We went above-and-beyond. Bringing care where it was needed.
We expanded on the latest research and cutting-edge treatments.
We formed a new partnership with Virginia Premier and Bon Secours Health System to bring more options in 2019 to patients insured on the Affordable Care Act health insurance exchange in Central Virginia.
Our new options, provided by Virginia Premier, will bring much-needed relief to Virginians who rely on the individual market by adding four additional coverage plans for those who need them most.
Extraordinary care
The idea of health care is that you don’t do it alone. We’re proud to partner with Bon Secours Virginia Health System, to improve the health of our community. Together, we’re finding unique solutions to provide affordable, yet high quality, health care for all Virginians.
You learn well when you feel well. And the Petersburg school-based health center will be a place where students can get medical attention beyond what the school nurse can medically and legally provide. By giving students the medical attention they need, the school-based health clinic will advance health care, education and quality of life.
Virginia Premier has been playing an integral role in the development of this initiative from inception. It all goes back to our mission of providing access to affordable, quality health care to individuals in need. We take a special interest in promoting good health among children, to have a positive impact on their lives and the future they represent.
Extraordinary care
A recent study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute listed Petersburg as the least healthy municipality in Virginia. The school-based health clinic will help improve that status by treating chronic illnesses and mitigating one of the factors that affects school absenteeism.
Virginia’s Department of Medical Assistance Services has recognized Virginia Premier’s Neighborhood Health Center as one of 10 preferred providers of Office-Based Opioid Treatment, part of the state’s Addiction and Recovery Treatment Services program.
Office-Based Opioid Treatment is an alternative to inpatient rehabilitation facilities. It’s a way for patients to regain control of their lives. While receiving treatment in an OBOT setting, people can still live at home, be with their family and even work if they are able. The treatment program aims to make services as accessible as possible, to help fight the country’s epidemic of addiction.
Extraordinary care
As a preferred OBOT, Virginia Premier’s center provides services, which are considered gold standard for care. These include weekly psychotherapy group meetings for patients. The Neighborhood Health Center providers have been treating patients with a Medication Assistance Treatment program since 2014.
Every day at our Virginia Treatment Center for Children, expert clinicians from Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU and VCU’s Department of Psychiatry return kids to healthy, productive lives. Treatment works, and we prove it 24/7 at VCU Health.
At VCU Health, we give children and young adults a critical chance to succeed. When families chose the VTCC for their mental health care, they’re choosing a unique, caring and judgment-free place where each person is an individual. It’s a place where minds thrive.
Extraordinary access
Modern and inviting, our VTCC has redesigned its past institutional ambiance. Visitors to the new and expanded 190,000-square-foot facility find loads of natural light, a warm color palette and furnishings that feel like home. It provides a transformational environment for children’s mental health care. It also provides hope for our patients.
No one should have to travel a long distance for modern health care facilities. In rural South Hill, Virginia, our new, state-of-the-art, 167,000-square-foot VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital and its C.A.R.E. Building outpatient facility provide regional residents with one-stop care.
Accessible, integrated and convenient, the new CMH and C.A.R.E. Building outpatient facility bring a variety of vital medical services under one roof. Serving patients across disciplines — from cardiology and family care to pain management and women’s health — it’s a visible commitment to accessible health care.
Extraordinary access
Stroke is a leading cause of disability and death. At VCU Health, our expert clinicians offer stroke patients the best possible odds for good outcomes. And these exceptional efforts don’t go unnoticed. In 2018 CMH received two national recognitions for stroke care.
In 2017, we began a unique clinical trial to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, using a drug called Radicava. It is the first ALS therapy to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in over 20 years.
Our unique treatment brought patients from around the globe. One participant, Adam Ball, flew from Manchester, England — every other week — to receive the therapy, which could slow physical decline by 33 percent. Adam is hopeful that our trial will give him some extra time with family.
Extraordinary commitment
Radicava has been praised as a minor miracle for its potential to delay the debilitating effects of ALS. However, our medical team receives credit for being the real miracle workers. They helped patients like Adam feel at home, even when he was far from it.
The da Vinci robotic system can remove a kidney the size of your fist through an incision the length of a credit card. Our team, at the Hume-Lee Surgical Center, recently used it to complete the first robotic-assisted kidney transplantation on the East Coast.
We don’t provide the latest cutting-edge treatments because we can. We provide them because we care. Thanks to the smaller incision size created using the da Vinci robotic system, we’re able to safely offer kidney transplantation to more patients on waitlists.
Extraordinary technology
Sixty years ago, David Hume, M.D. (far right), performed the first kidney transplant at the Medical College of Virginia. Our Hume-Lee Transplant Center continues to offer the latest, greatest technology and care, as we celebrate 60 years and 5,000 transplants.
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Blood is drawn from the patient.
T-cells are extracted from the patient’s blood.
CAR genes are inserted into the T-cells.
The new CAR T-cells are expanded and activated in the lab.
Millions of CAR T-cells are ready to fight cancer.
The patient receives the cells through infusion.
CAR T-cells attack cancer cells.
Patients with leukemia and lymphoma sometimes run out of treatment options. VCU Massey Cancer Center has partnered with Kite Pharma to offer a new treatment called CAR T-cell therapy that works by reprogramming the immune system to fight cancer cells — giving patients hope where none existed.
Only the best centers have the ability to manage CAR-T therapies. We are proud to have taken the lead in the mid-Atlantic region, offering this exciting new treatment first in Virginia.
Extraordinary science
Advanced immunotherapies require strong collaboration between multiple medical disciplines. That’s why we train our medical professionals to support patients receiving CAR T-cell therapy — for better care and longer, healthier lives.
Jeni Simonitis received her first heart transplant from our Pauley Heart Center when she was only eight. She filled that heart with so much joy — everything from graduating VCU to saying “I do“ to the love of her life. But the transplanted heart was only expected to last 12 to 15 years.
When it finally began to fail, Jeni once again began to accept the inevitable. Her health care team did not. We matched Jeni with another healthy heart, and she received a rare, second transplant 25 years after the first. It’s a gift that only 3 percent of original recipients ever get.
Extraordinary heart
Pauley Heart Center is an innovative, comprehensive heart treatment center. For more than 50 years, we’ve brought the extraordinary into the ordinary with miraculous commitment to patients like Jeni. We celebrate this milestone anniversary with pride, excitement and — of course — a lot of love.
