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9 Water Safety Tips Every Parent Needs to Know
Board-certified pediatric emergency physician Ronnie Waldrop, MD, and nurse Erin Rovelli, RN, serve patients at the Children’s Emergency Room at Inova Loudoun Hospital, Loudoun County’s only emergency facility solely dedicated to caring for children and adolescents. With summer in full swing, we’re all looking for ways to stay cool. Whether your family enjoys a dip in the…
Read MoreInova accelerator seeks personalized-medicine startups (Virginia Business)
The Inova Personalized Health Accelerator (IPHA) is preparing to accept applications from early-stage startups focused on predicting, preventing and treating disease. Read more.
Read MoreCTE found in nearly 90 percent of brains donated by football players, WUSA 9
Inova Sports Medicine’s Dr. Melissa Womble, a neuropathologist, spoke with WUSA 9 about the recent CTE study results. Watch more.
Read MoreJohn McCain’s cancer: What is glioblastoma?, WUSA 9
Senator John McCain announced he was diagnosed with a primary brain tumor known as a glioblastoma. Our own Dr. John Deeken from the Inova Center for Personalized Health specializes in treating brain cancer and spoke with WUSA 9 about a gliobastoma diagnosis and treatment options. Watch more.
Read MoreInova Loudoun Hospital Names Marissa Jamarik Chief Nursing Officer
Leesburg, VA — Inova Loudoun Hospital (ILH) is pleased to announce Marissa Jamarik, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, as its new Chief Nursing Officer (CNO). She is filling the role after long time CNO Lisa Dugan passed away. Dr. Jamarik has more than 28 years of nursing experience, 21 of those years in leadership roles. She most…
Read MoreBlood Inventory Low in Community, Inova Blood Donor Services Asks for Help
Falls Church, VA – The Washington DC Metropolitan area is experiencing a critically low supply of blood and Inova Blood Donor Services is asking for residents in the DMV to donate and help support patients in local hospitals. At least 250 blood donations a day need to be collected to ensure the blood supply is…
Read MoreInova Health System inks $60 million proton therapy deal, Washington Business Journal
Yet another health system joins the cancer-fighting technology race Inova Health System plans to begin offering proton beam therapy at its Inova Schar Cancer Institute by 2020 after signing a $60 million contract for a proton system from Reston-based Ion Beam Applications S.A. Read more.
Read MoreIBA to Install Proton Therapy Facility at the Inova Schar Cancer Institute in Virginia, USA
Contract signed with Inova for two-room Proteus®PLUS* proton therapy system near IBA’s North American Headquarters Reston, VA, USA, July 5th, 2017 – IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.), the world’s leading provider of proton therapy solutions for the treatment of cancer, and Inova, a global leader in personalized health, today signed a contract for a two-room…
Read MoreA 2-Year-Old’s Fight for Life, Fairfax Connection
Now 2 years old, baby Audrey Bryan of Vienna is a happy little girl who will soon begin ballet lessons as she returns to her normal life. Read more.
Read MoreInova Supports Community Wellness With School Breakfast Grant
FALLS CHURCH, VA – Inova is pleased to announce it is awarding a $52,500 grant to Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) to expand its alternative breakfast program at seven elementary schools. This grant will fund the program startup costs for the Title I schools still in-need of the program. Seven schools will benefit from Inova’s…
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