We've teamed up for the second consecutive year with Virginia Tech Athletics and Shoes4Hope, an organization that inspires hope and helps our youngest cancer patients.
Dr. Rawle “Tony” Seupaul has joined our organization as executive vice president and chief physician executive (the role formerly known as chief medical officer).
A horrific accident left a vibrant 6-year-old New River Valley girl with both feet severed—until our team of surgeons took on the case of a lifetime to reattach them.
Lisa Sprinkel, vice president of Home Health and Hospice, has been selected to serve as vice president of Carilion Mental Health, in addition to her current role. She has served as interim vice president since May 1 when Bill Wasserman retired.
Lisa has held a variety of clinical and leadership positions during her tenure with Carilion and has led the Home Health and Hospice department for 17 years.
The DAISY and BEE award programs are now available in all ambulatory and outpatient areas, offering the opportunity for our staff, patients and guests to nominate care team members in these settings.
Prior to this rollout, the awards were available for employees only in inpatient areas.
We will be going for a fifth designation for Magnet nursing in December for our Roanoke campus. As part of that process, a site visit by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) is required.
When tough times hit, we all know the importance of sticking together—that's why we have the Employee Emergency Fund. It's there to help our employees facing sudden financial difficulties, like accidents, illnesses, fires or other unexpected problems.
Luis Richard has been hired as vice president of Supply Chain, following Tom Hill’s recent retirement.
Luis will join us from Nuvance Health System in LaGrangeville, NY, where he served as the chief supply chain officer since 2019, overseeing supply chain management for seven hospitals, multiple surgery centers, urgent care clinics and physicians’ offices. He’s also worked in supply chain operations at Health Quest Systems and Northwestern Medicine in a career spanning more than 20 years.
We gathered with our Virginia Tech Carilion partners—Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC (FBRI) and the VTC School of Medicine (VTCSOM)—to dedicate sculptures that help us tell the profound story of Henrietta Lacks. She and her famous HELA cells have touched medicine, science and research in numerous different ways.
We are proud to start the Carilion Cares, I Care annual employee giving campaign with exciting news—an anonymous donor has once again offered to match gifts to our Cancer Center Fund during the campaign, dollar-for-dollar, up to $250,000.
Our Cancer Center Fund supports the expansion of Carilion’s cancer program, including a new state-of-the-science building that will bring services together in a single location.
