Current Stories

We were proud this spring to again honor one of VCU Health’s most generous groups, the MCV Society. This year, the deep tradition of the MCV Campus converged with an ultramodern backdrop as we celebrated in VCU’s Institute for Contemporary Art.

Dr. Kathryn Holloway specializes in what has been called the most complicated object in the known universe – the human brain.

She sounds like an electrician when she talks about the circuits, electrical signals and switches that she works with daily, but it’s clear she is not working with a typical circuit board.

VCU Health cardiothoracic surgeons, rehabilitation therapists and one strong patient beat the odds. Today, Ed Prestemon is back to doing the things he loves.

As Charlie Teaters' 40-year Reunion approached this year, he made the decision to give back to the school that gave him so much. He said the reasons he was so excited to return to campus for Reunion Weekend were the same reasons he decided to make a gift.

Over the past two years, we have joined our colleagues at the VCU College of Health Professions in celebrating their groundbreaking and topping-off ceremonies for their new 154,000-square-foot education and research facility. This March we helped cut the ribbon.

Cathy, Adam and Jay Plotkin honor the memory of Ron Plotkin, beloved husband and father, by establishing a brain tumor research fund at VCU Massey Cancer Center.

VCU Health Trauma Surgeon and VCU School of Pharmacy Translational Scientist Collaborate to Identify Patient Medications in the ER

We were honored this month to once again celebrate the life-changing opportunities and potential that our generous MCV Campus donors create and perpetuate for students every year through their scholarship contributions.

How VCU Health is counteracting the deadly outcomes of cardiac arrest through patient care and research.

Just over 100 years ago, 19 pioneering women began their journeys in health science education at the Medical College of Virginia. Today, female students are receiving support from those who came before.

We are proud to have published our second issue of NEXT magazine this December.

We started the magazine last year to share the incredible innovations in patient care, research and education being discovered every day on the MCV Campus at VCU Health.

MCV Foundation board member George Emerson shares how the tremendous care he received at VCU Massey Cancer Center allowed him