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Owens & Minor receives $1.1B DOD contract
Mechanicsville company will provide medical supplies to military, federal agencies
Mechanicsville-based Fortune 500 global health care logistics firm Owens & Minor Inc. has received a $1.125 billion contract modification to provide medical surgical supplies to the military and federal civilian agencies, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday. The award is for a second 30-month option period of a contract with three 30-month possible periods for
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UVA Health, Focused Ultrasound launch $8M center
Center to combine focused ultrasound, cancer immunotherapy treatment
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University of Virginia Health and Charlottesville-based Focused Ultrasound Foundation invested $8 million into launching the Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center, the health system announced Wednesday. “We are excited to announce this powerful multidisciplinary and interdepartmental collaboration effort with the Focused Ultrasound Foundation and the commonwealth of Virginia to expand treatment options for our cancer patients
U.Va. Medical Center, UVA Health hire new execs
Min Y. Lee is new COO of medical center, Ross Snare to join UVA Health
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University of Virginia Medical Center has appointed Min Y. Lee as its next chief operations officer. Lee, who is vice president of operations at Reading Hospital in Reading, Pennsylvania, will oversee the Charlottesville-based medical center’s day-to-day operations. Her first day will be June 27, according to a news release. Lee succeeds Wendy Horton, who joined
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Medical cannabis companies amass political power in Va.
Critics say state favors out-of-state pharma companies over local small businesses
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RICHMOND, Va. — Many small cannabis entrepreneurs say large companies are jockeying to lock them out of the industry and have funding that gives them more access to lawmakers. “Small businesses are the backbone of the country,” said Sarah Grant, general manager of The Dispensary in Richmond. The shop opened last year and sells Delta-8-THC
Carilion Clinic receives $1M gift for education program
Anonymous donation honors man who was enslaved
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An anonymous couple has given Carilion Clinic a $1 million gift to support its employee career advancement program, the Roanoke health system announced Thursday. The Your Efforts, Supported program (YES) will launch later this year, with a goal to assist entry-level health care employees to earn certifications and further their education to meet career goals.
Bon Secours Richmond president leaving for Pa. health system
Faraaz Yousef will become EVP and COO of WellSpan Health
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Bon Secours Mercy Health Richmond President Faraaz Yousef will be leaving the health system to become chief operating officer and an executive vice president for Pennsylvania-based WellSpan Health. He will end his tenure at Bon Secours on April 29 and the health system is conducting a national search for his successor. “Faraaz has led the
U.Va. School of Nursing names new dean
Marianne Baernholdt starts Aug. 1
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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 dean
HCA Virginia names new LewisGale CEO and market president
LewisGale Hospital Montgomery president promoted
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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 that, he held leadership roles in Louisiana
Sentara Healthcare names new general counsel
Earl Barnes was chief legal officer for Amita Health
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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 and managing a $10 million annual
Inova adds 2 execs to board of trustees
Cox, Northrup Grumman execs join board
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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., have joined the board, which oversees