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Excellence
Demographics in healthcare and other areas are changing. These include race, ethnicity, gender, sexual identity/orientation, immigration status, disability, income/socioeconomic status and literacy. These demographic changes present opportunities for positive transformation. The Department of Surgery is fully committed to the principle of excellence as a foundational pillar that fosters a truly inclusive environment and rewards positive engagement for our employees, trainees, and the world around us.
Patient Care
Patients who come to VCU Health for surgery gain access to some of the most skilled surgeons and ground-breaking procedures in the world.
Education
The faculty and staff at VCU Surgery are committed to providing the highest quality of education and training for the future medical leaders of our country.
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Latest News
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A $3.85 million NIH trial led by Melanie Bean, Ph.D., tests whether behavior coaches on video can deliver the intensive treatment national guidelines recommend but few teens ever get.
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Pascal Medical and Perfusion Medical each received $800,000 from Virginia Catalyst to fund critical studies.
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VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Mary Helen Hackney, M.D., is the first person to receive the Commonwealth Endowed Professorship in Breast Cancer Excellence.
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The gift is dedicated to supporting the new building that will house VCU School of Dentistry.
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The Survey and Evaluation Research Laboratory at VCU will team with the Virginia Department of Health to manage data collection for the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System.
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Professors from the School of Medicine and College of Engineering are collaborating on work that could lead to new drug targets in dystrophinopathy and other neurodegenerative conditions.
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The five-year award will support Massey in its work to develop the next generation of cancer researchers and to help those most at risk for cancer throughout Virginia.
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The report also recognized the hospital as the best in the metro Richmond area for the 16th consecutive year. Additionally, cardiology and orthopaedics are ranked among the nation’s best.