Inova in the News
CTE 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 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 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 MoreD.C.-area hospitals turn to new tool to fight opioid crisis, Washington Business Journal
Rising concerns about the opioid epidemic are causing more health care organizations to try on this technology. Read and watch more.
Read MoreInova: Uncovering Breakthrough Insights that Help Save Lives Cloudera
With Cloudera Enterprise, Inova researchers can answer questions magnitudes faster than they could previously to help the organization realize its goal of delivering precision medicine. Watch more.
Read MoreInova Aims to Offer Unique Home for Startups Through Its Personalized Health Accelerator, GenomeWeb.com
Inova Health System, a multi-hospital system in the Washington, D.C., area, is getting ready to open one of the more unique startup accelerators in healthcare: one dedicated to personalized medicine. Read more.
Read MoreTwo Va. research powerhouses come together on projects with seed fund, Washington Business Journal
Inova Health System and University of Virginia are kicking off their new partnership with $450,000 in seed money to fund nine joint research projects geared toward better predicting, preventing and treating disease. Read more.
Read MoreNationals donate uniforms to Fairfax County little league, Fairfax County Times
Inova Sports Medicine and Nationals team physician, Dr. Robert Najarian, joined the Reston-Herndon Little League parade that premiered the new Nationals Youth Baseball Uniform in Northern Virginia! Read more.
Read MoreInova Health System bets big on precision medicine , FierceHealthcare
By tapping into genomics and data analytics, Inova Health System is focusing its efforts—and capital spending—on precision medicine initiatives that hospital officials believe will change the way clinicians care for patients. Read more.
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