Facilities
West Virginia University Hospitals includes Ruby
Memorial Hospital, WVU Children's Hospital, Chestnut Ridge Hospital, and the Jon Michael Moore Trauma Center. In 2001 WVU
Hospitals provided services to 75,000 patients.
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is a 380-bed hospital equipped with state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment facilities, including Positron-Emission
Tomography (PET) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) centers. It is the tertiary care teaching hospital of the HSC.
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encompass the sixth floor of Ruby Memorial Hospital. Dedicated to the comprehensive care of women and children, the WVU
Children's Hospital offers facilities for general pediatric care, pediatric intensive care, adolescent care, neonatal
intensive care, neonatal transport, maternal and infant care. Close to 1,400 babies are delivered each year.
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are staffed by the WVU School of Medicine Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry. Treatment of psychiatric
illness and addiction for adults and adolescents is provided through inpatient, partial hospitalization, and outpatient
programs.
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is West Virginia's only nationally certified Level 1 trauma center. Its radio center, Medical Command (MedCom), dispatches
area ambulances and the HealthNet helicopter stationed at Ruby Memorial Hospital. Emergency physicians provide direction to
those at the scene for treatment of patients prior to and during transport.
provides high-quality cancer care, as well as extensive programs of research and education. It has sophisticated technology
for diagnosis and treatment, and modern laboratories for research into the causes, prevention, and treatment of cancer.
houses treatment, research, and teaching facilities for WVU's ophthalmology services, including the most advanced laser eye
surgery equipment, vision testing and other diagnostic services, laboratories, and offices.
houses the largest multi-specialty group practice in West Virginia with access to a medical staff of more than 240 West
Virginia University faculty physicians in 60 different primary and specialty services. There are over 200,000 patient visits
each year. It is a medical office building in which physicians are grouped by specialty into separate group practice suites.
The facility connects on the third and fourth floors to Ruby Memorial Hospital for easy access by patients needing hospital
services.
provides specialized on-site housing for adult patients and families, eliminating the burden of housing and travel expenses.
Family House is located next to the hospital and connects with the kitchen and recreation areas. There are 21 hotel-type rooms
and five apartments in the four-story, 20,964 square-foot structure, attached to Ruby Memorial Hospital. It also has laundry
facilities, common rooms, and kitchens.
of Morgantown provides a home away from home for families of critically ill children being treated at WVU Children's Hospital,
Chestnut Ridge Hospital, Monongalia General Hospital, or HealthSouth Mountainview Regional Rehabilitation Hospital. The house
is located across from WVU Hospitals. It is owned and operated by Our Mountain Home, an independent, non-profit volunteer
organization.
Affiliated Facilities and Institutes
has 60 beds devoted to the rehabilitation of people with physical disabilities. Specialty programs in spinal cord injury
attract patients from throughout West Virginia, as well as from Pennsylvania and Maryland. The facility is a joint effort of
HealthSouth, WVU Hospitals, and Monongalia Health System.
is a 30,000-square-foot, freestanding outpatient physical and occupational therapy center, located just off campus. It has a
full range of exercise equipment, a gym and enclosed walking/running track, a therapy pool, classrooms, and treatment rooms.
Opened in 2000, it is a joint effort of HealthWorks, WVU Hospitals, and Monongalia Health System.
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NIOSH) is a 10,000-square-foot, four-story building that houses the Appalachian Laboratory for Occupational
Safety and Health. A new building, which includes 200,000 square feet of laboratory and office space for occupational medicine
research, was completed in 1997.
is developing a world-class basic science and clinical research program for the purpose of preventing, diagnosing, treating,
and curing neurological, psychiatric, and other disorders affecting the human brain. The Institute has special emphases on
Alzheimer’s disease and state-of-the-art principles of molecular and cellular neurobiology.