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Newsletter Jul 09, 2024
Centra Cares: Inga Wilkerson

A Heart for Caring and a Passion for Pets Inga Wilkerson is someone who puts the “care” in Caregiver.

Podcast Jul 08, 2024
Healthy over Skinny, pt. 2

Continue the conversation from our first Healthy over Skinny podcast! Watch Healthy over Skinny, pt. 1 now! Watch on YouTube

Healthy over Skinny, Pt. 2
Podcast Jul 01, 2024
Virginia Baptist Hospital's Centennial Celebration

In 1924, Centra Virginia Baptist Hospital opened its doors in Lynchburg, Virginia, becoming the state's first Baptist hospital.

VBH 100
Podcast Jun 26, 2024
Healthy Over Skinny, & so much more pt. 1

For years, cultural narratives have equated beauty and health with a thin, toned body, suggesting that being skinny is synonymous with being healthy.

Healthy over Skinny
Newsletter Jun 24, 2024
VBH 100, Full Circle Moment

Cindy Tweedy knew at an early age that she wanted to be a nurse, but at the age of 16, her uncle who was a dentist convinced her to pursue becoming a…

Cindy and Justin Tweedy
Centra In The News Jun 21, 2024
The Luth sisters put the family in family practice

Meet the Luth sisters! Dr. Janice Luth, Dr. Virginia Blanks and Dr.

Luth sisters site
Centra In The News Jun 21, 2024
What dying teaches us about living, with Danny Givens

Local business owner and active community member, Danny Givens shares why he has chosen to invest his time at Centra Hospice as a death doula.

Danny Givens & so much more
Podcast Jun 21, 2024
Neuro-interventional Radiology with Dr. Mary Lee Jensen

For years if you had a neurological disease or episode, a neurosurgeon would drill into the skull to work directly in the brain to treat and or locate…

Dr. Mary Lee Jensen
Press release Jun 18, 2024
Centra's Heart & Vascular Institute Leads Virginia with First Integra D Implantation

LYNCHBURG, V.A., June 18, 2024–Centra’s Heart & Vascular Institute (HVI) has successfully implanted the first patient in Virginia with the innovative…