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EVMS does not own a teaching hospital. Instead, EVMS works in partnership with hospitals, physicians, and clinics throughout the region, providing students and residents with a broad base of clinical experience. For the region as a whole, these educational partnerships spread the benefits of an academic medical center throughout the region, improving the quality of life and the quality of health care for the entire community.
Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center, Norfolk
Established as an eight-room infirmary to treat yellow fever victims in the late 1850s, Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center has grown into a highly respected 366-bed acute care facility serving Norfolk. DePaul is a major teaching site for EVMS, and a majority of the physicians on DePaul's medical staff hold faculty appointments. The specialized inpatient Diabetes Unit is staffed and supervised by full-time endocrinologists from the Department of Internal Medicine. Residents at DePaul rotate on general medicine as well as subspecialty and non-medicine elective services.
Maryview Medical Center is a 267-bed, general community hospital providing a variety of technologically advanced diagnostic and therapeutic services - from MRI and Cardiac Catheterization to therapies at the Spine Center and the Cancer Treatment Center; from birth at the Women's Health Center to long term care at the Nursing Care Center; from inpatient and outpatient surgery to intensive care, coronary care, home care and pastoral care. Adjoining the acute medical hospital, the Behavioral Medicine Center offers a variety of services, including psychiatric and chemical dependency treatment for adults, adolescents and children on an inpatient, outpatient and day hospital basis. Crisis intervention workers are available to the Emergency Department and inpatient floors when needed. Maryview Health Corporation also offers a variety of inpatient and outpatient specialized evaluation and treatment services on and off the main hospital campus.
The Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters is the only free-standing children's hospital in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and has 186 beds. It is the regional pediatric referral center for coastal Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina. Over the past several years, the hospital has recorded over 125,000 outpatients visits and over 7,000 inpatient admissions. The faculty are involved in research locally, nationally, and internationally.
Eastern State Hospital has the honor of being the first public facility in the United States constructed solely for the care and treatment of the mentally ill. In the summer of 1770, Colonial legislators met in Williamsburg, the capital of the Virginia Colony, and passed a bill authorizing the construction of a hospital for this purpose. The building was erected on an eight-acre site near the College of William and Mary, and the first patients were admitted on October 12, 1773. Today, Eastern State Hospital is situated on 500 acres and consists of 28 buildings; it provides treatment to 500 patients with a staff of about 1,300.
Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth occupies a 112-acre site along the Elizabeth River in downtown Portsmouth. This fully accredited, tertiary care hospital is a 360-bed facility with an average daily inpatient load of 238 patients. Through its extensive graduate Medical Education Programs, the Naval Medical Center conducts internships and residency training in medicine, dentistry, psychology, and pastoral care. Naval Medical Center Portsmouth is one of three major teaching hospitals in the Navy with residency programs in 13 specialty areas.
Sentara Leigh Hospital is a 250-bed acute care facility located at the center of the growth corridor serving Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and Chesapeake. The hospital is known for its Institute of Video Surgery, offering state-of-the-art techniques for general, urological, gynecological and orthopedic surgeries; its Orthopedic Specialty Center, serving the majority of the area's joint replacement patients; and its advancements in outpatient diagnostics. Other services include a recently expanded Family Maternity Suite, a mobile mammography unit, and breast and reconstructive surgery.
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is a 644-bed tertiary care facility regionally and nationally known for many of its programs. It is the region's main tertiary care center and the primary teaching hospital for undergraduate and graduate education at EVMS. Special services available include the Nightingale Air Ambulance, which serves the hospital's busy Level I Trauma Center. The Heart Pavilion has active programs in invasive and noninvasive cardiology, open heart surgery, heart and lung transplant, and cardiac rehabilitation. The hospital also has an active kidney transplant service as well as on-site programs in sleep medicine, epilepsy and oncology.
Sentara Obici Hospital is a 138-bed state-of-the-art facility located in Suffolk. Opened in April 2002, the fully accredited facility continues to provide residents of Suffolk and Western Tidewater with a variety of inpatient and outpatient care and treatment, including diagnostic cardiac testing, MRI, digital mammography, comprehensive cancer services and a Woman's Center for mothers and newborns. Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital, Virginia Beach
Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC), Hampton Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC) has 142 acute beds in medicine, surgery, psychiatry, and neurology; 234 extended care beds in intermediate medicine, palliative (hospice) care, spinal cord injury and nursing home care; and a 294-bed rehabilitative residential care domiciliary, for a total of 670 operating beds. Established in 1870, Hampton is the fourth oldest VA hospital in the country. The 33 major buildings are located on an 83.5-acre campus facing the Hampton Roads harbor and bounded by Interstate I-64. Hampton VAMC has an $82 million operating budget and approximately 1,200 employees. We train 50 medical residents, 100 medical students, and over 600 allied health professionals each year. Research emphasis is on diseases related to aging and nutrition. Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital, Norfolk Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital, established in 1890 by the City of Norfolk, provides comprehensive sub-acute hospital care and skilled nursing care following an acute illness or surgical event. The hospital focuses on transitioning patients through rehabilitative and restorative care toward their eventual return home. |
| Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 September 2011 14:12 |
