Health and Medicine

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Cancer of the tonsil – a throat disease increasingly common in healthy middle-aged adults these days – has led to the installation of an updated daVinci robotic surgery tool at Carilion Clinic.  The tonsil is a lymph node in the back of the throat that filters out bacteria. Carilion installed the updated daVinci robotic tool last month. It is controlled by surgeons that maneuver its arms from an adjacent console. Ear, nose and throat physician Patrick Carpenter says its less invasive, leads to smaller incisions and offers improved imaging:

 

Carilion Clinic today announced that Steve Arner  has been promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer of the $2.4 billion not-for-profit academic health system and Nancy Howell Agee continues as CEO.

Arner oversees the day-to-day management of Carilion’s seven hospitals – including a children’s hospital, Level 1 trauma center and more than 240 medical offices.

He has helped spearhead capital improvements that include the Crystal Spring Tower addition to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, on schedule for completion in 2025.

“Steve is an outstanding leader, and we are delighted to promote him,” said Agee. “He has a strong work ethic and cares deeply about our patients, our teams and our work together caring for the communities we serve.”

Arner was integral to the health system’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic and, as chair of the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association during the first year and a half of the pandemic, coordinated the collective response of Virginia’s health care provider organizations.