Health Care

Over the last five months, referrals from the Lynchburg area to the University of Virginia Cancer Center have increased 50% compared to the same period last year.

A top executive with Foresight Health confirmed that its plans to reopen the facility will not go forward.

The proposed site for the new Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine building is within walking distance of the existing campus. The current cost estimate puts the project at $183.7 million.

Dr. Dalton Renick had worked for Carilion Clinic in Roanoke and for New Beginnings Pediatrics in Blacksburg, according to those two organizations.

The Translational Biology, Medicine and Health program focuses on cancer, immunity and infectious disease, metabolic and cardiovascular science, molecular and cognitive neurosciences, and the emerging field of health implementation science.

Patrick County lost its hospital in 2017 and has had few options for medical care since then. The new clinic accepts insurance, but offers a sliding-fee scale based on income.

Focused ultrasound, a noninvasive medical treatment, has the potential to treat up to 170 different medical conditions. Virginia Tech stands out as the only research center exploring therapeutic focused ultrasound for pets.

In the last six years, five maternity units have closed down across rural Virginia, impacting access to prenatal care. However, with the closures have come new models of care. Growing availability of doula services aims to ease maternal morbidity, particularly among Black mothers.

The Claude Moore Charitable Foundation is partnering with the Blue Ridge Partnership for Health Science Careers, which was founded in 2019 in response to the region’s urgent need for health care workers.

Agee, who has worked for Carilion since 1973, will become CEO emeritus as of Sept. 30; the health system’s president, Steve Arner, will be CEO effective Oct. 1.