Centra News

A Q and A with new board member and retired cardiothoracic surgeon David Frantz, MD 

Four new members were elected to the Centra Foundation Board of Directors in January – David Frantz, MD, George Zippel, Verna Sellers, MD, and William Van Dyke Jr., MD.

Kaitlyn Marks is grateful for her time in the Virginia Henderson Scholars Program, a partnership between the Centra Virginia Henderson Institute of Clinical Excellence and local academic partne

I am a first-generation physician and from a young age, I always knew that when I grew up, I wanted to be a medical doctor.

I’m humbled to have represented Centra’s Nutrition Services for over a year while overseeing dieticians at Virginia Baptist Hospital (VBH), Bedford Memorial Hospital (BHM), Southside Community Hosp

daVinci Xi Robotic Surgery System

When we think about a patient receiving any type of specialty care, it’s easy to only think about the doctor providing care.

Centra recently launched its tri-annual Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) on February 1, 2024, to identify the strengths and resources available to meet the needs of children, youth and fami

Centra Lynchburg General Hospital, recognized as a Level II trauma center, engaged in the National Pediatric Readiness Project (NPRP) Assessment, achieving an impressive score of 92 out of 100 in 2

Centra was recently awarded a $20,000 grant from the Claude Moore Charitable Foundation that will be used to bolster the expansion of healthcare career camps in the Farmville area.