system-wide are heart and vascular, cancer, behavioral health and neurosciences. The system’s 11-member board of directors includes: Marcus Albernaz, MD; Shirley Carraway, Ed.D; James Chesnutt; Carlester Crumpler; Ernest L. Evans; Jimmy Garris; Bob Greczyn; Phil Hodges; J. Bryant Kittrell, III; Bynum Satterwhite; Andy Tewari, MD. Michael Waldrum, MD, is chief executive officer of Vidant Health. Brian Floyd is president of Vidant Medical Center, the flagship hospital in the system, and chief operating officer of Vidant Health. David Hughes is chief financial officer. For more information, visit VidantHealth.com.
VIDANT MEDICAL CENTER Vidant’s hospital in Greenville is a private, not-for-profit 974-bed tertiary referral facility that is among the nation’s largest hospitals. It serves as the teaching hospital for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. It is governed by a 20-member board of trustees whose members include: Marcus Albernaz, MD; Shirley Carraway, Ed.D; James Chesnutt; Carlester Crumpler; Deborah W. Davis; Phillip Dixon Sr.; Mike Fitzpatrick; Bruce Gray; Bob Greczyn; Phil Hodges; Polly Johnson, RN, MSN, FAAN; J.Bryant Kittrell, III; Ronald L. Mitchelson, PhD; William Monk; Mary J. Raab, MD; Bynum Satterwhite; Mark A. Stacy, MD; Diane Taylor; Andy Tewari, MD; Michael R. Waldrum, MD. A few key services include: Vidant Cancer Care at the Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Tower is a 96-bed center that offers 60 infusion areas with a view of outdoor healing gardens and 58 different clinics centered on patient care. An image renewal center provides access to wigs, prosthetics and compression sleeves and garments. A resource center offers additional services to patients and families, including psychotherapy, support groups and complementary therapies.
HEALTH CARE VIDANT HEALTH Based in Greenville, North Carolina, Vidant Health is a mission-driven, 1,708-bed health system that annually serves a region of more than 1.4 million people in 29 eastern North Carolina counties. The not-for-profit system is made up of more than 13,000 team members, nine hospitals, home health, hospice, wellness centers and Vidant Medical Group, a multi-specialty physician and provider group with more than 500 providers in more than 100 practice sites in eastern North Carolina. Vidant is the only Level 1 trauma center east of Raleigh and serves as the teaching hospital for The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, which is a premier academic health care institution. As a major resource for health services and education, Vidant’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of eastern North Carolina. For more information, visit www.VidantHealth.com. In fiscal year 2020, Vidant Health provided care to more than 67,000 inpatients and had more than 2 million encounters with patients on an emergency, outpatient and ambulatory basis, performed over 45,000 surgeries and delivered over 6.500 babies. Key service lines
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The East Carolina Heart Institute is a partnership of Vidant Medical Center, ECU and cardiovascular experts in private practice, academic medicine and research. Teams of specialists have earned international acclaim for advances in minimally invasive robotic-assisted surgery using the da Vinci surgical system. The institute is housed in a six-story facility with 120 cardiovascular beds. Rehabilitation Center offers 75 inpatient beds and offers the full continuum of rehabilitation services, including state-of-the-art aquatic therapy, vocational evaluation, speech and audiology services in addition to physical, recreation and occupational therapy. The rehab team focuses on brain injury, spinal cord injury, pediatric rehabilitation, stroke, neurological disorders and musculoskeletal disorders. Behavioral Health offers a 52-bed psychiatric unit and cares for mental illness and related disorders. The James and Connie Maynard Children’s Hospital is a 198-bed facility which provides dedicated space to meet the medical needs of the smallest patients and their families — from newly designed patient rooms to pediatric equipment and specially trained staff. It
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