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Inova Health System Launches Inova Children’s General and Thoracic Surgery
Expanded Network Enhances Regional Access to World-Class Pediatric Specialty Care Falls Church, VA – Inova Health System announced the opening of Inova Children’s General and Thoracic Surgery adjacent to Inova L.J. Murphy Children’s Hospital on Willow Oaks Corporate Drive, in Fairfax, Virginia. Surgeons and advanced practice providers from the Pediatric Surgical Group of Fairfax Neonatal…
Read MoreSuperheroes “Drop In” to Cheer Up Kids at Inova Children’s Hospital
Pediatric patients were delighted yesterday to see actual superheroes scaling down the side of Inova L. J. Murphy Children’s Hospital outside their windows. The real-life heroes were members of the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department who had dressed as comic book superheroes to help cheer up and inspire the young patients. Rappelling down with…
Read MoreInova Health System Launches Inova Children’s Cardiology
Expanded Network Enhances Regional Access to World-Class Pediatric Specialty Care Falls Church, VA – Inova Health System announces the opening of Inova Children’s Cardiology, an outpatient pediatric cardiology practice with eight locations in Northern Virginia and suburban Maryland. Pediatrix® Medical Group practices, Pediatric Cardiology Associates and Children’s Cardiology Associates, are joining Inova to form Inova…
Read MoreAttention Patients (COVID-19 Notice)
If you suspect you might be infected with COVID-19, please do not visit the emergency room for a COVID-19 test. Instead, seek out a community testing site or a home test kit. Inova Emergency Departments are prioritizing patients with medical conditions requiring emergency care and those with critical illness. We strongly discourage patients who are…
Read MoreInova Issues 2020 Community Report Highlighting Contributions to Health Equity, Patient Access and Excellence in Care
FALLS CHURCH, VA– Inova Health System issued its annual Community Report for 2020, highlighting its $334 million investment in the Northern Virginia community while enhancing excellence in patient care, commitment to team member well-being, diversity, equity, and inclusion. In 2020, Inova’s robust community investment included its commitment to charity care, research, education, and other programs…
Read MoreInova L.J. Murphy Children’s Hospital Attains Level I Verification from the American College of Surgeons
Inova L.J. Murphy Children’s Hospital has been named a Level I Verified Children’s Surgery Center by the American College of Surgeons Children’s Surgery Verification Quality Improvement Program (ACS CSV). Developed to improve the quality of pediatric surgical care, the ACS CSV program is based on other nationally recognized ACS quality improvement programs that have measurably…
Read MoreU.S. News & World Report Names Inova Fairfax Medical Campus #1 in Virginia and DC
Inova Gynecology and Neurology Rank Nationally Falls Church, VA – Inova is proud to announce that once again, Inova Health System has been recognized as the region’s leading health system. Inova Fairfax Medical Campus (IFMC) claimed the top spot in the U.S. News & World Report 2021-22 Best Hospitals report with a number one overall…
Read MoreInova Announces Transformational Gift and Will Rename Children’s Hospital
Falls Church, VA – Inova Health System today announced it has received a gift to its pediatric program from local pediatrician, Laurence J. Murphy, MD, who has served children and their families in Northern Virginia for more than four decades. In recognition of Dr. Murphy’s generous gift, Inova will rename the Inova Children’s Hospital building…
Read MoreHigher Than Expected COVID-19 Antibody Rates in Children in Northern Virginia
Falls Church, VA – Last summer, from July to October 2020, Inova Health System partnered with the Virginia Department of Health and George Mason University to conduct a COVID-19 serology (antibody) study to analyze the incidence of COVID-19 in children in Northern Virginia. The analysis of blood samples from more than 1,000 children, ages 0…
Read MoreHunger During the Holidays in Northern Virginia
Dr. Katherine Fullerton is an Emergency Physician in Inova Children’s Hospital Emergency Department. She is a board certified physician in both Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics. Rebecca Ayde, RN is a nurse in Inova Children’s Hospital Emergency Department. This holiday season, while many of us prepare to responsibly celebrate and say goodbye to 2020, the rates…
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