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Aument to step down from AECOM leadership role
Transportation exec and cancer survivor plans to focus on board work
Jennifer Aument, AECOM’s transportation chief executive, plans to step down from her job this spring, a decision she reached after surviving breast cancer. Based in Arlington County, Aument said in
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Roanoke couple gives Carilion $1M toward expanding cancer services
Donation comes from George and Helen Logan
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Roanoke businessman George Logan and his wife, Helen Harmon Logan, have donated $1 million to Carilion Clinic to help fund expansion of the Roanoke-based health system’s cancer services. “The Logans
HCA Capital Division names regional cancer VP
Angela Fletcher oversees programs in 18 hospitals across four states
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Angela Fletcher is the new regional vice president of cancer programs for HCA Healthcare Capital Division and HCA’s Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute, the health system announced last week. Fletcher oversees
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Massey Center, VCU Health hire cancer exec
Dr. Paula Fracasso to lead cancer service line
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Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and VCU Health announced Tuesday that Dr. Paula M. Fracasso, formerly of the University of Virginia, is now the cancer center’s deputy director and
Carilion receives $1M gift for cancer program
Roanoke developer Maury Strauss donated in honor of late wife
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Roanoke real estate developer Maury Strauss has donated $1 million in honor of his late wife to support the expansion of Carilion Clinic’s cancer program, Carilion announced Tuesday. Sheila Strauss
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
Eyes on the future
Education, health care donations set records
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In 2021, a year marked by continuing pandemic uncertainty and overloaded health care systems, philanthropists and corporations gave generously, supporting construction and research projects at Virginia universities and hospitals. Following
The kids are getting better
Richmond health care company teams up with nonprofit started by The Who's Roger Daltrey
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Richmond-based health care company StageZero Life Sciences Ltd. has teamed up with a nonprofit started by legendary The Who frontman Roger Daltrey to improve diagnosis and survival rates of teens
Inova receives $1M gift to endow tumor board directorship
Apex Systems co-founder Win Sheridan made donation
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Inova Health System has received a $1 million gift from Apex Systems co-founder Win Sheridan to endow the directorship of the Inova Molecular Tumor Board at Inova Schar Cancer Institute,
VCU Massey Cancer Center wins $3.3M grant for lung cancer research center
Center will focus on disproportionate effects of lung cancer in Black community
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The Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center won a $3.3 million Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant to establish a research center on lung cancer disparities from the National