With a special emphasis on preventive medicine, the Kidney Center helps patients prevent or delay kidney failure and live healthier, more satisfying lives. The Charles O. Strickler Transplant Center was created to coordinate services for transplant patients because care for an individual patient often cuts across departmental boundaries. Service center staff members work closely with physicians, nursing services, pharmacology staff, laboratory services, the blood bank, the organ procurement team, the respiratory care division, and operating room and recovery room services in order to facilitate all aspects of a transplant procedure. The Center coordinates liver, kidney, and pancreas transplants and provides support services for heart and lung transplants. Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospitals, the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salem, Western State Hospital, and Fairfax Hospital.
Students also have the opportunity to gain experience with primary care providers at outlying sites.
With 677 beds, Roanoke Memorial Hospital provides an excellent clinical base for third-year clerkships in internal medicine, surgery, and psychiatry. Western State Hospital Western State Hospital is a state psychiatric institute in Staunton, Virginia staffed by University of Virginia attendings and residents. This facility takes care of both chronic and acute patients from throughout the state. Fairfax Hospital Fairfax is approximately 100 miles northeast of Charlottes-ville. The population of Fairfax County is approximately 600,000.