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Grateful Patient Giving

A Q and A with new board member and retired cardiothoracic surgeon David Frantz, MD 

Four new members were elected to the Centra Foundation Board of Directors in January – David Frantz, MD, George Zippel, Verna Sellers, MD, and William Van Dyke Jr., MD.

Kaitlyn Marks is grateful for her time in the Virginia Henderson Scholars Program, a partnership between the Centra Virginia Henderson Institute of Clinical Excellence and local academic partne

I am a first-generation physician and from a young age, I always knew that when I grew up, I wanted to be a medical doctor.

I’m humbled to have represented Centra’s Nutrition Services for over a year while overseeing dieticians at Virginia Baptist Hospital (VBH), Bedford Memorial Hospital (BHM), Southside Community Hosp

daVinci Xi Robotic Surgery System

When we think about a patient receiving any type of specialty care, it’s easy to only think about the doctor providing care.

Centra recently launched its tri-annual Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) on February 1, 2024, to identify the strengths and resources available to meet the needs of children, youth and fami