VCU Medical Center is an 820-bed academic medical facility and the public medical campus of Virginia Commonwealth University, formerly known as the Medical College of Virginia. The medical center traces its legacy of health care back more than 175 years and serves as the only academic medical center in the region. VCU Medical Center is the only comprehensive level 1 trauma center in the region verified in adult, pediatric and burn trauma care, and is one of only two National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the state of Virginia. The medical center is also home to the region’s only full-service children’s hospital and is staffed by more than 800 physicians across 200 specialties. VCU Medical Center has been recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Magnet-designated hospital, considered the most prestigious honor for nursing. U.S. News & World Report named VCU Medical Center the No. 1 hospital in Virginia and the best hospital in the metro Richmond area for the 16th consecutive year, recognizing its cardiology and orthopaedics programs among the nation’s best. The system is currently tackling new facility expansion plans.
