West Virginia University Hospitals

The West Virginia University Health System, commonly branded as WVU Medicine is a nonprofit health enterprise affiliated with West Virginia University. It provides services throughout West Virginia and portions of the surrounding states of Maryland, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

Hospitals

The system directly and/or operates a number of hospitals throughout its service territory:

* Flagship J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia

WVU Medicine Children’s
co-located on the Morgantown hospital campus

United Hospital Center
in Bridgeport

Camden Clark Medical Center
in Parkersburg

Berkeley Medical Center
in Martinsburg
* Barnesville Hospital in Barnesville, Ohio

Braxton County Memorial Hospital
in Gassaway

Fairmont Medical Center
in Fairmont

Harrison Community Hospital
in Cadiz, Ohio

Jackson General Hospital
in Ripley

Jefferson Medical Center
in Ranson

Potomac Valley Hospital
in Keyser

Reynolds Memorial Hospital
in Glen Dale

St. Joseph’s Hospital
in Buckhannon

Summersville Regional Medical Center
in Summersville

Uniontown Hospital
in Uniontown, Pennsylvania

Wetzel County Hospital
in New Martinsville

Wheeling Hospital
in Wheeling

Garrett Regional Medical Center
in Oakland, Maryland

Princeton Community Hospital
in Princeton

The WVU Health System also includes five institutes:

WVU Cancer Institute

WVU Critical Care and Trauma Institute

WVU Eye Institute

WVU Heart and Vascular Institute

WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute

The health system has more than 21,720 employees and 1,843 beds.

Faculty practice

As of July 1, 2021, the faculty practice and WVU School of Medicine has:

*589 Residents and Fellows
*50 ACGME accredited residencies and fellowships
*3 CAST accredited fellowships
*14 special (non-ACGME) accredited fellowships

This excludes the hospital dentistry programs and the PhD programs.

The faculty practice also operates several clinics across West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

General background

In 1960, West Virginia University opened a tertiary care teaching hospital as a component of the medical center of the University. In 1984, the West Virginia Legislature authorized separation of the hospital operations from the University and the establishment of a separate corporate entity. West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. was incorporated as a non-stock, not-for-profit corporation and, by an agreement of transfer and lease dated July 1, 1984, assumed the operation of and responsibility for the hospital. The existing, 690-bed hospital serves as a major statewide and regional health care referral center, and provides the principal clinical education and research site for West Virginia University.

The hospital's original facility, constructed in 1960, is now the WVU Health Sciences Building and serves as the central academic teaching facility for WVU. Ownership of this facility resides with the State of West Virginia. In 1986, West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. began construction of its current facility, J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital, a 10-story, facility that began operating in 1988. The J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital is a tertiary care referral center and serves as the principal clinical education and research site for the WVU School of Medicine. As part of its 690-bed complement and within its existing contiguous facility, the Hospital operates a 119-bed Children's Hospital. However, in November 2017, the leadership of WVU Medicine announced plans to build a 10-story, 150-bed Children's Hospital on the main medical campus in Morgantown.

The broader health system, now known as the West Virginia University Health System, formed in 1996 with J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital and United Hospital Center as the original two hospital members. Since then, the health system has grown mostly through acquisitions or clinical affiliation agreements. West Virginia University Health System, which operates under the brand "WVU Medicine", has since become West Virginia's largest employer and healthcare provider. Collectively, WVU Medicine operates in all but 14 of West Virginia's 55 counties, and has clinics in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Ohio.

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