Tag: Inova
Farewell, Landmark Mall
The demolition of Landmark Mall is finally underway. The old mall will be replaced by an Inova hospital and a mixed-use development. The Alexandria City Council approved the project in July 2021 after 15 years of development proposals that went nowhere. The new 565,500-square-foot, 231-bed hospital will replace the Inova Alexandria Hospital on Seminary Road. … Continued
New details emerge on hospital at Landmark
Inova Health System has provided more information on the future hospital at the former Landmark Mall, the Washington Business Journal reports. The new hospital will take up the western portion of the redevelopment project, which is now called West End Alexandria. The rest of the site will consist of housing, retail, parks, and a transit … Continued
Inova forms partnership with DispatchHealth to bring healthcare to patients’ homes
Medical house calls are coming back to Northern Virginia residents. Inova has formed a partnership with DispatchHealth, which sends healthcare providers to patients’ homes for urgent illnesses and injuries that aren’t severe enough for an emergency room visit.
Alexandria City Council approves Landmark project
The new Alexandria Hospital would be at the western end of the Landmark site. The Alexandria City Council on July 6 unanimously approved the redevelopment agreements for a new hospital and mixed-use development on the site of the former Landmark Mall. The site agreements will result in approximately 4 million square feet of new development, … Continued
Landmark redevelopment will include transportation fixes
An illustration of the Landmark redevelopment project. [Foulger-Pratt] Representatives of developer Foulger-Pratt and Inova Health System filled in some details on what they’re planning for the Landmark Mall site at a May 13 community meeting. While various discussion about redeveloping the old mall have been going on for years, “now it’s different, because of Inova’s … Continued
UVA medical campus opens at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
The Claude Moore Health Education and Research Center. A new branch of the University of Virginia medical school at the Inova Fairfax Medical Campus opened March 8 with 36 third-year students, the Washington Business Journal reports. Inova Health System and UVA have been planning the UVA Inova Campus for the past five years.
Inova cancels COVID vaccination appointments
Many people lucky enough to get an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccination in Fairfax County –including teachers who registered with Inova – are disappointed to find their appointments have been canceled. That’s because Fairfax County is getting fewer doses than anticipated. On Jan. 25, Inova announced it’s canceling all first-dose appointments “for the foreseeable future” due to the … Continued
More details emerge on Landmark Mall redevelopment
The concept for redeveloping Landmark Mall. Representatives of Inova, the City of Alexandria, and the Foulger-Pratt development company presented more details on the plans to create an urban village/medical complex at Landmark Mall at a community meeting Jan. 4. The plan calls for tearing down the mall and developing the 52-acre property with a new … Continued
Inova to relocate Alexandria Hospital to Landmark Mall site
The new plan for Landmark Mall. The City of Alexandria, Inova Health System, and three development companies announced an initial agreement Dec. 22 to build a new hospital campus and mixed-used urban village on the site of the former Landmark Mall. Inova would invest $1 billion in the medical campus, which would be anchored by … Continued
Inova Fairfax Hospital begins COVID vaccinations for staff
Nurse Meg Sourbeer gets the first COVID vaccine at Inova Fairfax Hospital. [WJLA] Inova Fairfax Hospital received its first doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer Dec. 15 and immediately began training nurses and pharmacists who volunteered to inoculate their coworkers, WJLA/ABC7 News reports. Meg Sourbeer, a neonatal intensive care nurse and 40-year veteran at Fairfax … Continued
Inova to open a new cancer screening center
The Schar Cancer Institute on the Inova campus on Gallows Road just north of Annandale. Inova Health System and its Inova Schar Cancer Institute announced plans to open a new cancer screening and prevention center on the campus of the Inova Center for Personalized Health in fall 2021. The new 24,000-square-foot center will provide life-saving services for these types of cancers: … Continued
Annandale Treasure Trove closes permanently
The Treasure Trove consignment shop in the Annandale Shopping Center on Columbia Pike has closed permanently, Inova announced Nov. 4. The challenge of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to the temporary closing of the three Treasure Trove stores run by Inova, meant “our charitable dollars, supported by your generous purchases, donations, and consignments, … Continued
Lincolnia teen raises $8,000 for first responders
Mealy Cronin [WUSA9] Local teen Mealy Cronin raised $8,000 on GoFundMe to support first responders and essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic. She is using the funds to provide hundreds of meals to Fairfax County and Arlington police stations and to six Inova hospitals. She organized a delivery from District Taco at the Skyline Center … Continued
Most COVID patients at Inova have recovered
Inova staff have enough PPE to serve COVID patients. [Inova] Inova Health System has treated more than 1,000 COVID-19 patients in the last two months, and nearly 700 of them have been discharged, reports Inova president and CEO Dr. J. Stephen Jones. Many more people recovered from COVID at home without needing hospital care. Jones … Continued
First responders salute healthcare workers treating COVID patients at Fairfax Hospital
Fairfax County police officers and firefighters took part in a Siren Salute to Healthcare Heroes event at Inova Fairfax Hospital April 29. Dozens of physicians and nurses stood along Gallows Road, as police cruisers and firetrucks drove by with lights flashing and sirens blaring in honor of the healthcare workers on the frontlines of the … Continued