August 2024 CHCNRV Patients, Thank you for being willing to complete patient surveys in April and July. We heard you! Out of a total score of 5.0 per question, you ranked your experiences at the CHCNRV with an average score of 4.7/5.0. Below is the complete list of survey questions and their average rating. Patient Survey… Continue Reading
The Community Health Center of the New River Valley (CHCNRV) is adding walk-in hours for medical appointments under the name CHCNRV PromptCare. The Christiansburg Center is open from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM Monday through Friday and 8 am to noon on Saturday to provide fast and affordable same-day medical services to the community. The… Continue Reading
The Community Health Center of the New River Valley (CHCNRV) has added three members to its medical and dental staff. Dr. Cathy Callahan, MD, MHP, returns to the CHCNRV to provide part-time GYN care and medication-assisted treatment at our Christiansburg site. Dr. Callahan most recently served as Chair of the Clinical Sciences Department at the Via… Continue Reading
The Community Health Center of the New River Valley (CHCNRV) has been chosen to receive a 1.9-million-dollar gift from Yield Giving, a charitable organization focused on providing resources to proven non-profits to use to benefit others. “This is among the largest gifts ever received by the Community Health Center and is life-changing,” Michelle Brauns, MS,… Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, during National Recovery Month, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Mike Braun (R-IN), members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced the Providing Empathetic and Effective Recovery (PEER) Support Act, legislation to help peer support specialists serving individuals recovering from a mental health condition or substance use disorder. Specifically,… Continue Reading
The Community Health Center of the New River Valley (CHCNRV) was recognized with five awards by The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), including the Gold Leader in Health Center Quality status which recognizes CHCNRV clinical quality efforts as being in the top ten percent of Federally Qualified Health Centers and look-alike entities. The awards, which are based… Continue Reading
The Community Health Center of the New River Valley (CHCNRV) welcomes Megan Riggs as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) in the Christiansburg office. Riggs recently completed her FNP degree at Radford University Carilion but has been a Registered Nurse in the New River Valley since 2013, working in primary care, occupational health, home health, and… Continue Reading
Dr. Sara Chehreh has joined The Community Health Center of the New River Valley (CHCNRV) and will see patients in the Christiansburg office. Dr. Chehreh is a graduate of Midwestern University’s College of Dental Medicine in Illinois. Before attending Midwestern, she received her B.S. in biology from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond and a Master… Continue Reading
The Community Health Center of the New River Valley (CHCNRV) is pleased to announce that Dr. S. Alexander Wood will join our staff in our Dublin office as Lead Dentist. In addition to seeing patients, Dr. Wood will also oversee our groundbreaking new dental residency program. Dr. Wood earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree… Continue Reading