The Clinical Trials Research Unit

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.

  • Ruby Memorial Hospital

    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.
  • WVU Children's Hospital

    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.
  • Chestnut Ridge Hospital and Chestnut Ridge Day Hospital

    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.
  • The Jon Michael Moore Trauma Center

    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.

 

Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center

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.

 

The WVU Eye Institute

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.

 

The Physician Office Center

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.

 

The Rosenbaum Family House

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.

 

Ronald McDonald House

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 

HealthSouth Mountainview Regional Rehabilitation Center

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.

 

HealthWorks Rehab and Fitness

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.

 

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

(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.

 

The Blanchette Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute

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.