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Addressing the Long-Term Health Consequences of Childhood Abuse
Mary Hale is the Director for Safety Net Clinics, Director of the Inova Ewing Forensic Assessment and Consultations Teams (FACT). She oversees the day-to-day operations of FACT, including policies, staffing and community engagement. Ariel Ward is a Forensic Nurse Examiner and recently became a Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE) for the department. As a CNE, she…
Read MoreInova Reduces Opioid Prescribing in the ED
Martin Brown, MD, is board certified in Emergency Medicine and he serves as the Chief of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria Hospital. Dr. Brown has served on the Inova System Opioid Task Force and on the Alexandria City Opioid Work Group. Since 2015, Dr. Brown and the Inova Alexandria Hospital Emergency Department…
Read MoreInteractive Map: DC, Maryland Hospitals Make Strides in Safety Rankings, NBC Washington
Overall, Virginia has some of the best hospitals in the country and D.C. and Maryland have some of the worst when it comes to avoiding medical errors, injuries and infections, a report released Tuesday found. Read more.
Read MoreThank You to the House of Delegates for Supporting the Health of all Virginians, Loudoun Now
Op-Ed By Dr. J. Stephen Jones, CEO of Inova; Howard P. Kern, president and CEO of Sentara Healthcare; and Nancy Howell Agee, president and CEO of Carilion Clinic. Read more.
Read MoreUpdated blood pressure guidelines encourage earlier intervention to decrease heart risks
A New Normal Is my blood pressure normal? New hypertension guidelines may put you in a higher risk category The American College of Cardiologists (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) recently redefined high blood pressure, also known as hypertension. The first comprehensive update since 2003, these new guidelines introduce a category of hypertension called…
Read MoreDC boxing champ Elvis Medrano faces battle with pulmonary hypertension
From the Pulmonary Hypertension Association: Washington, D.C. Golden Glove Lightweight Champion Elvis Medrano Faces Biggest Battle with Deadly Lung Disease Diagnosis: Pulmonary Hypertension Silver Spring, Md. (March 13, 2018) — In and out of the boxing ring, Washington, D.C., Golden Glove lightweight champion Elvis Medrano is in a daily battle for his life. At 27,…
Read MoreWWII Veteran Col. Arnald D. Gabriel resumes active schedule after successful TAVR procedure for aortic stenosis at Inova
He Lives History Every Day Inova Heart & Vascular Institute patient story: Arnald D. Gabriel World War II veteran Col. Arnald D. Gabriel, 91, had somewhere very important to be on December 7, 2016. A combat machine gunner with the United States Army’s famed 29th Infantry Division and Conductor Emeritus of the U.S. Air Force…
Read MoreInova Board Names J. Stephen Jones as New Chief Executive Officer
FALLS CHURCH, VA – The Inova Health System Board of Trustees announced that J. Stephen Jones, MD, FACS, a nationally recognized leader in urological oncology as well as clinical transformation at Cleveland Clinic, will become Inova’s CEO and a member of its Board of Trustees effective April 9. Dr. Jones, the current president of Cleveland…
Read MoreNew CEO named to lead Inova hospitals, health-care facilities, The Washington Post
A new CEO has been named to lead Inova’s network of hospitals and health-care clinics that serve more than two million patients annually in the region, the nonprofit health organization announced Wednesday. J. Stephen Jones, a doctor who is the current president of the Cleveland Clinic network of hospital and health-care centers, is set to…
Read MoreBaby undergoes successful urgent surgery for brain cyst at Inova Fairfax
The Best for Baby For first-time mom Gwynne Booth, everything went just the way she had hoped when she delivered her baby, Wren, at Inova Women’s Hospital last December. Despite a bump in the road — her 20-week ultrasound revealed a small benign cyst on her baby’s brain — Wren was born a happy, healthy…
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