Sentara Health System

Sentara Health System is a not-for-profit health care organization whose mission is to provide innovative services to treat illness and disease and to promote the improvement of personal health. Sentara Healthcare is one of the most progressive and integrated health care organizations in the nation, providing services to more than two million Hampton Roads residents.

Sentara operates more than 87 care giving sites, including 7 acute care hospitals with a total of 1,722 beds, 3 outpatient care campuses, 7 nursing centers, 3 assisted living centers, and over 292 primary care and multi-specialty physicians. Sentara also offers a full range of award-winning health coverage plans, home health and hospice services, physical therapy and rehabilitation services, including Nightingale - the region’s only air ambulance service.

Sentara History
Unofficially, Sentara dates itself back to 1888 with the founding of the 25 bed Retreat for the Sick. The hospital was moved in 1896 and its capacity expanded to 100 beds, just a short two years later, the Retreat for the Sick was renamed Norfolk Protestant Hospital. In 1904 a new facility was built and then renamed to reflect a non-sectarian mission in 1936 to Norfolk General Hospital. Officially, Sentara dates back to 1972 and the merger of two Norfolk, VA hospitals, Norfolk General Hospital and Leigh Hospital. It was through this merger that the Sentara family of hospitals was formed and would eventually become linked and integrated.

Pioneers in Healthcare
Sentara has led the way in many advances in the medical field over its long history. Sentara was the first in the region to offer many advanced procedures such as electrophysiology, angioplasty, laser surgery, stents, and several others. Sentara was also the first in the region to use the da Vinci Surgical System and launched the first eICU in the country. Striving to improve the wellness of the community, Sentara continues to participate in national and international research trials as a means to increase the medical options available to patients well into the future.

Optima Health
In 1984 Sentara began offering the region's first managed-care plan, Optima Health Plan. Currently Optima boasts a network of more than 400,000 physicians and international health coverage. Optima's Family Care program is nationally ranked among the top 25 Medicaid managed care programs by US News & World Report.

Nightingale
Sentara's Nightingale, named for Florence Nightingale, is the Southeastern Virginia's only air ambulance and the only privately funded air ambulance in the state of Virginia. The Nightingale program was begun in late-February 1982 as one of the first air medical programs in the country serving an area within a 125 mile radius.

List of Sentara Hospitals

 * Sentara Bayside Hospital (Virginia Beach, VA)
 * Sentara Careplex Hospital (Hampton, VA)
 * Sentara Heart Hospital (Norfolk, VA)
 * Sentara Leigh Hospital (Norfolk, VA)
 * Sentara Norfolk General Hospital (Norfolk, VA)
 * Sentara Obici Hospital (Suffolk, VA)
 * Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital (Virginia Beach, VA)
 * Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center (Williamsburg, VA)

List of Sentara Outpatient Care Facilities (Excluding Hospitals)

 * Greenbrier Healthplex (Chesapeake, VA)
 * Geddy Outpatient Care Center (Williamsburg, VA)
 * Sentara Port Warwick (Newport News)
 * Sentara Obici Outpatient Center
 * Sentara Princess Anne Health Campus (Virginia Beach)
 * Sentara BelleHarbour (Suffolk) - coming Spring 2008
 * Sentara Gloucester Medical Arts (Gloucester) - coming February 2008

List of Sentara Rehabilitation Centers (Excluding Hospitals)
Peninsula
 * CarePlex Therapy Center
 * Fitness and Therapy Works, Sentara Hampton Health & Fitness Center
 * Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center Outpatient Rehabilitation Services

Obici Rehabilitative Services


 * Sentara Obici Rehab Services
 * Smithfield Physical Therapy
 * Sentara Obici Therapy Center
 * Sentara Obici Wakefield Physical Therapy Center
 * Sentara/Obici Hand Center and Lymphedema Services

Southside


 * Battlefield Therapy Center
 * Bayside Therapy Center
 * Day Rehabilitation, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
 * ExploreHealth with Sentara Center
 * Great Bridge Therapy Center
 * Hand Therapy Center
 * Hilltop Therapy Center
 * Indian River Therapy Center
 * Leigh Therapy Center, Sentara Leigh Hospital
 * Portsmouth Therapy Center
 * Sentara Princess Anne Therapy Center
 * The Therapy Center
 * Work Rehabilitation Center

North Carolina


 * Sentara Currituck Outpatient Therapy Center

List of Sentara Schools

 * Sentara School of Health Professions
 * Sentara School of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)
 * Suffolk Public Schools/Sentara Obici Hospital School of Practical Nursing

Other Information

 * CEO David L. Bernd
 * President and COO Howard Kern

Other Eastern Virginia Health Systems
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