Ohio Valley Medical Center

Hospital Profile

• The Ohio Valley Medical Center (OVMC) is a 225-bed hospital located in the heart of downtown Wheeling, West Virginia.
• OVMC offers an array of primary and tertiary care services, from emergency and trauma care through rehabilitation. Its advanced diagnostic capabilities include magnetic resonance imaging, brain-dedicated SPECT imaging, computerized brain mapping, PET scanning, digital mammography, and heart catheterization. Advanced treatment services included high energy linear accelerator for cancer treatment and lithotripsy for the treatment of kidney stones.
• Among the 200+ physicians and dentists, surgical subspecialties include neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, eye, ear, nose and throat, vascular, thoracic, orthopedics including joint implants, urology, podiatry, colorectal, and plastic surgery. Medical subspecialties include cardiology, hematology/oncology, infectious disease medicine, gastroenterology, allergy medicine, neurology, pulmonology, endocrinology, nephrology, and psychiatry.
• Annually, OVMC has over 20,000 E.D. visits and over 7,000 admissions while providing high quality, cost-effective medical care.

 

Hospitalist Program Profile

• The Hospitalist Team of three full time physicians will be on site 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. Each full time hospitalist will provide 192 hours of clinically professional medical services per month. This will be block scheduling consisting of one physician 7 AM to 7 PM on site and a second physician working Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 4 PM. The evenings will consist of 7 PM to 7 AM on call.
• The Hospitalist Team will attend to adult medicine inpatients from admission to discharge, and will provide, as necessary, response to codes, procedure support, patient consultations, and surgical & psych co-management.

 

Community

• Wheeling is embedded with a rich history and offers all the comforts of a small town with the amenities of a big city at a lower cost of living. The access to national schools and hospitals of excellence, unlimited cultural activities, a vibrant night life, and sports & leisure make this area and attractive place to live.
• Following the attraction there are theme parks, casinos, museums, a civic center, sporting teams, boating events, golf courses and a zoo.
• Wheeling and Ohio County offer nationally superior public, parochial, and private elementary and secondary schools. In addition, the Wheeling area offers excellent universities, a state college, and a community college.
• Wheeling recreational events include hiking and bicycle riding on some of Wheeling’s 17 miles of paved trails, many of which border the Ohio River front, skiing, boating, whitewater rafting, swimming, hunting and fishing.