Department of Medicine
Inova Health System’s Inova Fairfax Hospital, which is the flagship hospital for the Inova Health System and a major referral center for the entire Northern Virginia Region, is extremely proud of the depth and diversity of its nearly 800 member and 13 section Department of Medicine.
The physicians who form the foundation for this medical community are comprised of experts from our nation’s top institutions. These clinicians - with today’s cutting-edge technology - treat all patients from around the corner to around the world.
In addition to the sections of cardiology, oncology, pulmonology, critical care, endocrinology, rheumatology, dermatology, allergy and immunology, nephrology, gerontology, gastroenterology, infectious diseases and general internal medicine, the Department of Medicine maintains Centers of Excellence in Cardiovascular Disease, Chronic Lung Disease, Liver Disease and Cancer Care Management.
The Department of Medicine maintains a fine balance of outstanding community-based physicians, as well as, hospital-based clinicians. With more than 833 beds in the institution, there are both hospitalists and general internists who coordinate the care of thousands of patients who receive treatment at Inova Fairfax Hospital.
In addition to its primary focus of providing outstanding clinical care, the Department of Medicine works jointly with Virginia Commonwealth University, George Mason University, and Industry Leaders in cutting edge research. It is through these endeavors that the latest advances in medical science can be brought from the research bench to bedside.
The Department of Medicine, with over 35 years of teaching experience, trains tomorrow’s experts today at both the medical student and resident levels. Major academic medical centers - including Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Georgetown School of Medicine, and George Washington School of Medicine - have chosen to partner with the Department of Medicine at Inova Fairfax Hospital so that their learners can take full advantage of the outstanding clinical educators within the department.
The educational program within the department boasts a faculty who have received multiple teaching awards, as well as, having established one of the nations most well known faculty development programs, the Stanford Faculty Development Program in Clinical Teaching. It is through programs like this that faculty stay abreast of the latest technical, clinical and teaching programs.
