# West Virginia University Health System

The West Virginia University Health System, commonly branded as WVUMedicine, is a nonprofit health enterprise affiliated with West Virginia University. It provides services throughout West Virginia and portions of the surrounding states of Maryland, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, in the United States.

## Hospitals

The system has a number of hospitals throughout its service territory:
* Camden Clark Medical Center in Parkersburg, West Virginia
* Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia
* Barnesville Hospital in Barnesville, Ohio
* Braxton County Memorial Hospital in Gassaway, West Virginia
* Fairmont Medical Center in Fairmont, West Virginia
* Garrett Regional Medical Center in Oakland, Maryland
* Grant Memorial Hospital in Petersburg, West Virginia
* Harrison Community Hospital in Cadiz, Ohio
* Jackson General Hospital in Ripley, West Virginia
* Jefferson Medical Center in Ranson, West Virginia
* J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia
* Potomac Valley Hospital in Keyser, West Virginia
* Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, West Virginia
* Reynolds Memorial Hospital in Glen Dale, West Virginia
* Saint Francis Hospital in Charleston, West Virginia
* St. Joseph’s Hospital in Buckhannon, West Virginia
* Summersville Regional Medical Center in Summersville, West Virginia
* Thomas Memorial Hospital in Charleston, West Virginia
* Uniontown Hospital in Uniontown, Pennsylvania
* United Hospital Center in Bridgeport, West Virginia
* United Summit Center in Clarksburg, West Virginia
* Wetzel County Hospital in New Martinsville, West Virginia
* Weirton Medical Center in Weirton, West Virginia
* Wheeling Hospital in Wheeling, West Virginia
* WVU Medicine Children’s, co-located on the J.W. Ruby hospital campus
The WVU Health System also includes five institutes:
* WVU Cancer Institute
* WVU Critical Care and Trauma Institute
* WVU Eye Institute
* WVU Heart and Vascular Institute
* WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
The health system has more than 21,720 employees and 1,843 beds.

## Faculty practice

As of July 1, 2021, the faculty practice and WVU School of Medicine has:
* 589 residents and fellows
* 50 ACGME-accredited residencies and fellowships
* 3 CAST]-accredited fellowships
* 14 special (non-ACGME) accredited fellowships
This excludes the hospital dentistry programs and PhD programs.
The faculty practice also operates several clinics across West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

## General background

United Hospital Center is the result of a merger between St. Mary’s and Union Protestant hospitals in 1970.
In 1960, West Virginia University opened a tertiary care teaching hospital as a component of the medical center of the university. In 1984, the West Virginia Legislature authorized separation of the hospital operations from the university and the establishment of a separate corporate entity. West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. was incorporated as a non-stock, not-for-profit corporation and, by an agreement of transfer and lease dated July 1, 1984, assumed the operation of and responsibility for the hospital. The existing, 690-bed hospital serves as a major statewide and regional health care referral center, and provides the principal clinical education and research site for West Virginia University.
The hospital's original facility, constructed in 1960, is now the WVU Health Sciences Building and serves as the central academic teaching facility for WVU. Ownership of this facility resides with the State of West Virginia. In 1986, West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. began construction of its current facility, J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital, a 10-story, 500,000-square-foot (46,000 m$^2$) facility that began operating in 1988. The J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital is a tertiary care referral center and serves as the principal clinical education and research site for the WVU School of Medicine. As part of its 690-bed complement and within its existing contiguous facility, the Hospital operates a 119-bed Children's Hospital. However, in November 2017, the leadership of WVU Medicine announced plans to build a 10-story, 150-bed Children's Hospital on the main medical campus in Morgantown.
The broader health system, now known as the West Virginia University Health System, formed in 1996 with J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital and United Hospital Center as the original two hospital members. Since then, the health system has grown mostly through acquisitions or clinical affiliation agreements. West Virginia University Health System, which operates under the brand "WVU Medicine", has since become West Virginia's largest employer and healthcare provider. Collectively, WVU Medicine operates in all but 14 of West Virginia's 55 counties, and has clinics in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Ohio.