Virginia
NoVa Hospital Ranks Among Best Regional Hospitals: US News Rankings
VIRGINIA — With expertise across multiple specialty areas, two Virginia hospitals ranked high nationally in several specialty areas, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2024-2025 Best Hospitals ranking released Tuesday.
In all, 15 Virginia hospitals were included in the list of the country’s best health-care facilities.
For its 35th annual report, U.S. News evaluated more than 5,000 hospitals based on their performance across 30 medical and surgical services.
Inova Fairfax Hospital ranked 36th in obstetrics and gynocology; and VCU Medical Center ranked 42nd in cardiology, heart and vascular surgery; 33rd in orthopedics, and 19th in rehabilitation.
These Are The Top-Ranked Hospitals In Virginia: U.S. News Ranking:
- Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church
- VCU Medical Center, Richmond
- Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk
- Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke
- University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville
- Virginia Hospital Center, Arlington
- Mary Washington Hospital, Fredericksburg
- Winchester Medical Center, Winchester
- Henrico Doctors’ Hospitals, Richmond
- Sentara Leigh Hospital, Norfolk
- Chippenham and Johnston-Willis Hospitals, Richmond
- Inova Fair Oaks Hospital, Fairfax
- Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital, Virginia Beach
- Chesapeake Regional Medical Center, Chesapeake
- Centra Lynchburg General Hospital, Lynchburg
Inova Fairfax Hospital was also among the top 466 Best Regional Hospitals in the country, according to U.S. News.
For the first time this year, U.S. News also identified 98 hospitals across the country for their success in caring for patients from historically underserved communities. Here are the top five hospitals by specialty:
Cancer
- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City
- Mayo Clinic-Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
- Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center, Boston
- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, California
Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery
- Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Ohio
- NYU Langone Hospitals, New York City
- Mayo Clinic-Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
- Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell, New York City
Neurology & Neurosurgery
- NYU Langone Hospitals, New York City
- Mayo Clinic-Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
- UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell, New York City
- Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore, MD)
Orthopedics
- Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City
- Mayo Clinic-Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
- NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, New York City
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell, New York City
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
To calculate the 2024-2025 Best Hospitals for the Honor Roll, specialty and region, U.S. News evaluated each hospital’s performance using a variety of measures. Data came from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, American Hospital Association, professional organizations, and medical specialists. The Procedures & Conditions ratings are based entirely on objective patient care measures.
Virginia
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Virginia
Man wanted in North Carolina murder investigation arrested in Grayson County, Virginia
GRAYSON COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — A man wanted in a North Carolina murder investigation was arrested in Grayson County, Virginia, on Friday, authorities said.
53-year-old Matthew Jared Vukmer was taken into custody without incident around 5:30 p.m. in the Little River section of the county, according to the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies say that on Friday, around 2:30 p.m., a call came in from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office in North Carolina about a suspect wanted for first-degree murder who was possibly in the Little River area of Grayson County.
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Investigators say they immediately began preparing search warrants, and the sheriff’s office, along with the Virginia State Police, launched drones to survey and monitor the suspect’s activity.
Authorities said that after they determined the wanted individual, Vukmer, was at a location on Windwood Lane, deputies were sent to the address. Lt. Jody Poole and Deputy Adam Bolling then took Vukmer into custody without incident.
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Vukmer was charged with being a fugitive from justice and is being held at the New River Valley Regional Jail pending extradition to North Carolina to face murder charges, according to authorities.
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Flags at half-staff in Virginia to honor Rev. Jesse Jackson
ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — Flags are flying at half-staff in Virginia on Saturday in honor of the life of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
Governor Abigail Spanberger ordered that the flags be flown at half-staff on all state and local buildings and grounds in the Commonwealth in honor of Jackson. The civil rights leader died on Tuesday. He was 84.
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“We honor his decades of service as a minister, community leader, and international civil rights leader,” Spanberger wrote in the order.
The flags will remain at half-staff until sunset.
Jackson’s family confirmed he died at home, surrounded by family. He was battling the neurodegenerative disorder Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP).
He is survived by his wife, Jacqueline Lavinia Brown, and their five children: Santita Jackson, former Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.), Jonathan Luther Jackson, Yusef DuBois Jackson, Esq., and Jacqueline Lavinia Jackson, Jr.
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Jackson was known as a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and helped lead the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
Jackson was with King during his assassination at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis in 1968.
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