Company Profile

Company Overview

Centra Health (Centra), a nonprofit healthcare system, was founded in December 1986 through the merger of Lynchburg General-Marshall Lodge Hospital (LGH) and Virginia Baptist Hospital (VBH). Southside Community Hospital (SCH) in Farmville joined in January 2006, as an affiliate.

Today, Centra includes 6,000 employees, a medical staff of 490, Centra Lynchburg General Hospital, Centra Virginia Baptist Hospital and Centra Southside Community Hospital, health and rehabilitation centers, a regional cancer center and physician practices serving an area from Bedford to Farmville and from Nelson County to Danville. In addition, Centra’s services include residential and outpatient mental health facilities, home health and hospice programs, mammography centers, a sleep disorders center and a center for wound care and hyperbaric medicine. A 27-member Board of Directors representing a cross section of the community governs Centra. The board includes eight physicians.