfax

Vania O’Keefe
Morris, Currin & O’Keefe
Chesapeake

Nathan J. Olson
Cooper Ginsberg Gray
Fairfax

Mary Burkey Owens
Owen & Owens
Midlothian

Corrynn Jessica Peters
Phillips & Peters
Norfolk

Kimberly Hughes Phillips
Phillips & Peters
Norfolk

Sarah A. Piper
Hicks Crandall Juhl
Fairfax

Sonya L. Powell
Powell Radomsky
Fairfax

Kelly A. Powers
Miles & Stockbridge
Washington, D.C.

Debra Powers
Taylor Huguley Powers
Fairfax

Joy Lee Price
Caskie & Frost
Lynchburg

Dianya Pu
McCandlish Lillard
Fairfax

Colleen Marea Quinn
Quinn Law Centers
Richmond

Cynthia Marie Radomsky
Powell Radomsky
Fairfax

Seth J. Ragosta
Flora Pettit
Charlottesville

Kimberlee Harris Ramsey
Florance Gordon Brown
Richmond

Steven L. Raynor
Raynor & Farmer
Charlottesville

Nicholas David Renninger
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Andrew T. Richmond
Mahoney Richmond Thurston
Virginia Beach

Janipher W. Robinson
Robinson & Greene Attorneys at Law
Richmond

Anne L. Roddy
Barnes & Diehl
Richmond

Brooke C. Rosen
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

Rachel E. Rubinstein
Burr Law Firm
Washington, D.C.

Philip Russo
Philip L. Russo Jr. PC
Virginia Beach

Craig W. Sampson
Barnes & Diehl
Richmond

Douglas J. Sanderson
McCandlish Lillard
Fairfax

Sean P. Schmergel
Schmergel & Mersberger
Alexandria

Jill C. Seiferth
Bean Kinney & Korman
Arlington County

Jessica Sherwood
Smith Strong
Henrico County

Maria C. Simon
Geller Law Group
Fairfax

Stephanie J. Smith
Cooper Ginsberg Gray
Fairfax

Michelle Anthony Snell
Winslow, McCurry & MacCormac
Midlothian

Briana A. Stevens
Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver
Harrisonburg

Andrea R. Stiles
Stiles Ewing Powers
Richmond

Wyatt Taylor
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VCU startup grabs military attention, funding

A discovery by a Virginia Commonwealth University research scientist that could revolutionize the treatment of massive blood loss injuries is receiving major support from the military.

In August, the U.S. Air Force awarded a $1.8 million grant to Perfusion Medical, a company co-founded by Martin J. Mangino with support from the VCU TechTransfer and Ventures office. The grant brings total military support for Perfusion to $7 million since 2023.

Mangino, a professor of surgery, physiology and biophysics at the VCU School of Medicine, has dedicated his 40-year career to researching ischemic repercussion injuries caused by lack of oxygen to tissues following medical emergencies such as heart attacks, strokes and trauma.

“The mechanisms are poorly understood,” Mangino says. “That’s why we can’t treat it clinically very well.”

The current treatment for massive blood loss is saline or blood transfusions, neither of which address the closing of tiny capillaries, an underlying cause of ischemic repercussion injuries. Mangino’s new drug, PM-208, is an intravenous infusion of polyethylene glycol, perhaps best known as the active ingredient in the pre-colonoscopy prep drink GoLYTELY.

Known as a “cell impermeant,” it pulls water out of cells and into capillaries, preventing ischemic injury. The polyethylene glycol polymer in PM-208 has a larger molecular weight than GoLYTELY, and experiments on animal models show the drug significantly extends the survivability of massive blood loss.

“It worked geometrically better than anything else that we tried,” he says.

The implications of the discovery were immediately apparent to Ivelina Metcheva, assistant vice president for innovation at VCU and head of the TechTransfer and Ventures office, which works with about 120 VCU researchers each year to commercialize inventions.

“This particular invention was very unique because it really had a pain in the market,” Metcheva says. “It was really needed.”

With financial support from Metcheva’s office, Mangino co-founded Perfusion Medical in 2020 with veteran tech entrepreneur Gerard Eldering, who serves as the company’s CEO and is ushering the drug through the FDA approval process. Eldering expects Phase 1 clinical trials to begin in early 2025 and sees opportunity for big success for VCU and the state.

“There’ve been some other good success stories recently, but we just want to build on that and show the world that there’s great things happening in life sciences in Virginia,” Eldering says.  

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