Charleston Area Medical Center
The CAMC Health System was created in 1984 to meet the challenges of providing high-tech, health services to West Virginians, thereby pulling together seven hospitals with a history of community service dating back to 1895.

Charleston Area Medical Center Health System, Inc. is the non-profit parent corporation of multiple hospitals and health care companies which include:

Charleston Area Medical Center
CAMC Teays Valley Hospital
Charleston Area Medical Center Foundation
CAMC Health Education and Research Institute

West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine

The mission of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) is to educate students from diverse backgrounds as lifelong learners in osteopathic medicine and other complementary health related programs; to advance scientific knowledge through academic, clinical and basic science research; and to promote patient-centered, evidence based medicine. WVSOM is dedicated to serve, first and foremost, the state of West Virginia and the special health care needs of its residents emphasizing primary care in rural areas. WVSOM prepares its osteopathic medical students to enter any specialty and to practice in any location.

WVSOM is known nationwide for its efforts in Rural, Family, and Primary Care medicine. The college has been recognized in the U.S.News & World Report magazine's top graduate schools report for eleven consecutive years. In addition, many members of the WVSOM faculty have won prestigious awards and been recognized on the state and national level.

West Virginia United Health System

The West Virginia United Health System (WVUHS) was created in 1996, to help hospitals and healthcare professionals continue to provide accessible, quality services in a constantly changing environment.  WVUHS is the second largest private employer in the state, with more than 7,900 employees.  WVUHS is the leader in providing health care services to north central and eastern West Virginia, with WVUHS facilities treat more than 2,000 people every day.  Every year WVUHS facilities perform 43,000 surgical procedures, more than 400,000 diagnostic imaging procedures, and over three million laboratory tests.

• WVUHS provides a full range of health care services, from family medicine to complex transplant and neurological surgery; from cancer screening to complex Gamma Knife® radiosurgery; from prenatal education classes to comprehensive senior care.

Who is WVUHS?

• West Virginia University Hospitals(WVUH), including Ruby Memorial Hospital, Chestnut Ridge Hospital (Behavioral Medicine), Children's Hospital, and the John Michael Moore Trauma Center in Morgantown, WVUH-East which includes City Hospital in Martinsburg, and Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Ranson, and United Hospital Center, located in Clarksburg
• United Physicians Care, a network of owned practices, at sixteen care sites throughout north central and Eastern West Virginia
• WVU Cheat Lake Physicians, a multi-specialty ambulatory center in the Cheat Lake area of Morgantown.

West Virginia University

Founded in 1867, West Virginia University is the flagship land-grant, doctoral degree-granting research university in the state of West Virginia. As such, the institution occupies a unique position within the state.West Virginia University’s primary mission is to provide high-quality programs of instruction at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels; to stimulate and foster both basic and applied research and scholarship; to engage in and encourage other creative and artistic work; and to bring the resources of the University to all segments of society through continuing education, extension, and public service activities.  Opportunities to conduct pioneering research and scholarship help attract high quality faculty and students. Students and faculty work together to create exciting and productive paths for investigation and development. WVU nurtures these symbiotic interactions to build intellectual, social, and economic development for all of West Virginia.WVU’s special responsibility is to seek out, challenge, educate, and help create opportunities for those West Virginia citizens who can benefit from its programs, especially those who have demonstrated high achievement or who possess excellent potential.