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Extreme Heat Protection: Hydrate, Avoid Being Outdoors to Avoid Heat Exhaustion, Heat Stroke
Ryan Nobles of Richmond's NBC12 interviews Dr. David Boyd about how to protect yourself from extreme heat. Hydration is hugely important and you should avoid being outdoors. Heat illnesses include heat exhaustion, and its symptoms include extreme sweating, very thirsty and experience vomiting or nausea. Avoid excessive exposure to the sun...

We're Taking the Guesswork Out of Wait Times for Emergency Room Patients by Posting Our Average Times Online, by Phone and on Billboards!

Patients visiting the emergency room no longer need to guess how long they’ll wait before receiving care.  Now they can find out in advance, thanks to a new program that publicizes our average ER wait times via text messaging (text "ER" to 23000), the Internet and on billboards around Richmond! Learn more...

Online Pre-Registration Now Available
Patients who already have a procedure scheduled, women who want to pre-register for delivery of a baby at our facility, and anyone requesting an appointment for a screening Mammogram can now do here.

Johnston-Willis Hospital Acquires the Gamma Knife Perfexion
Johnston-Willis Hospital has replaced its Gamma Knife® with the Gamma Knife® Perfexion™ and is one of only two hospitals in Virginia, and the only in Richmond, with the most advanced radiosurgery system on the market for head treatment.

Levinson Heart Hospital First in Richmond to Perform Hybrid Maze Procedure for A Fib
The cardiac team at the Levinson Heart Hospital at CJW’s Chippenham was the first in Richmond to perform a Hybrid Maze procedure for atrial fibrillation (A Fib). Read the whole story...

In the interest of the safety of our patients…
We strongly disagree with the suggested guidelines of the USPSTF, and will continue to follow the American Cancer Society Guidelines outlined in the link below.  We endorse the use of annual mammography in all women beginning at age 40.  Screening mammography has been proven in multiple studies to be an effective screening test and to decrease breast cancer mortality. -- Jacquelyn Hogge, MD, Director of Breast Imaging, CJW Medical Center and Ruth Felsen, MD, Medical Director, CJW Breast Program.  View the ACS mammogram recommendations...