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‘A PROFOUNDLY RACIST INSTITUTION’ Virginia repeals the death penalty after more than four centuries, highlighting the practice’s history of racial disparity

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says the risk of executing an innocent person through his work as a prosecutor in Hampton has kept him awake at night.

According to the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC), 185 former death-row prisoners in the U.S. have been exonerated of all charges since 1973.

“First and foremost, this is a profoundly racist institution, and you cannot extricate the death penalty from racism,” Mullin says.

Virginia’s record of executions reveals a history of racial disparity. According to DPIC, state laws in the 1800s codified capital crimes by race so that Black Virginians could receive a death sentence for a much broader range of crimes than white defendants. Virginia executed 73 Black men for rape, attempted rape or robbery from 1900 to 1969, a period in which no white men were executed for those same crimes.

LaKeisha Cook, criminal justice reform organizer for the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, says Virginia’s racially uneven history with executions can be directly linked to slavery and lynchings during the Jim Crow era. Cook coalesced the support of hundreds of Virginia churches to advocate for death penalty abolition, including broad support from the Black faith community. Cook and others hope to see the end of the death penalty spur further moves toward a more equitable criminal justice system.

“When our faith leaders understood that direct connection and were armed with the statistics of how many African Americans have been disproportionately impacted by capital punishment … they [agreed to] join voices with everyone else in saying that it’s time for abolition,” Cook says. —Rodrigo Arriaza

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or Rachel Sutphin, the execution of her father’s killer didn’t bring a sense of solace or retribution.

Instead, it only reminded her of past trauma and uncovered what she now sees as an immoral institution.

“The death penalty itself has never felt comfortable for me because it’s the state killing someone as punishment for killing someone, in hopes of preventing more killings later,” Sutphin says. “Instead of there being any justice and redemption, there’s just more death.”

Her father, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputy Cpl. Eric Sutphin, was one of two men who were killed in 2006

by William Morva during an attempted escape from state custody. After learning that Morva suffered from severe mental illness, Sutphin began advocating publicly for ending the death penalty when former Gov. Terry McAuliffe denied his petition for clemency in 2017.

With advocates like Sutphin in mind, the Virginia General Assembly approved legislation to end capital punishment in the commonwealth, with Gov. Ralph Northam signing the bill into law on March 24, more than four centuries after the first execution in American history took place at Jamestown. Virginia is now the 23rd state to ban the practice.

More than 1,400 Virginians have been executed since 1608, more than in any other state. However, there hasn’t been a new death sentence in Virginia since 2011, and Morva was the last person to be executed here, in 2017.

Del. Mike Mullin (D-Newport News), who introduced one of two bills seeking to end the practice,

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EDUCATION

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through a GoFundMe campaign, and a hen Guadalupe Ramírez-Blevins $25,000 goal was announced via AlterNatives’ came to the U.S. in Facebook page on Jan. 12. As of March, the 1994 from Guatemacampaign had already raised nearly $16,000, la, she sold weavings and Ramírez-Blevins has started the buying from her native country at a booth on Cary process. “Richmond has embraced me and Street, located almost in front of AlterNataken me as part of this community,” she says. tives Boutique, the store she opened at 3320 AlterNatives sells clothing, jewelry, accesW. Cary St. in 1999. sories and home decor made by local and “It was some kind of attraction to this international artisans as part of a fair trade place,” she says. “It was just mystical.” and direct market formed by the Highland More than 25 years later, RamírezSupport Project, a nonprofit she founded Blevins is planning to buy the building to empower indigenous communities. The that houses her store, partly with donations store was closed from April to May last year raised through a GoFundMe campaign. due to an outbreak of COVID-19. Because of Ramírez-Blevins had wanted to buy the lost income, Ramírez-Blevins was worthe building for years but had always been ried she wouldn’t be approved by the bank told it was not for sale. Early this year, she to buy the building, but the donations have received a call telling her that the owner had given them a fighting chance. decided to put the building on the market for “I feel really appreciative,” she says. “I’m $400,000. “I was really happy but feeling all the love and support With the help of a at the same time sad because we from the Richmond area and GoFundMe campaign, Guadalupe Ramírezfriends from different places don’t know exactly if we can come Blevins is working to with money right away,” she says. that know us, and they know the buy the building that has housed her Carytown Store manager Tiffany Refazo vision behind the store.” shop, AlterNatives, suggested the store raise money —Jackie Llanos since 1999.

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BUILDING ENTREPRENEURS VCU’S DA VINCI CENTER LAUNCHES TWO NEW INITIATIVES Virginia Commonwealth University has launched two new initiatives through its da Vinci Center for Innovation: the Entrepreneurship Academy and the Student Storefront.

The projects are a collaboration between the da Vinci Center and two business-focused organizations in Richmond: Activation Capital, which supports innovative entrepreneurs and their startup ventures, and the Jackson Ward Collective (JWC), a new hub for Black business owners.

The Academy will bring together 150 first-generation college students and low-income students with 50 local entrepreneurs identified by JWC and Activation Capital. “We think it’s important to collaborate within the ecosystem,” says JWC co-founder Melody Short.

Students will complete learning modules in four areas of 21st-century entrepreneurship, with topics ranging from design thinking to digital literacy and business communications. Traditional academic instruction will be combined with mentoring and networking opportunities, says Garret Westlake, executive director of the da Vinci Center.

The academy welcomed its inaugural class virtually in January but hopes to move to face-to-face instruction and events when it is safe to do so, Westlake says.

The Entrepreneurship Academy will be coupled with the introduction of VCU’s new Student Storefront, where academy participants can sell products directly to the public. The storefront has a tentative opening date of April 30. The storefront’s offerings will be “as broad as the imagination of students,” says Westlake, who likened the Broad Street storefront to a “brick-and-mortar Kickstarter.” —Nikhil Mehta

FROM LEFT: JAY PAUL; COURTESY DA VINCI CENTER FOR INNOVATION

AlterNatives will purchase the Carytown building it has called home for more than two decades

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LOCAL

Q&A

A DIFFERENT APPROACH Kelly King Horne, executive director of Homeward, on helping the homeless during a pandemic

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Richmond magazine: What has been the biggest challenge for Homeward during the pandemic?

Kelly King Horne: We are not a long-term

shelter operator, but for health and safety reasons, there was an immediate need to offer safe indoor accommodations for people who needed shelter. Within three days of the pandemic hitting, we had set up a shelter response center. And I have even more respect for the people who do that work every day.

We were able to do this quickly because of relationships with partners that we had built over the years, and [we] have had to manage through the unknown with a population that was vulnerable before the pandemic hit. The most difficult part was that while many busi-

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Kelly King Horne, executive director of Homeward, the planning and coordinating organization for homeless services in the greater Richmond region

nesses and organizations shut down, we continued to provide services. We kept working.

We quickly found a partner to help us operate the pandemic response shelter, and though it has been very difficult every single day, we’ve known it was worth it every single day.

We have helped 1,500 people since the start of the pandemic.

RM: How has Homeward adapted to the changing needs and challenges of the people you serve?

Horne: The pandemic stripped away the

veneer that housing was being resolved in this country, pushing the issue to the forefront.

Housing and homelessness are symptoms of racial inequity, and now so many people realize how close they are to homelessness themselves with the tightening of the rental market and lack of affordable housing.

RM: How do you deal with criticism of Homeward?

Horne: We focused on our core work of finding

shelter for people. But we also listened to the criticism, especially surrounding racial equity issues, focusing on what we could learn. And we focused on education and communication — how we could best reach people in crisis to make sure they have accurate information about how we may be able to help them.

RM: With the pandemic continuing, what are

your goals for Homeward in the coming year?

Horne: First, we will be watching the Ameri-

can Rescue bill. Those federal resources will make a big difference in continuing to [help] people who are homeless. We want to be as strong as we can to provide those supports. We don’t approach these problems alone. Also, we are listening to the people who are in the shelters and working with other agencies to make sure we identify the needs, opportunities and additional resources that are needed.

RM: Have you ever felt overwhelmed with hopelessness about the issue of homelessness?

Horne: Every day, people are moving on to the

next step that works for them. Every day, there are terrible things that happen — someone becomes homeless or experiences a health crisis. The question is, where do you put your energy? We put our efforts toward where we can make a difference. If it gets heavy, there is always someone ready to help to carry the load.

RM: In a perfect world, what would Homeward be able to do?

Horne: We would be able to continue to enable partners to do their best work, and we would help to increase the stock of affordable housing for people with extremely low incomes. —Holly Rodriguez

MONICA ESCAMILLA

elly King Horne sees herself as a problem solver who loves to work with people to make a difference. Serving as executive director for Homeward, the planning and coordinating organization for homeless services in the greater Richmond region, since 2007, Horne began her career of service with the Peace Corps, then worked for Habitat for Humanity in Eastern Europe and Northern Ireland. When she returned to the U.S., Horne says, she saw the problems of our country with new eyes.

“I felt we didn’t have to do things the way we always have,” she says. “Homeward has always looked at things from that perspective — how to do things differently, and that was the attraction from the beginning.”

In 2020, with the onset of the pandemic, Homeward had to quickly find a new way to deliver services as demand increased and traditional shelter programs needed to be retooled to comply with public health guidelines. We talked to Horne about the difficulties of the past year and the future goals of Homeward.

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COURTESY THE VALENTINE

The Kellam Cancer Hospital advertised in a variety of publications locally and in surrounding states. This ad is from the 1904 Richmond City Directory.

case must be refused as incurable.”

In a description of the hospital, the Times-Dispatch said, “The Kellam Cancer Hospital offers quiet and sunlight to the occupants of the institution. Immaculate halls, up-to-date furnishings, attractively-arranged rooms, it is almost a rest resort in all outward appearances.” The first floor treated older patients; women stayed on the second floor and men on the third.

Patients could rent an apartment “during their sojourn,” with a private bath and a sitting room fitted with white wicker furniture. Downstairs lounges were stocked with books, magazines and games.

“Everywhere the system of modern improvements dominates,” the article gushed, reading like an advertisement.

“The instruments and equipment for the dressing rooms are of the best, the medical fixtures are above reproach.”

On Aug. 3, 1907, the social reformist Collier’s Weekly published another entry in an ongoing examination by Samuel Hopkins Adams of the national patent medicine craze and widespread medical malpractice. His earlier work had led to the passage of the U.S. Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906.

“Grief is the portion of the Kellam Cancer Hospital of Richmond, Virginia,” Adams declared. “It offers the invariable and hollow mockery of testimonials and endorsement, which, as has been repeatedly shown, can be wheedled, browbeaten or bribed out of the victims of any form of quackery.”

In the Aug. 29 issue of the Baptist and Reflector news journal of Nashville, Tennessee, the publisher made a strenuous argument against Adams, touting the curing of Kellam patients using “a treatment of soothing oils and antiseptic bandaging. I have seen the work going on in the hospital, have talked with the patients under treatment, and can positively state that Mr. Adams is guilty of a shameful slander in speaking of that institution as a fake or a fraud.”

The Nashville writer asserted that professional jealousies by physicians led them to urge the Virginia General Assembly to end the Kellam practice: “The legislature saved the institution and on the ground that it was doing too much good to close it up.”

Fred Kellam died at his residence of heart failure at age 78 on May 4, 1929; Eunice followed him at 76 on April 13, 1930, though she was at their hospital (heart disease and senility).

The senior Kellam’s demise, and perhaps the Depression, ended the hospital.

Harry Kellam attempted to open the Restmore Convalescent Home in the building, but that didn’t last, either. He moved around, to Rose Hill in Southwest Virginia, to family in Kentucky and later West Virginia, where at age 81, he died after a fall, on March 14, 1960. He outlived his brothers, all of whom ended their days in Richmond.

The Kellam building at one point became the Richmond Transient Service Bureau. This corner of West Main was later taken up by garages for Pepsi-Cola and today is primarily occupied by the Try-me Gallery. R

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Keira D’Amato makes running fast look easy.

At the Texas Qualifier in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 27, D’Amato immediately pulled out in front of the elite group of 15 runners in the women’s 10K Olympic Qualifier race, seemingly unfazed by the humid and windy conditions that had led more than half of the men’s 10K field to drop out of their race just before the women’s event. D’Amato ran alongside 24-year-old Konstanze Klosterhalfen of Germany for more than half the race until Klosterhalfen pulled away, eventually setting a new German national record of 31:01.71.

Even though D’Amato placed second at 32:16.82, she qualified for the U.S. Olympic team trials in June in Eugene, Oregon.

She still needs to reach the qualifying standard time of 31:25 for the women’s 10K to make an Olympic squad, but she’s one step closer to a goal that began two decades ago.

“I was hoping for a better finish, but I’ll get ‘em next time,” D’Amato says.

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of their sponsored athletes — is known in the running community as much for what she’s done as for what she didn’t do: run competitively for 10 years.

As a track standout at Oakton High School in Fairfax County, and then at American University, D’Amato knew she wanted to compete in the Olympics.

While most races were canceled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, D’Amato kept training. In November 2020, she ran a 5K time trial in 15:04 on a private track in Richmond. A video of her run has been viewed thousands of times, as it shows D’Amato — then an amateur — beating the Olympic qualifying standard time, even if not in a sanctioned race.

On Nov. 24, 2020, D’Amato ran the Up Dawg Ten Miler in Washington, D.C., a race she created with her husband so she could shoot for a new American record in a women’s-only 10-mile race. She did just that, running 51:23 and easily eclipsing the existing record of 52:12 from the 2014 Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run. When that earlier record was set, D’Amato, as a race volunteer, held the

tape for the winning runner, Janet Bawcom. D’Amato wasn’t running competitively in 2014, and at that race, she was pregnant with her first child.

D’A mato finished 2020 by placing second at the Marathon Project in Chandler, Arizona, with a time of 2:22:55, a personal best and the seventh-fastest time recorded by a U.S. woman. That time is actually below those posted by the three women who will run the marathon for the U.S. in Tokyo this summer; after the 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021, USA Track and Field determined the marathon qualifiers would keep their team

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CARLOS BERNATE

Anthony and Keira D’Amato with their children, Quin and Tommy

Raczko, who coaches the track team at South Lakes High School in Reston, knows D’Amato from her high school days, when she was Keira Carlstrom. He followed her career at American, where he had run as well, and then he worked with her after college, when she was part of an elite team in the D.C. area. Raczko is known in the running world as the coach who guided U.S. Olympian Alan

Webb, who holds the American men’s record in the mile (3:46.91).

TRAINING TO WIN

Along with their two children, now 6 and 4, both D’Amatos have full-time jobs: She’s a Realtor, and he works for Microsoft in addition to his National Guard duties.

Their daily routine starts around 6 a.m. and includes early exercise for both of

them, getting the kids to private day care — suspended for three months during the pandemic — work and then family time in the evening, before bedtime at 10 p.m.

“I train [almost exclusively] by myself; I don’t really have a social life,” D’Amato says.

She runs daily, usually in the morning, logging more than 100 miles every week, from recovery runs of 10 to 14 miles to weekend runs of 14 to 22 miles. From her

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In November 2020, D’Amato and her husband staged the Up Dawg Ten Miler in Washington, D.C., a race they created so she could try for a new American record in a women’s-only 10-mile race. She did just that, setting a new record of 51:23.

that she was on the cusp of a significant breakthrough,” he says, pointing to D’Amato’s then-personal-best marathon time of 2:34:54, logged in Berlin in October 2019.

He says her dedication over the last three years shows. “Her training just continued to get better and better,” he notes.

“Sometimes there is a delayed training effect. What you’re doing may not show up for six months, but eventually it will.

Running is pretty simple; you usually know what’s going to happen … if the conditions are right. There are no guarantees.”

house, she has mapped routes of varying lengths, so she’s always prepared. When she’s gearing up for a race, additional workouts set by Raczko often start with a 2- to 3-mile run, followed by 6 to 7 additional miles with targeted split times. She also has exercises and drills designed to strengthen and support her running.

Raczko says D’Amato is unique among elite runners.

“She’s always been a talented athlete,” he says. “What’s changed the most is her level of maturity. When you’re a collegiate runner or an aspiring post-college professional, that’s your world; you’re obsessed with being successful. [But D’Amato’s] financial success isn’t determined by what she does on the track, so she’s much more relaxed. Her attitude is, ‘I love to do it, but I don’t necessarily need it.’ ” D’Amato agrees that the mental aspect is significant.

“I have worked on that part arguably as much as the running,” she says. “Naturally, I’m a competitive person. I was born with this warped sense of self-confidence that anything is possible. Now that all these goals are back on the table, I don’t want to fail again, but I know if I do fail, I’ll be OK. Other elite athletes don’t 88

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know what’s on the other side.”

D’Amato also works with a nutritionist, a massage therapist and a chiropractor to help keep her body in tune. There are often two dinners in the house: one for the kids, and one for the adults, heavy on carbs and protein. “‘I see food as fuel and energy,” she says. “I’m really careful to make sure I’m getting enough of what I need to support this lifestyle.”

At age 36, she’s on the upper edge of competitive women runners, but she’s not worried.

“Especially in endurance sports, women in their mid- to late 30s are doing well,” she notes. “I’m not slowing down, and I’m not planning on slowing down.

I’ve found the more you run, the more efficient you naturally get. Your body tries to figure out how to be faster.”

Raczko wasn’t surprised by D’Amato’s success in 2020, noting that her workouts are designed to support both speed and strength, making her competitive in a range of distances. Typically, athletes who train with a focus on speed do better at shorter distances, while longer races require a different type of muscle strength and stamina.

“There were signals [leading into 2020]

D’Amato is quick to credit a strong support system. “It’s Team D’Amato all the way,” she says. “I couldn’t do this without Anthony, our kids and our extended family. It really seriously takes a village.”

D’Amato’s mother, Liane MacDowell, owns Stone Properties, the Northern Virginia real estate firm Keira joined in 2018, hoping to earn enough to cover the costs of running: shoes, entry fees, medical support and travel. MacDowell says her daughter’s energy on the track is evident in her professional life as well. “She is such a go-getter,” MacDowell says. “She brings the same passion, drive and will to win.

“She’s always been upbeat,” MacDowell adds. “She’s so your average mom, just getting out there and running. But she’s hungrier than she’s ever been.”

MacDowell and her husband, Art, will often come to Richmond to stay with the kids when Keira and Anthony travel to races. Anthony’s parents, Linda and Tom D’Amato, help plug the everyday gaps, picking up children or dropping off a meal.

“I do whatever she asks me to do,” Linda says, noting she’ll often stay with the children while her husband drives D’Amato to Charlottesville for a run with her pacing partner. “We support her in any way we can,” she adds. “It’s been so much fun to see her do so well. She’s very competitive, very humble and a very giving person.”

COURTESY LINDA D’AMATO

THE TEAM

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D’Amato is a member of the Richmond Road Runners club, and she tries to participate in as many events as she can.

“They have made me feel so much a part of the running community,” she says.

“People call encouragement out to me as I run!” Anthony will sometimes ride his bike alongside her, and she relies on two running partners, Sara Baugh and Silas Frantz, for companionship and challenge.

Baugh, who met D’Amato at a Sports Backers Marathon Training Team run in 2017, notes the 7-minute to 7:20 per mile pace set by D’Amato requires her to keep up with her own training. “It’s not as comfortable for me as it is for Keira, but it’s certainly manageable,” Baugh says. “We talk about anything and everything; it’s the best two hours of the week. Sometimes, we get to the end of an 18-mile run and realize we haven’t finished our conversation.”

For faster training runs, D’Amato goes to Charlottesville to meet with Frantz, a Douglas S. Freeman High School graduate who ran at Georgetown University and won the 2016 Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 5K. Frantz will set his watch to D’Amato’s target speed and run in front of her.

“At Keira’s level, there are maybe 10 women in the world who could pace her workouts,” Frantz says. “She’s kind of a machine — she gets the job done every single day. She’s [also] really nice. It’s probably hard to stay nice when you’re super successful. Not all elite runners are like that.”

“I’ve been paying for everything out of pocket, working my butt off in real estate so [running expenses] didn’t take anything away from the family,” D’Amato says, estimating that her running costs from $10,000 to $15,000 a year. “I would keep doing this for free, but I think it’s really cool that Nike is going on this journey with me.”

Nike expects her to be visible and “to run fast in their gear,” she says. D’Amato was already active on social media, posting regularly to Instagram (@keiradamato), and updating her Strava account — an app used by runners and cyclists — with routes and times. She’s a firm believer in the power of running.

“I feel like anyone can be a runner, no matter their height, weight, body shape,”

D’Amato says. “I can understand why people say they hate it, because it takes some time to get into a routine and get comfortable with it. Even when I didn’t run for a decade, I still called myself a runner.”

And she’s proud of what she’s accomplished thus far.

“I felt like I was sticking it to the man a little, working without a professional sponsor,” she says. “I’ve showed you can do it your way; there’s not just one path up the mountain. I think everyone has something in their life where maybe they didn’t go all in — a woulda, coulda, shoulda thing. I think people are excited to see that I’ve cleared every single hurdle so I can pursue this passion. I hope it inspires them to do whatever that thing is for themselves.” R

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‘DO IT YOUR WAY’

January 2021 brought another milestone: D’Amato signed a contract with Nike, making her a professional athlete for the first time in her life. The company covers her equipment, racing fees, travel and training costs — and she even gets a paycheck, though it’s not enough for her to stop selling real estate.

It’s a big change.

In December 2020, D’Amato placed second at the Marathon Project in Chandler, Arizona, with a time of 2:22:55, a personal best and the seventh-fastest time ever recorded by a U.S. woman.

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Ray Lewandowski

Commonwealth Primary CareRidgefield, 2200 Pump Road, Suite 100, 804-741-7141

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St.; VCU Health at Mayland Medical Center, 3470 Mayland Court; 804-828-CHOR (2467)

VCU Health, Hayes E. Willis Health Center, 4730 N. Southside Plaza, 800-762-6161

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467)

GASTROENTEROLOGY

VCU Massey Cancer Center, North Hospital, 1300 E. Marshall St.; VCU Massey Cancer Center at Stony Point, 9000 Stony Point Parkway; 800-762-6161

Bradley J. Rolfe

Mark Ryan

Souheil Abou-Assi Gastrointestinal Specialists Inc., 6602 W. Broad St., Suite B, 804-285-8206

William T. Brand Jr.

Gastrointestinal Specialists Inc., 7611 Forest Ave., Suite 320, 804-285-8206

Ramy Eid

Gastrointestinal

Rachel Li

John Quillin

GERIATRIC MEDICINE

Peter Boling VCU Health Center for Advanced Health

Management, 2116 W. Laburnum Ave., 804-254-3500

Sarah Hobgood

VCU Health, Ambulatory Care Center, 417 N. 11th St.; VCU Health Center for Advanced Health Management, 2116 W. Laburnum Ave.; 804-254-3500

Leigh West

VCU Health Center for Advanced Health Management, 2116 W. Laburnum Ave., 804-254-3500

GYNECOLOGY/ OBSTETRICS (GENERAL) Jennie Draper

Virginia Physicians for Women, 7605 Forest Ave., Suite 206, 804-897-2100

Alice J. Hirata

Bon Secours Richmond OB-GYN, 1501 Maple Ave., Suite 100, NW Bldg. 1, 804-320-2483

Christine Isaacs

VCU Health, Stony Point 9105, 9105 Stony Point Parkway; Nelson Clinic, 401 N. 11th St.; 804-828-4409

Nicole Karjane

VCU Health, Stony Point 9105, 9105 Stony Point Parkway; Nelson Clinic, 401 N. 11th St.; 804-828-4409

Tom Mead

Dominion Women’s Health, Dominion Medical Park, 8239 Meadowbridge Road, Suite A, Mechanicsville, 804-730-0800

Vienne Murray

West End Obstetrics and Gynecology, 7601 Forest Ave., Suite 100, 804-282-9479

GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY

Cecelia H. Boardman

Virginia Gynecologic

(cont’d)

Oncology, Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute, 7607 Forest Ave., Suite 200, 804-200-7062

Jori Carter

Women’s Cancer and Wellness Institute, 9101 Stony Point Drive; 1401 Johnston Willis Drive, Suite 1100, North Chesterfield, 804-323-5040

Johnny Hyde

Bon Secours Commonwealth Gynecologic Oncology, 5875 Bremo Road, MOB South, Suite G-7, 804-288-8900

Stephanie Sullivan

VCU Massey Cancer Center, North Hospital, 1300 E. Marshall St., 804-828-9080

Randal J. West

Women’s Cancer and Wellness Institute, 9101 Stony Point Drive; Johnston-Willis Hospital, 1401 Johnston Willis Drive, Suite 1100, North Chesterfield, 804-323-5040

Rachna Raman Bon Secours Cancer Institute at St. Mary’s Hospital, 5875 Bremo Road, MOB South, Suite 209, 804-287-7804

Will Voelzke

Virginia Cancer Institute, 1401 Johnston Willis Drive, Suite 100, 804-330-7990

HOSPICE CARE Erin Alesi

VCU Massey Cancer Center, North Hospital, 1300 E. Marshall St., 804-828-5116

Abdul Amir

Vein Center, 7301 Forest Ave., Suite 102, 804-621-7262

Marc William Flickinger

Medical director of Bon Secours Hospice and Palliative Care, 8580 Magellan Parkway, Suite 200, 804-627-5360

Danielle Noreika

HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY

VCU Massey Cancer Center, North Hospital, 1300 E. Marshall St., 804-828-5116

Virginia Cancer Institute, 6605 W. Broad St., Suite A, 804-287-3000

Clinical director, population health, Atlantic Group, Bon Secours Mercy

Elke K. Friedman

Pablo Gonzalez

Virginia Cancer Institute, 1401 Johnston Willis Drive, Suite 100, 804-330-7990,

Mary Helen Hackney

VCU Massey Cancer Center, North Hospital, 1300 E. Marshall St., VCU Massey Cancer Center at Stony Point, 9000 Stony Point Parkway, 804-828-5116

Leanne Yanni

HEALTH HOSPITALIST

Vito Capotorto Team Health-Southeastern Intensivist Service, Henrico Doctors Hospital, 1602 Skipwith Road, 804-289-4500

Brian Hanrahan

M. Kelly Hagan

HCA Chippenham Hospital, 7101 Jahnke Road, 804-483-0000

Virginia Cancer Institute, 7501 Right Flank Road Suite 600, Mechanicsville, 804-559-2489

HCA Henrico Doctors Hospital, 1602 Skipwith Road, 804-281-5546

Richard Kolb

Ali Masood

Team Health-South-

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TOP DOCS 2021 WINNERS eastern Intensivist Service, Henrico Doctors Hospital, 1602 Skipwith Road, 804-281-5546

Muktak Mathur

Sound Physicians, Memorial Regional Medical Center, 8260 Atlee Road, Mechanicsville; Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospitalist Program, 5801 Bremo Road; 804-285-2011

Georgia McIntosh

VCU Health, 1250 E. Marshall St., 804-828-2161

Vimal Mishra

VCU Health, 1250 E. Marshall St., 804-828-2161

Brent Montgomery

Southeast Intensivist Group/TeamHealth, 7101 Jahnke Road, 804-483-2617

James W. Brooks Jr. Infectious Diseases Specialists P.C., 7605 Forest Ave., Suite 410, 804-285-1833

David M. Rowles

Infectious Diseases Specialists P.C., 7605 Forest Ave., Suite 410, 804-285-1833

Michael Stevens

VCU Health, Ambulatory Care Center, 417 N. 11th St., 804-828-2161

Sarika S. Tripathi

Commonwealth Infectious Diseases, 804-833-5765

INTENSIVIST Cecilia Bergh

Philip Rizk

Pulmonary Associates of Richmond, 1 Park West Circle, No. 301, Midlothian, 804-320-4243

Henrico Doctors Hospital Hospitalist Program, 1602 Skipwith Road, 804-289-4500

VCU Health, Ambulatory Care Center, 417 N. 11th St., 800-762-6161

Dennis Wixted

VCU Health, 1250 E. Marshall St., 804-828-2161

HYPERBARIC MEDICINE

Joseph V. Boykin Jr.

Medical director, wound healing program, Department of Plastic Surgery, Central Virginia VA Health Care System, 1201 Broad Rock Blvd., 804-675-5000

Stephen Crossland

The Wound Healing Center-Chippenham Hospital, 7101 Jahnke Road, 804-483-4045

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Gonzalo Bearman VCU Health, Ambulatory Care Center, 417 N. 11th St., 804-828-2161

Lisa Brath

Ken Haft

Pulmonary Associates of Richmond, 6600 W. Broad St., No. 300, 804-320-4243

Drew Jones

Pulmonary Associates of Richmond, 7947 Right Flank Road, Suite 520, Mechanicsville, 804-320-4243

Feras Khan

Chippenham Hospital, 7101 Jahnke Road, 804-483-0000

Carrie Peltz

Pulmonary Associates of Richmond, 804-320-4243

Robert Ratzlaff

System Medical Director of Critical Care, Bon Secours Mercy Health System Richmond

INTERNAL MEDICINE

Ralph Clark

VCU Health, 417 N. 11th St., 804-828-9357

Amanda George VCU Health, 417 N. 11th St., 804-828-9357

Sidney Jones

Bon Secours West End Internal Medicine, 7001 Forest Ave., Suite 2500, 804-282-7857

Jeff Kushinka

VCU Health, 417 N. 11th St., 804-828-9357

Anand Lothe

Virginia Physicians Inc., Innsbrook Primary Care, 4900 Cox Road, Suite 150, Glen Allen, 804-346-1780

Jonathan Schaaf

Executive Health Group, by referral only, executive.md

MATERNAL-FETAL MEDICINE/HIGHRISK PREGNANCY James Taylor Christmas

Commonwealth Perinatal Services, Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, 7601 Forest Ave., Suite 336, 804-289-4972

Susan Lanni

VCU Health, 401 N. 11th St.; Stony Point 9105, 9005 Stony Point Parkway; 804-828-4409

Ronald Ramus

VCU Health, 401 N. 11th St.; Stony Point 9105, 9105 Stony Point Parkway; 804-828-4409

Fidelma Rigby

VCU Health, 401 N. 11th St.; Stony Point 9105, 9105 Stony Point Parkway; 804-828-4409

Lisa R. Troyer

Commonwealth Perinatal Services,

Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, 7601 Forest Ave., Suite 336, 804-289-4972

Mechanicsville, 804-559-6980

NEONATALPERINATAL MEDICINE

VCU Health, 417 N. 11th St., 804-828-9350

Jenny Fox

(cont’d)

NEUROLOGY

Yasir Al-Khalili

Matthew Boyce

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1213 E. Clay St., 804-828-9956

Neurological Associates, 1101 Johnston-Willis Drive, Suite 200, 804-288-2742

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1213 E. Clay St., 804-828-9956

VCU Health, 417 N. 11th St.; The NOW Center, 11958 W. Broad St.; 804-828-9350

Karen HendricksMunoz

Russell Moores

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1213 E. Clay St., 804-828-9956

Karen Wharton

Mednax Pediatrix Medical Group, 1506 Willow Lawn Drive, Suite 205, 804-282-8082

NEPHROLOGY

Walid Abou Assi Nephrology Specialists, 8400 North Run Medical Drive, Suite B, 804-559-6980

Todd Gehr

VCU Health, Ambulatory Care Center, 417 N. 11th St.; Mayland Medical Center, 3470 Mayland Court; 804-828-2161

Jason Kidd

VCU Health at Mayland Medical Center, 3470 Mayland Court; Ambulatory Care Center, 417 N. 11th St.; 804-828-2161

Srikanth R. Kunaparaju

Richmond Nephrology Associates, 7001 W. Broad St., Suite A, 804-673-2722

Deep Patel

Nephrology Specialists, 8400 North Run Medical Drive, Suite 200,

Warren Felton

Scott Haines

VCU Health, 417 N. 11th St.; The NOW Center, 11958 W. Broad St.; 804-828-9350

Ibrahim M. Hegab

Bon Secours Neurology Clinic, 8266 Atlee Road, MOB II, Suite 330, Mechanicsville, 804-325-8720

NEUROSURGERY

Peter A. Alexander Neurosurgical Associates, 1651 N. Parham Road, 804-288-8204

R. Scott Graham

VCU Health, Ambulatory Care Center, 417 N. 11th St.; The NOW Center, 11958 W. Broad St.; 804-828-9165

Kathryn Holloway

VCU Health, Ambulatory Care Center, 417 N. 11th St.; Stony Point 9000, 9000 Stony Point Parkway; 804-828-9165

Gary Tye Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467)

NURSE PRACTITIONER Jennifer Reilly Connolly

The Female Pelvic Medicine Institute of Virginia, 5875 Bremo Road, MOB South, Suite 701, 804-523-2533; 2931 Polo Parkway, Midlothian

Sabrina Hawkins

Richmond Pediatric Associates, 7521 Right Flank Road, Suite 100, Mechanicsville, 804-559-0447; 9900 Independence Park Drive, Suite 100, 804-747-1750

Charlotte Roberts

VCU Health, 1250 E. Marshall St., 804-828-4327

Meghan Stewart

BetterMed Urgent Care, seven sites in metro Richmond, 804-386-0200

Randy Thompson

Southeastern Intensivist Services, Chippenham Hospital, 7101 Jahnke Road, 804-483-1046

OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE Joseph Andriano

HCA Occupational Health Chippenham, 7153 Jahnke Road, 804-483-1708

Alan Thurman

Neurosurgical Associates, 1651 N. Parham Road, 804-288-8204

Hanover County and Bon Secours Good Health Clinic, 8200 Meadowbridge Road, Suite 301, Mechanicsville; 804-442-3750

Neurosurgical Associates, 1011 Johnston Willis Drive, Suite 100, 804-330-4990

Director, Employee Health Services, Virginia Commonwealth University, 804-828-0584

Matthew T. Mayr

Richard H. Singleton

Frank J. Tortorella

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TOP DOCS 2021 WINNERS ONCOLOGIC SURGERY

Amelia Grover VCU Health, VCU Massey Cancer Center, North Hospital, 1300 E. Marshall St.; Mayland Medical Center, 3470 Mayland Court; Temple Avenue, 2035 Waterside Road, Suite 100, Prince George; Stony Point, 9000 Stony Point Parkway, 804-828-7739

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St.; 804-828-CHOR (2467)

Joseph D. Iuorno

Commonwealth Eye Care Associates, 3855 Gaskins Road, 804-217-6363

Jessica Randolph

Brian Kaplan

VCU Health Stony Point Medical Office Building, 8700 Stony Point Parkway; Nelson Clinic, 401 N. 11th St.; 804-828-9315

VCU Health, VCU Massey Cancer Center, North Hospital, 1300 E. Marshall St.; Stony Point, 9000 Stony Point Parkway; Mayland Medical Center, 3470 Mayland Court; 804-828-7739

Evan Silverstein

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St.; VCU Health Stony Point Medical Office Building, 8700 Stony Point Parkway; 804-828-CHOR (2467)

Bon Secours Surgical Specialists at St. Mary’s Hospital, 5855 Bremo Road, Suite 506, North Building, Suite 406, 804-893-8676

OPTOMETRY

George Parker

D. Michael Rose

Virginia Surgical Institute, 10710 Midlothian Turnpike, Suite 138, 804-348-2814

Michael White

Bon Secours Surgical Specialists at St. Mary’s Hospital, 5855 Bremo Road, MOB North, Suite 506, 804-893-8676

OPHTHALMOLOGY AND OPTHALMOLOGIC SURGERY William Benson

VCU Health Stony Point Medical Office Building, 8700 Stony Point Parkway; Nelson Clinic, 401 N. 11th St.; 804-828-9315

Patricia A. Daylor Family Vision Care of Richmond, 4114 Innslake Drive, Glen Allen, 804-217-9883

David A. Haine

Family Eye Care Centers of Virginia, 306 England St., Ashland; 7660 E. Parham, MOB I, Suite 102, 804-798-8593

Peter Nardone

Patterson Eye Clinic, 5419 Patterson Ave., 804-285-7638

Gerald Neidigh Jr. Grove Eye Care, 3601 Grove Ave., 804-353-3937

Linda Pinskey

VCU Health Stony Point Medical Office Building, 8700 Stony Point Parkway, 804-828-9315

Jacqueline Theis

Vikram Brar

Virginia NeuroOptometry, 3721 Westerre Parkway Suite B, 804-387-2902

VCU Health, Nelson Clinic, 401 N. 11th St.;

VCU Health Stony Point Medical

Lenna Walker

Office Building, 8700 Stony Point Parkway; Nelson Clinic, 401 N. 11th St., 804-828-9315

OTOLARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGERY Laurence DiNardo

VCU Health, VCU Massey Cancer Center, 1300 E. Marshall St., Nelson Clinic, 401 N. 11th St.; VCU Health at Stony Point 9109, 9109 Stony Point Drive, 800-762-6161

Kelley Dodson

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467)

James T. May IV

Virginia Ear Nose and Throat, 3450 Mayland Court; 7485 Right Flank Road, Suite 210, Mechanicsville; 161 Wadsworth Drive, Midlothian; 4700 Puddledock Road, Suite 100, Prince George, 804-484-3700

Evan Reiter

VCU Health Nelson Clinic, 401 N. 11th St.; VCU Health at Stony Point 9109, 9109 Stony Point Drive; VCU Massey Cancer Center, 1300 E. Marshall St., 804-762-6161

David Salley

Specialists, Medical Office Building Northwest, 1501 Maple Ave., Suite 301, 804-288-7246

Andrew W. Chapman VCU Medical Center Main Hospital, 1250 E. Marshall St., 800-762-6161

Peter Duke Crane

PATHOLOGY

Cliff Lee Bridges Monument Pathologists, 5801 Bremo Road, 804-281-8100

Michael Idowu

VCU Health, 1200 E. Marshall St., 800-762-6161

Dharam M. Ramnani

Yaoming Gu

Virginia Urology, 9101 Stony Point Drive; 804-330-9105

National Spine & Pain Centers, 1630 Wilkes Ridge Parkway, 804-270-7262

Steven Smith

VCU Health, 1200 E. Marshall St., 800-762-6161

Commonwealth Spine & Pain Specialists, Medical Office Building Northwest, 1501 Maple Ave., Suite 301, 804-288-7246

Monument Pathologists, 5801 Bremo Road, 800-281-8100

Stephen P. Long

Robert I. Sprague

John W. Turner

Benjamin G. Seeman

Forward Pathology Solutions, Johnston-Willis Hospital, 1401 Johnston Willis Drive, 804-483-5146

Integrative Pain Specialists, 6900 Forest Ave., Suite 310, 804-249-8888

VCU Health, 1200 E. Marshall St., 800-762-6161

PALLIATIVE CARE Erin Alesi

VCU Health, VCU Massey Cancer Center, North Hospital, 1300 E. Marshall St., 804-828-5116

Abdul Amir

Vein Center, 7301 Forest Ave. Suite 102, 804-621-7262

Virginia Boothe

Bon Secours Palliative Medicine, 5855 Bremo Road, MOB North, Suite 403, 804-288-COPE (2673)

PAIN MANAGEMENT

Danielle Noreika

Commonwealth Spine & Pain

Marshall St., 804-828-7999

CJW Pain Management, 1011 Johnston Willis Drive, Suite 230, 804-267-6820

Virginia Ear Nose and Throat, 3450 Mayland Court; 7485 Right Flank Road, Suite 210, Mechanicsville; 161 Wadsworth Drive, Midlothian; 4700 Puddledock Road, Suite 100, Prince George, 804-484-3700

John Barsanti

(cont’d)

Cara Jennings

Bon Secours Palliative Medicine, 5855 Bremo Road, MOB North, Suite 403, 804-288-COPE (2673) VCU Health, VCU Massey Cancer Center, North Hospital, 1300 E.

David Wilkinson

PEDIATRIC ADOLESCENT MEDICINE

Richard Brookman Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St.; VCU Health at Maryland Medical Center, 3470 Mayland Court; 804-828-CHOR (2467)

Stephanie Crewe

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St.; VCU Health at Mayland Medical Center, 3470 Mayland Court; 804-828-CHOR (2467)

Christine Seliskar

RVA Pediatrics, 10410 Ridgefield Parkway, 804-754-3776; 7000 Patterson Ave., 804-282-9706; 14400 Sommerville Court, Midlothian, 804-379-5437

PEDIATRIC ALLERGY/ IMMUNOLOGY

Michael Blumberg Allergy Partners of Richmond, 7605 Forest Ave., Suite 103, 804-288-0055

Santhosh Kumar

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St.; VCU Health at Chesterfield Meadows, 6433 Centralia Road; 804-828CHOR (2467)

Brant Ward

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467)

Wei Zhao

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St.; VCU Health at Chesterfield Meadows, 6433 Centralia Road; 804-828-CHOR (2467)

PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY Douglas Allen

UVA Pediatric Cardiology Richmond, 5875 Bremo Road, Suite 500, 804-297-3055

Kerri Carter

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St.; VCU Health at Ridgefield Parkway, 2200 Pump Road; 804-828-CHOR (2467)

Mary L. Falterman

Pediatric Cardiology of Virginia, 7603 Forest Ave., Suite 401, 804-285-1611

Scott D. Gullquist

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St.; VCU Health at Ridgefield Parkway, 2200 Pump Road, 804-828-CHOR (2467)

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TOP DOCS 2021 WINNERS Brad McQuilkin

Bryce Nelson

Marieke Helou

David J. Friedel

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St.; VCU Health at Bremo Road, 5855 Bremo Road, 804-828-CHOR (2467)

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 2305 N. Parham Road, 804-828CHOR (2467)

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467), VCU Massey Cancer Center

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467)

PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE Robin Foster

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1213 E. Clay St., 804-828-9111

Randall Geldreich

Richmond Emergency Physicians, Medical Director, Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital Pediatric Emergency Department, 5855 Bremo Road, Suite 210, 804-287-7066

Frank Petruzella

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1213 E. Clay St., 804828-9111

Jonathan Silverman

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1213 E. Clay St., 804828-9111

Chris Woleben

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1213 E. Clay St., 804828-9111

PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY Anshu Gupta

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 2305 N. Parham Road, 804-828CHOR (2467)

Anil R. Kumar

Bon Secours Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Associates, 5875 Bremo Road, MOB South, Suite 306, 804-281-8303

Trang Le

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 2305 N. Parham Road, 804-828CHOR (2467)

Mareen Thomas

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 2305 N. Parham Road, 804-828CHOR (2467)

Francis Tintani

Bon Secours Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Associates, 5875 Bremo Road, MOB South, Suite 306, 804-281-8303

PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY

Christopher E. Hayes Bon Secours West End Internal Medicine, 7001 Forest Ave., Suite 2500, 804-282-7857

Carl B. Rountree Jr. Bon Secours Pediatric Gastroenterology Associates, 5855 Bremo Road, MOB South, Suite 605, 804-281-8303

Gita V. Massey

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467), VCU Massey Cancer Center

India Y. Sisler

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467), VCU Massey Cancer Center

Christina M. Wiedl

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467), VCU Massey Cancer Center

PEDIATRIC HOSPITALIST

Elizabeth Aarons

Flora Szabo

Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital Pediatric Hospitalist, 5801 Bremo Road, 804-281-8222

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467)

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1250 E. Marshall St., 804-828-0951

Narendra Vadlamudi

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467)

Ted A. Williams

Bon Secours Pediatric Gastroenterology Associates, 5855 Bremo Road, MOB South, Suite 605, 804-281-8303

PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY/ ONCOLOGY Frances Austin

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467), VCU Massey Cancer Center

Clifton C. Lee

David Marcello

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1250 E. Marshall St., 804-828-0951

Matthew Schefft

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-0951

Ashlie Tseng

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-0951

PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE Jeffrey Donowitz

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467)

Emily Godbout

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467)

William C. Koch

1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467)

South Medical Building, Suite 212, 804-525-4231

PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY

Virginia Ear Nose and Throat Associates, 3450 Mayland Court; 161 Wadsworth Drive; 804-484-3700

Winslow J. Borkowski Jr. Bon Secours Pediatric Neurology Clinic, 5875 Bremo Road, MOB South, Suite 303, 804-281-8303

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467)

Amy Harper

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467)

David Jaffe

Suzanne R. Lavoie

Beth C. Marshall

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467)

PEDIATRIC INTENSIVIST Oliver Karam

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1250 E. Marshall St., 804-828-0951

Mark Marinello

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1250 E. Marshall St., 804-828-0951

Michael Miller

Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital PICU medical director, 5801 Bremo Road, 804-281-8222

PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY

Timothy Bunchman

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467)

Cristin Kaspar

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467)

Megan Lo

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU,

(cont’d)

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467) Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St.; Chesterfield Meadows, 6433 Centralia Road, 804-828-CHOR (2467)

Lawrence D. Morton Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467)

Sanjai Rao

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467)

PEDIATRIC OTOLARYNGOLOGY Robert J. Brager

Virginia Ear Nose and Throat, 3450 Mayland Court; 7485 Right Flank Road, Suite 210, Mechanicsville; 161 Wadsworth Drive, Midlothian; 4700 Puddledock Road, Suite 100, Prince George; 804-484-3700

Kelley Dodson

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467)

Julie Kerr

Commonwealth Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists, 5875 Bremo Road,

Jin Lim

Rajanya S. Petersson

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467)

PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE AND HOSPICE CARE Daniel Cannone

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467)

Kelly Lastrapes

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467)

PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY

James Bryce Lothian Bon Secours Pediatric Lung Care, 5875 Bremo Road, MOB South, Suite 303, 804-281-8303

Bruce K. Rubin

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467)

Michael Schechter

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467)

Howard (Joel) Schmidt

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467)

Judith Voynow

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467)

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