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I don’t claim to have “sources” but my understanding is Sentara has been contributing upwards of $60 million annually in support of the EVMS budget. So Sentara, and understandably so, publicly stated EVMS needed a sustainable funding source. Which to me signaled Sentara saying we ain’t doing this forever.

So the solution proposed was to merge ODU and EVMS thereby opening the door to sustainable funding via the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Still, there were some political hurdles that had to be cleared. We brought Hemphill on board as he had experience in this type of thing at Radford. Add to that leaderships changes at both EVMS and most importantly the governors mansion, and “boom” here we are today.

Lots of people to credit and not just here at ODU.

IMO, good solution that addresses many issues and most importantly will likely serve to improve the healthcare for many Virginians.


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