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Former Inova Doctor Receives First Brain Surgery at Inova Loudoun Hospital
Brains at Work This former Inova physician was diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) and received life-altering brain surgery at Inova Loudoun Hospital To say that Gregory Bentz, MD, PhD, was in great health at age 67 is an understatement. An avid runner, the retired Inova physician spent his days training for his 10th marathon. That…
Read MoreInova Fair Oaks Hospital Named One of the Nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics, IBM Watson Health
FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA – Inova Fair Oaks Hospital was recently named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® by Truven Health Analytics®, part of the IBM Watson HealthTM business. Truven Health Analytics is a leading provider of information and solutions that support healthcare cost and quality improvement. The Truven Health 100 Top Hospitals is the most…
Read MoreFilm Explores End-of-Life Care – Inova Offers Free Screenings of ‘Being Mortal’
Falls Church, VA – January 23, 2017 – Inova, in partnership with Signature Partners and Health Quality Innovators, is holding free, community screenings of the PBS FRONTLINE documentary “Being Mortal.” The film, which explores end-of-life care, can be viewed at the Inova Center for Personalized Health on: Wednesday, January 25, 2017, 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.,…
Read MoreInova Goes to the Olympics
Inova Mount Vernon’s Dr. Sameer Nagda serves as Team Physician to Olympic Women’s Soccer Team in Rio Inova Mount Vernon orthopaedic surgeon Sameer Nagda, MD had the privilege of serving as Team Physician for the United States Olympic Women’s soccer team for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. “It is an honor and privilege to be a part…
Read MoreInova Begins Era of MRI-guided Neurosurgery with Implantation of Deep Brain Stimulator
Mahesh Shenai, MD, MBA, is a specialty care physician at the Inova Movement Disorders Program at the Inova Neuroscience & Spine Institute. He has a special interest in functional and restorative neurosurgery. Read Dr. Shenai’s profile. Last week, for the first time at the Inova Health System, we performed brain surgery inside the MRI scanner…
Read MoreInova Dwight and Martha Schar Cancer Institute Names Leading Experts in Cancer Care, Research and Administration
Inova Dwight and Martha Schar Cancer Institute (ISCI) names Jeanny Aragon-Ching, MD, Clinical Program Director of Genitourinary Cancers and (ISCI) names Thomas Graves, FACHE, Vice President for Cancer Services and ISCI Associate Director for Administration FALLS CHURCH, VA – October 28, 2015 – Inova today announced the addition of two leaders who will bring new…
Read MoreInova’s Advanced Surgical Technology and Education Center Named Health & Life Sciences Innovator of the Year
FALLS CHURCH, VA ― April 29, 2015 ― The Advanced Surgical Technology and Education Center (ASTEC) on the Inova Fairfax Medical Campus has been named the Health & Life Sciences Innovator of the Year by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce. Presented to a Greater Washington area organization exhibiting excellence in healthcare and life science…
Read MoreStatement from the Office of former Vice President Dick Cheney
(March 24, 2012) – Former Vice President Dick Cheney is recovering in the Intensive Care Unit of Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, VA after undergoing heart transplant surgery on Saturday, March 24, 2012. In 2010, Mr. Cheney had a Left Ventricular Assist Device implanted for treatment of end stage heart failure. The former Vice…
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