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VCU receives $104M gift for liver research
Donation from Dr. R. Todd Stravitz, foundation is largest in university's history
Dr. Richard Todd Stravitz and his family’s Barbara Brunckhorst Foundation gave an unprecedented $104 million donation to Virginia Commonwealth University to support liver research, VCU President Michael Rao announced Tuesday
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Centra names new president and CEO
Amy F. Carrier comes from Bon Secours Hampton Roads health system
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Lynchburg-based health system Centra announced Friday that Amy F. Carrier will be its next president and CEO, effective Sept. 7. The Hampton Roads market president for the Bon Secours Mercy
Sentara Healthcare hires medical director of health equity
Dr. Keith H. Newby worked with Sentara on vaccine campaigns
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Sentara Healthcare has hired Dr. Keith H. Newby as an independent contractor to serve as the system’s medical director of health equity. He will work on expanding plans and initiatives
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Va. Hospital Center receives $5M gift from Arlington CEO
Lola C. Reinsch leads property management firm E. G. Reinsch Co.
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Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington has received a $5 million donation from longtime donor Lola C. Reinsch to promote the hospital’s campus expansion efforts. “We are honored to receive this gift
VCU Health System appoints chief strategy officer
Nina Hobson was VP of strategy and business development
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VCU Health System has promoted Nina Hobcroft as chief strategy officer, effective July 1. Hobcroft, who was the health system’s vice president of strategy and business development since joining
Va. children’s hospitals get kudos in national rankings
UVA Health, VCU facilities top state list
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Eight children’s hospitals in Virginia received recognition Tuesday in the U.S. News & World Report annual rankings of the top pediatric facilities in the nation, regions and states. First in
U.Va. names new medical school dean
Dr. Melina R. Kibbe comes from UNC
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The University of Virginia has named Dr. Melina R. Kibbe the next dean of its medical school and chief health affairs officer for UVA Health, the university announced in a
Sentara, Cone Health call off merger
Proposed deal was announced in August 2020
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Sentara Healthcare and Greensboro, North Carolina-based Cone Health have abandoned plans for a merger first announced in August 2020, according to a joint statement released Wednesday from the two health
Sentara expands Healthier Communities Fund by $40M
Health care system's funding will address health disparities in underserved populations
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Sentara Healthcare is allocating $40 million to expand its Healthier Communities Fund across Virginia and northeast North Carolina, with an aim to address health disparities that have been magnified by
A dose of inspiration
Pandemic disrupts med schools, boosts applications
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Admissions officers call it “the Fauci effect.” Inspired by Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden and the highly visible point person for the nation’s COVID-19 pandemic