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Centra and Lifepoint Behavioral Health Announce Agreement to Build New Inpatient Behavioral Health Hospital

March 2, 2023
Centra and Lifepoint Behavioral Health, a business unit of Lifepoint Health, today announced that they have entered into a joint venture partnership to build and operate a new inpatient behavioral
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Centra Foundation welcomes new board members

February 28, 2023
The Centra Foundation is excited to welcome Robert Cook, MD, Jenna Lloyd Fisher, DNP, FNP-BC, MSMIT, CNL, RN, and Sackett Wood to its board of directors.  
Foundation story

Antrese’s story: ‘A better chance to live a healthy life’

February 23, 2023
Antrese Gregory was ready to live her best life. To make it a reality, the dedicated teacher and mother of energetic sons needed surgery. 
Foundation story

Grateful Patient Giving : Lisa Gross

February 23, 2023
When retired Campbell County school psychologist Lisa Gross talks about her experience as a cancer patient at Centra, there is one word that comes up more than any other: grateful. 
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New test at Centra emergency departments reduces detection time for heart attacks

February 21, 2023
Centra has implemented a new type of testing across its system that allows healthcare providers to expediently identify whether a patient has experienced a heart attack.
Newsletter

Nipple Nerve Re-sensation surgery

February 17, 2023
Two surgeons are carrying out Centra’s vision of pursuing excellence, inspiring hope and advancing health and healing by offering an innovative procedure to women who must undergo mastectomy and br
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Centra community partner: Girls on the Run CVA

February 17, 2023
Girls on the Run Central Virginia and Blue Ridge is an after-school program for girls in third through fifth grade that aims to inspire them to be joyful, healthy and confident through an experienc
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Allison Towler - People of Centra

February 17, 2023
Allison Towler has worked as a Registered Nurse at Centra for 17 years, and currently she works full time in the Radiology Department at Lynchburg General Hospital (LGH).
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Better days ahead for Bill

February 17, 2023
Barostim-Baroflex Activation Therapy & Bill Jenkin’s Story
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Centra community partner: Meals on Wheels

February 17, 2023
One organization in our community is committed to serving those who are homebound by providing nutritious, hot lunches to those in need five days a week, every week of the year.