GO
ALL IN
transforming the future of health care for all in the commonwealth
– Peter Buckley, M.D.,
Interim CEO, VCU Health System and Senior Vice President, VCU Health Sciences
Dean, VCU School of Medicine
Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, VCU Health System
VCU Health’s Strategic Plan
VCU Health’s strategic plan provides pathways to preserve, sustain and advance our mission and elevates us to be among the premier academic health systems in the nation. Three imperatives guide our path forward to serve our patients and neighbors better and to meet future needs with greater capability, confidence and compassion.
Education, research and innovation
We will strengthen clinical and population health innovation and research and enhance education.
Top performance
We will optimize our value, achieve top-level performance and embrace top-quality for insurance products.
Care for the commonwealth
We will focus strategically on population health and expand access of health services. We will expand our reach and improve patient experiences.
Transforming health care delivery in central Virginia, one facility at a time.
2019 By the Numbers
As a top academic medical center for our region, VCU Health doesn’t just practice state-of-the-art medicine. Through our robust research enterprise — pushing the frontiers of both basic science and applied, translational research — we’re constantly advancing medicine.
842,885
Outpatient clinic visits July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019
200+
Medical specialties
252
Clinical trials open to enrollment
Our Stories
From darkness to light: COVID-19 survivor shares her story as a patient and clinical trials participant
It started with a rash. Henrico resident Kathy White, 61, began feeling sick in March. When she discovered a rash on her arms and legs, she visited her local clinic, fearing an infection. Diagnosed with bronchitis, she was sent home with medication. But these were the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States. White’s primary care physician recommended ...
‘A heroic act’: Father and son mark the first living liver transplant at VCU Health since 2014
Edward Foster is 69 years old, a proud patriarch with eight children and 21 grandchildren. He still hosts a family dinner at his Henrico County home every Friday night and has a passion for attending collegiate sporting events across the country in which his grandchildren participate. An accomplished conservatory-trained pianist, he even taught one of his grandsons ...
After a dire medical crisis, a family finds a way to say ‘thank you’
On a December evening in 2015, Rich Johnson found himself kneeling on a Richmond city street beside his critically injured wife, Joyce. Joyce was thrown from a tourist pedal trolley, which is a pedal- and motor-powered vehicle that seats about 12 people. The trolley then ran over her pelvis, and at the same time, her leg became caught in the gears, causing her to …
He needed a new kidney and heart. VCU Health gave them to him in one operation.
Carlnealius “Tyrees” Dandridge, a custodian at Pole Green Elementary School in Mechanicsville, Virginia, came to VCU Health’s Hume-Lee Transplant Center in 2015 for a kidney transplant evaluation. At that consultation, doctors discovered that not only was his kidney failing, his heart was failing too. Dandridge was in need of a double transplant. “His heart, which is ...
Help support VCU Health while we grow.
VCU Health has been providing health care to our community for more than 180 years. In return, the people of the commonwealth have given us their trust and support, enabling our mission, capabilities and reach to expand and innovate. A gift from you in any amount would help us continue that great tradition. The MCV Foundation is the philanthropic partner of VCU Health System. Please visit below to learn more.
