It became increasingly difficult for Franklin Memorial Hospital (FMH) to adequately meet the health needs of the citizens of Franklin County; after a 13-year relationship with Roanoke Hospital Association, the hospital became a full affiliate of the association (by then called Carilion Health System) in 1988.

While it became a part of Carilion Health System (CHS), the hospital remained a not-for-profit, community-owned facility that was governed by its local board.

Our Graduate Medical Education (GME) residency and fellowship programs are gaining national recognition, with ties to Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, and a unique mentorship between medical students and residents.

Frank Bayes Wolfe worked summers in the coal mines of West Virginia as he completed his medical training at the University of Virginia around 1940. In 1942, he joined the U.S. Army 110 Station Hospital at Camp Pickett, Virginia, where he met Franklin County native Dr. Henry Lee.

In March 1981, a five-year organizational plan was presented to the Community Hospital of Roanoke Valley (CHRV) board. The plan called for:

Do you have old medications at home? Dispose of them safely at one of our MedSafe kiosks, located at each of our hospitals and retail pharmacies.

Our medication disposal kiosks are a free and anonymous way to make sure the medicine doesn’t cause harm to others—unused prescriptions can be stolen, accidentally consumed by children or pets or can harm the water supply if flushed or put down a drain.

Groundbreaking ceremonies for Community Hospital of Roanoke Valley (CHRV) were held on May 10, 1963. Construction began soon after. 

Our Referral Rewards program is an investment in the recruitment of quality candidates—and an opportunity for you to be involved in that recruitment. Applicant referrals from employees are one of the best ways we can recruit top talent because your referral is a positive first step for potential candidates.

Love, hope, persistence, endurance, patience, purity, charity, loyalty—each represented by one of the eight folds in the caps belonging to nurses graduating from the Roanoke Hospital School of Nursing.

A long and proud history of the first training school for professional nurses in southwest Virginia began with the founding of Roanoke Hospital itself.

Have you had a chance to read this year's Report to the Community? It's full of fascinating and inspiring information about the work you and your coworkers are doing across the organization.