The Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center is one of the
leading academic medical centers in the country and stands alone as
the only academic medical center in Central Virginia. The medical center
includes an 820-bed hospital, outpatient clinics, a 600-physician-faculty
group practice and the Virginia Commonwealth University health
sciences schools of Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Medicine,
Nursing and Pharmacy.
The VCU Medical Center is the site for the region's only Level 1 Trauma
Center and offers state-of-the art care in more than 200 specialty areas
including organ transplantation, head and spinal cord trauma, burn
healing and cancer treatment. As a leader in healthcare research,
VCU Medical Center offers patients the opportunity to choose to participate
in programs that advance evolving treatment, such as those sponsored
by the National Cancer Institute through the VCU Massey Cancer Center,
Virginia's first NCI-designated cancer center.
