CAMC is home to a nationally recognized Heart and Vascular Center; the largest Cancer Center in Southern West Virginia; National Centers of Excellence in Robotic Surgery, Urology and Continence Care for Women; the first kidney transplant center in the state; Regional Neurosciences Center; West Virginia’s first freestanding Women and Children’s Hospital; highest level pediatric intensive care unit; the most critical NICU resources; the region's only Comprehensive Stroke Center; nationally-accredited Weight Loss Center; BCBS Blue Distinction Center for hip and knee replacement; and the highest level trauma center.
About CAMC and Vandalia Health System
Vandalia Health System is made up of Charleston Area Medical Center and Mon Health System.
Charleston Area Medical Center - established in 1972, CAMC is a nonprofit, 1,138-bed regional referral center made up of seven hospitals: CAMC General Hospital, CAMC Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, CAMC Memorial Hospital, CAMC Plateau Medical Center, CAMC Charleston Surgical Hospital, CAMC Teays Valley Hospital and CAMC Women and Children’s Hospital, as well as the CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine and the CAMC Foundation. More than 1,500 providers are members of the medical staff of CAMC, which is also West Virginia's premiere medical teaching facility, hosting, on any given day, more than 1,000 students in programs leading to degrees or certifications in health professions.
Mon Health System - the parent company of Mon Health Medical Center, Mon Health Preston Memorial Hospital, Mon Health Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital, and Mon Health Marion Neighborhood Hospital. It was formed in 1982 to aid in strategic planning and to manage all of its affiliated entities under a common philosophy.
The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine provides continuing medical education, outreach education and research support to physicians and allied medical professionals as well as patient and consumer health service projects in West Virginia and the region. CAMC is a regional campus for the WVU School of Medicine and West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine.
The Institute also operates a School of Nurse Anesthesia affiliated with Marshall University, as well as 23 graduate medical education residency/fellowship programs and an internship program sponsored by CAMC. The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine has 23 accredited programs. There are 19 ACGME accredited programs, two ASHP accredited pharmacy programs, one pharmacy program in Candidate Status and an APA accredited program.