Institutes at WVU Medicine
WVU Medicine features six specialized, world-class institutes focused on comprehensive, specialized patient care and pioneering research.
Institutes at WVU Medicine
WVU Medicine features specialized, world-class institutes that offer highly specialized, multidisciplinary patient care and cutting-edge, collaborative research. All are based in Morgantown, WV, but seamlessly extend services across the 25-hospital health system.
The WVU Cancer Institute is where the state’s top doctors, researchers, and healthcare professionals come together to provide compassionate, high-quality care for a brighter tomorrow. The WVU Cancer Institute is dedicated to uniting clinical excellence, research breakthroughs, and patient-centered support into every service offered.
WVU Medicine Golisano Children’s is home to the state’s largest and most experienced group of pediatric primary care physicians and specialists offering expertise in nearly every childhood condition, no matter how rare or serious. WVU Medicine Golisano Children’s also has the West Virginia’s only pediatric cardiac surgery program, pediatric neurosurgery program, and epilepsy monitoring unit equipped to serve children. If there’s a health emergency, WVU Medicine Golisano Children’s also has a fully dedicated pediatric emergency department and trauma center.
The WVU Critical Care and Trauma Institute (CCTI) oversees care for the most seriously injured and sickest patients. Highly skilled teams of board-certified surgeons and critical care physicians provide advanced, leading-edge care for thousands of patients every year. The CCTI offers expertise in the design and implementation of systems of care for the “sickest of the sick” patients – the most critically injured patients who have sustained life-threatening trauma, requiring immediate and complex medical intervention from a specialized trauma team.
The WVU Eye Institute is West Virginia’s premier center for trusted ophthalmic care, education, and research. Board-certified physicians offer comprehensive eye care using the latest diagnostic and therapeutic tools for adults and children. The WVU Eye Institute’s clinical and research faculty, administrators, staff, and trainees work together to provide industry-leading eye health services to patients in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, and surrounding areas.
At the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute (HVI), board-certified, fellowship-trained specialists come from world-class institutes around the world to join the HVI in Morgantown, WV and lead the region in groundbreaking heart, lung, and vascular care. Using cutting-edge techniques and technology found nowhere else in West Virginia, the HVI offers innovative procedures designed to achieve the best outcomes for every patient.
The WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) has more than 300 physicians and scientists in seven departments and is supported by more than 2,500 dedicated professionals. With the latest technologies, an ecosystem of partners, and an integrated approach, the RNI's breakthroughs in neuroscience are strengthening efforts to combat public health challenges ranging from addiction to Alzheimer’s